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A Dime A Day. Maritime Conference people are generous!. We give to the : United Way Salvation Army Canadian Cancer Society Diabetes Association Heart & Stroke Foundation Hospital Foundations World Vision And many others!. People already give in so many ways!!!!. Thank you!!!!!!!.
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We give to the : United Way Salvation Army Canadian Cancer Society Diabetes Association Heart & Stroke Foundation Hospital Foundations World Vision And many others!
People already give in so many ways!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!
United Church people give to: United for Peace Community Outreach Projects People in need in their own areas. Foodbanks Social Service Agencies
Individuals who are in need Seniors’ homes Special Projects Out of the Cold Programs Providing free or nearly free space to other organizations: like Weight Watcher’s, AA, Mother’s and Tots Giving to clothing drives, supporting shelters etc.
United Church People Are Generous!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!
All of these projects more or less are our Christian response to the Biblical call to clothe the naked and feed the hungry. Matthew 25: 34-36
We fund programs in all of these areas: Feeding the hungry Visiting the sick and imprisoned Clothing the naked Sheltering the homeless Support and advocacy
Supporting Chaplaincies Supporting First Nation’s Ministries Supporting projects and ecumenical partnerships around the world Financing Church Transformational Projects
funding theological Schools funding ecumenical endeavours providing General Council and Conference staff to assist with congregational programs We provide all these services and more with your financial support of the: Mission and Service Fund
Your generosity supports ministry and mission in every presbytery!
In Maritime Conference Last year we provided support to: • Christian Council for Reconciliation • Karing Kitchen • Brunswick Street Mission
Aboriginal Peace & Friendship Project (Tatamagouche Centre) • Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network Co-ordinator • CQS Care Centres • Coverdale
Campus Ministries • Hospital Chaplaincies • Pastoral Charges • Transformational ministry initiatives
We did all this with the $335,000 provided for us in Mission Support Grants
This Mission Support grant money is provided to Maritime Conference through your financial support of the Mission and Service Fund. Thank You!!!!!!
Since 1988 givings to the Mission and Service Fund have remained steady at $30,000,000
Since 1988, prices and salaries have gone up substantially: What cost $100 in 1988 Now costs
That means if you gave $100 in today’s money to the Mission and Service Fund
$30,000,000 of today’s dollars does not compare to the 30 Million dollars given in 1988. In fact it is only worth $18.55 Million. Inflation has eaten away the rest.
This means that it is harder and harder to support the important ministries in Maritime Conference, Canada and the world.
We already know that you are a generous people
We know that the present economic climate is uncertain.
In these tough economic times, we are not asking people to break their bank.
When organizations come to your door asking for donations
Please be generous but please don’t forget
The goal for 2010 for the Mission and Service Fund is $30,200,000.
We can only achieve these goals if we work together
A special project idea from our friends in Hamilton Conference.
What possibly can one small dime do? A dime buys enough gas to travel 1 kilometre. A dime might buy two pieces of penny candy. Not much!!!!!
If every member of Maritime Conference Redirected 10 cents of their charitable givings To the Mission and Service Fund Every day for a year.
That’s just ten pennies… every day…
That would mean that each member would give an extra $36.50 a year to the Mission and Service Fund.
That’s less than the price of one full tank of gas per year.
If all 85,000 plus members of Maritime Conference gave an extra dime a day to the Mission and Service Fund