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eGrace for 7/16/08 Print E-mail
Hey, Gracer's,

Can you believe we are already half-way through July!  Wow!

Stats and Stuff:
Attendance: 261@9.  182@10:30=443.
Offerings: General--$8,354.  Building--$1740.  Rwanda--$25.  Hunger--$7.  Grace Adventure Club--$1.27.

Rwanda Stats:
Michelle ran some numbers I thought you might find interesting.  This is the total giving we have done as a congregation to the various ministries we support in Rwanda since we began our congregation in March, 2005:
       
  • Pastors salaries, relief fund for various medical needs in pastors' families, etc: $22,295
  • Bishop George's medical expenses after serious accident: $1,690
  • Support for Nyamata Lutheran (includes Muzigura's education at Matongo Theological Seminary): $9,158
  • School fees/uniforms for students/orphans in Nyamata: $3,869
  • Goats, chickens, food sources for Nyamata: $1,800
  • Sewing machines for Nyamata: $1,000
  • Start-up cost for Tumaini's business: $500
  • Nyamata community picnic/outreach: $3,500
  • Pastor's and spouses 2-day training conference in Kigali: $8,873
  • Nyamata: purchase land, parsonage construction: $3,800
  • Mumeya Clinic construction: $8,775

Total Rwanda Benevolence March 27, 2005 through July 14, 2008: $65,260
       
Way to go!

Nursery Update:
This past Sunday I introduced our new nursery co-ordinator to you--Kimberly Taylor.  Kimberly takes over officially August 1 when our current leader--Amy Hanen, heads to Switzerland for a 1 year foreign exchange experience.  We are currently building a cadre of nursery volunteers who will give 1 hour a month to caring for our kids.  I can think of no better way to spend an hour on Sunday than that.  We had a great response with 21 signing up so far.  I hope you'll pray about how you might help out in the nursery or in our Grace Adventure Club.  Of all the missions we do and support, none is more important than caring for our kids.

This weekend we look at Revolutionary Faith.  Families L-R have the food table this weekend.  We will be sharing the story of Joshua and the walls of Jericho with the kids before they head off to the Grace Adventure Club.

Reminder that we will be moving our second service to 10:45 starting August 3.

As always, I will be praying for you by name on Friday so please send any prayer requests to .

See you Sunday.

Tim

Tim Wright
Pastor, Community of Grace

www.faceofgrace.org
 
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