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THE GOOD SHEPHERD
CELEBRATION FUNDRAISER ANNOUNCEMENTS /
UPDATES |
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Communicant members and
friends of Redeemer can use
PayPal to make donations
online. |
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD CELEBRATION FUNDRAISER. Redeemer and Pastor have been together for
ten years. We are celebrating! The theme
is “The Good Shepherd,” based on St. John
10: 11—“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good
Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”
Part of our celebration is a fundraiser to
work on projects at Redeemer, locally and
abroad. We are asking every communicant
member to give at least $100 this year above
and beyond the tithes and offerings to be
dedicated to this project. Some of us can
donate more and will do so, yet we hope that
every communicant member will be able to
make this investment as we are witnessing
Christ.
A Project at Redeemer---renovation of
the undercroft kitchen and the Parish House.
We hope to be able to raise at least $85K
for these projects.
A Local Project --- creating a grant
to encourage another local congregation to
start or support a mission that we have done
during these last ten years. We hope to be
able to raise $5K for this one-time grant.
An Abroad Project—funding a mission
far away that helps people to receive,
teach, celebrate and share Christ Jesus.
Communicant members will have the
whole year (until Good Shepherd Sunday 2012)
to make their donations to this special
fundraising project. Friends
of Redeemer are also encouraged to give to
this project—anyone who has
benefited from God’s grace through Pastor
Taylor and Redeemer, especially during these
past ten years. Do you have friends,
relatives and others who have been blessed
by God through Pastor Taylor and/or Redeemer
during these past ten years? Encourage
them to participate in this fundraiser, too.
What a celebration this shall be!
Recognizing scheduling challenges, we
shall end the Good Shepherd Celebration
during the April 28-29 Liturgies as we give
thanks to God at His holy altar at our
regular 7PM, 8AM and 11AM Liturgies without
any other special Liturgies that weekend.!
DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS?
“Friends Letters” are available for you.
They are located in a basket under the pew
in the narthex. The packet includes
letters and envelopes that you may send to
your friends about the Good Shepherd
Celebration. Remember, the Good
Shepherd Celebration is about how our Lord
has graced Redeemer and Pastor Taylor during
these past 10 years together. Our
fundraiser is a way to celebrate this by
adopting a far away project, helping a local
mission and attending to projects at
Redeemer.
Click here to
download Friends Letter!
AN UPDATE ON THE GOOD SHEPHERD CELEBRATION
GOALS:
+ $10,000 was sent to Concordia College
Alabama.
+ Nine congregations have applied for the
Good Shepherd Celebration Grant.
+ The Parish House roof has been replaced.
+ New windows have been installed in part of
the Parish House.
+ Part of the floor (floor boards) in the
Parish House has been replaced.
+ Work on wall repairs and dry wall have
been done in one of the rooms of the Parish
House.
+ One bathroom has been gutted and is being
prepared for new equipment.
+ The kitchen has been gutted so that new
equipment and the like may be installed.
ALLELUIA! Our Lord is so good to us! So, as
money has been spent ($33,000) on the
projects and as $5,000 is allocated for the
Good Shepherd Celebration Grant, we thank
God in advance for more money that will come
in so that the projects may be completed.
GOOD SHEPHERD CELEBRATION UPDATE.
+ $42, 768 has been given to this project
already. Alleluia!
+ Five communicant members have given $1000
or more so far.
+ Ten communicant members have given between
$500-$999 so far.
+ Twenty communicant members have given
between $101-$499 so far.
+ Thirty communicant members have given $100
so far.
+ Eight communicant members have given less
than $100 so far.
+Over 100 friends of Redeemer have
contributed $6,000 so far, with over twenty
of them
giving $100 or more. Two gave $500. One gave
$1000.
+ $3,830 was raised by the Good Shepherd
Concert.
+ $10,000 has already been paid to Concordia
College—Selma as our “away mission.”
+ $5,000 has been put aside for the Good
Shepherd Celebration Grant to be given to
another local congregation.
+ The Parish House roof has been replaced
with funds from this celebration.
Thank you to all our parishioners who have
donated to the Good Shepherd Celebration.
What a wonderful response we have received.
We have so much for which to be thankful as
we celebrate God’s goodness to us!
