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One Great Hour of Sharing
Immediately following World War II, U.S. Protestant churches made appeals for relief and reconstruction in areas devastated by the war, primarily Europe and Asia. In 1949, the leaders of several denominations formed a committee to organize an appeal for support of the separate campaigns of their churches. Their joint statement in support of this effort remains remarkably contemporary:
A program called One Great Hour was broadcast on the evening of Saturday, March 26, 1949, over major networks and many independent stations. The script was written under the direction of playwright Robert Sherwood. The cast included some of the foremost dramatic and musical talents of the time, such as Gregory Peck and Ida Lupino; President Harry Truman brought greetings. The broadcast closed with a request that listeners attend their local church the following morning and make a sacrificial contribution. No exact measure of receipts was possible, but it was estimated that more than 75,000 churches participated. The next year, the offering was repeated, using the name "One Great Hour of Sharing" for the first time. At times, One Great Hour of Sharing was coordinated with the Roman Catholic Bishops' Fund Appeal for Overseas Aid and the Jewish Passover Appeal. Free time and space were donated to this joint appeal through the Advertising Council.
From the beginning, this has been an ecumenical effort. While each denomination allocates its gifts differently, all use their funds for ministries of disaster relief, refugee assistance, and development aid. Today, projects supported by One Great Hour of Sharing are under way in more than one hundred countries, including the United States and Canada.
READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ADDRESS: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/230062
Alliance for African Assistance. You might recognize the name of one of our mission partners as the recipient of our Christmas in July drive. Walter Lam, the founder, is the smiling face you see as you drop off your donations, and that smiling face reflects the love and presence of God in this world.
After immigrating to the United States from Uganda in 1986, Walter recognized there were no programs to meet the needs of African refugees in San Diego. With the encouragement of his pastor, he applied for and received a grant of $7,000 funded by a One Great Hour of Sharing special offering. In 1989 he used that money to found the Alliance for African Assistance and Safari Seconds thrift store for the purpose of helping African refugees. In no time, the organization was open to refugees from around the world as well as to local community members. Seeing medical needs, Walter founded the Alliance Health Clinic in 2007, open to both refugees and community members. In addition to helping refugees from around the world, they are building a 200-bed hospital in Uganda as well as sponsoring 150 children in Uganda with the help of congregations here in San Diego. Along with their headquarters in San Diego, Alliance for African Assistance has offices in Italy, Kenya, and Uganda.
We can't help but see God at work in the world today through the work of Walter, Alliance for African Assistance, and all our Mission partners.