Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that you are invited to a meeting of the Baby Kit Committee, taking place from 12:45 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in the fellowship hall. No previous experience is necessary. Participants will create the kits from the donations of clothing, diapers and other necessary items for babies in families in the farthest corners of the world. Lutheran World Relief is the organizer. See you there.
Greetings everyone,
Bethany Lutheran Church has a rich and vibrant history of supporting entities that further its mission. One way it does this is a yearly distribution of awards from its Endowment Fund. The Bethany Council on Sunday endorsed these gifts for 2017 totaling $10,500.
Coffee Oasis, $650
Compass Housing Alliance, $500
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s hunger appeal effort, $1,000
Helpline House, $1,000
Morrow Manor, Poulsbo, $200
Support for Bainbridge’s liveaboard community, $500
Lutheran Community Services’ RSVP program, serving seniors, $1,000
Lutheran Peace Fellowship, $100
Bethany AED (Defibrilator) supplies, $300
Martha and Mary, $1,000
Neighbors in Faith, a program to increase understanding of different faith traditions, $500
NK Fishline, $750
NK High School Choir, $300
Paulinum Lutheran Seminary of Namibia, $500
Rachel Circle, $200
Reform Ride for Refugees, $1000
Church of Steadfast Love at the Compass Center, $1000
I have the honor of delivering the award to Paulinum Seminary in coming weeks, when I will visit the Lutheran church bodies in Namibia that support the seminary. I am grateful to the Bethany Endowment Committee for its generosity. Pictured are women in Namibia rejoicing our the companion relationship with the ELCA in 2010.
- Rachel Pritchett
