PORCH is a ministry of the Santa Barbara Presbytery*. Many, many churches and individuals give contributions to Front PORCH (thank you, everyone!), but we have three main sources of support: Our Staff, the PORCH Coordinating Council, and First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara.

1.) Our Staff -- They pray for us, eat with us, sing with us, teach us, listen to us, support us, help us plan, learn from us, rejoice with us, mourn with us, talk with us, and have fun with us.

...and the new guy, Paul Coppock!!! (picture coming soon)

2.) The Front PORCH Coordinating Council (at the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church) provides PORCH with prayer, administrative support, and meals for Friday Night Dinner & Forum. Some of the members are:

Larry Foster - Chairman
Mae Grissom - Prayer Coordinator
Evelyn Foster - Secretary
Punky & Jerry Edeman - Food Coordinators

Larry Foster & Leah Yoneda

3.) First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara -- This church houses and feeds Front PORCH on Sundays. Once again, it's awesome food! (no pictures yet) First Presbyterian Church is located in downtown Santa Barbara.

*A presbytery is a grouping of churches in a certain area, comparable to a diocese. For example, as churches are to the presbytery, cities are to the county. The presbytery is the basic unit of organization for the Presbyterian denominations.