Bethany awards $10,500 to 17 entities
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