Thank you to all our friends who have helped
with the Good Shepherd Celebration,
including but not restricted to the
following:
Elaine Dinowitz, Kenneth Rogers, Ellen and
Lawrence Sohn, Tilahun Mendedo, Bernel
Connolly, Norma Boatswain, Weather
Champions, Travis and Jennifer Scholl,
Benjamin and Barbara M. Moore, Timothy and
Deanne Schultz, Jane Buerger, Herman
Roebuck, Lorraine Vensk, St. Matthew
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Joseph
Tensmeyer, Yvonne Peterson, Lutheran Church
of the Risen Christ, Janet and Viji George,
The Sauer Family, The Lutheran Church of Our
Saviour in The Bronx, Bernice Walker, Robert
Fritch, Kathryn Galchutt, St. John Lutheran
Church in College Point, NY, The Lutheran
Church of the Risen Christ in Brooklyn, NY,
Kenneth and Lois Titley, Frank and Debra
McCreery, Cliff and Sharon Peterson, Carla
Eustache, Ashley Eustache, Janette Lamb,
Jenness Reid, V. Rasha Tucker, Indrawattee
Moran, The Curley Family ( Christa, John,
Will and Grace), Cynthia Terrelonge, Eulalee
Smith, Alberta W. Workman, Ms Hall, Shardae
Ferguson, Marsha Long, Theresa Hubbard,
Linda and John Schmidt, Lewis and Janice
Williams, Elizabeth Coleman, Tracy
Shepperson, Donald and Wilma Miesner, St.
John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of
College Point, Clarice Wills, Heinz and Edna
Watje, Valerie Coleman, Elizabeth Lowe,
Denise Caines, Emily Howe, Cindy Eustache,
Tom and Lois Simson, Bruce and Cathy Borg,
Martha Sugrue, Fred Lewis, Robert and
Lynette Taylor, Eulalee Smith Taylor, Joan
Nolan, Lola Curtis, Clean Touch Auto Body,
Iris Simpson, Good Year, Daphne
Abrams-Farley, Louise Lewis, Anette Cantor,
Danny Nanta, Seeta Rampersaud, Charity
Ezeonu, America Trevino, Sue Mateo, Elwin
Collier, Jose Rodriguez, Brenda Duggins,
Sumonette Dyon, Bruce and Jean Christie,
Monica Hooper, Edith Wong, Edina Wong, Paula
Brown, Sharon Greenaway, Olga Green, Granby’
s Funeral Service, Pauline B. Strong,
Christal Berkeley, Magdalena Cherry, Wanda
Perez, Freda Ocran, Mariamma Varghese,
Persha Gayle, Caron Strong, Karene Ricketts,
Joyce Kennedy, Giovanny Cierrero, Dorie
Hall, Joyce Johnston, Kudirat Yusuf, John
and Christy Mack, Randy Eustache, Ashley
Eustache, Anne Eustache, Michael Wszolek,
Mr. and Mrs. Colin McKenzie, Emily
Ringelberg, Latoya Robinson, Raymond Brown,
Natasha Kellam, Ann Armogan, Linda Lawrence,
Major Dickerson, Anthony Walters, Travis
Holman, Brenda Dukes, Michelle Edwards,
Lucille Beckford, Juana Martinez, Andrea
Edwards, Venesta Edwards, Sandra Karriem,
Amra Karriem, Marcia Irons, Valrie Brown,
Keisha Davis, Owen Anderson, Michael and
Wendy Arnon, Renee Birmingham, Mac Caputo,
Virginia Davis Floyd, G. Gentles, Dr. Leslie
B. Goldfarb, Allan Graham, Dr. Duane Hall,
Rev. John and Mrs. Mary Heller, Arthur,
Susan and Jake Hickey, Lois J. Hoger,
Rosalind Jones, Cynthia Laidley, Madge
Leiber, Doris Morin, Kathy Naughton, Mary
Ann Puglis, Geraldine P. Rollins, Rebecca
Ruddy, James Runde, State Farm Insurance,
South Broadway Auto Parts, Edgar Silva,
Anthony Wright, Eve Wong, Sue and Liz and
Natalie Davis. |
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