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Bethany Mission Endowment Fund awards 15

Fifteen entities have received awards from the Bethany Mission Endowment Fund that total $13,106.20. Awards were made on requests that furthered Bethany’s mission of joyful outreach and hospitality toward all. Thanks to all who are supporting the Mission Endowment Fund and congratulations to the recipients. Contact the office if you’d like to learn more about the recipients. Here they are and the amount received:

Arms Around Bainbridge, $500

Bainbridge Liveaboards, $200

Bainbridge Pride, $500

Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation, $1,000

Bethany Lutheran Preschool, $1,000

Bluebills, $1,500

Church of Steadfast Love, $1,000

Compass Housing Alliance, $1,500

Helpline House, $1,656.20

Island Volunteer Caregivers, $1,000

Lutheran Peace Fellowship, $500

MaaSAE Girls School, Tanzania, $1,000

Martha and Mary At Home, $750

Namibia Companion Relationship of ELCA, $500

Seminarian Tamara Siburg, $500

Carpets cleaned and the place looks great

Good Monday morning to you,

Thank you everyone for moving the chairs out of the sanctuary Sunday to make way for the carpet cleaners. The folks from Stanley Steemer were here Monday morning, and the place looks great.

Besides the sanctuary, they did the downstairs hall, a classroom and the nursery.

In the other building, they cleaned three classrooms used by the Bethany Sunday school. The areas in that building that the preschool uses get done later this week.

Now we'll watch everything dry, and figure out a plan for getting the chairs back into the sanctuary.

- Rachel Pritchett, office administrator