At its October meeting, the Board of Trustees passed a resolution to give 10% of the Sunday worship service plate offering to a neighborhood, non-profit organization. Each month the Board will designate a local charity to be the recipient.
In October, The House of Ruth, a local non-profit group that helps women recovering from abuse, will receive our donation.
The Diaconate and the Committee on Ministry supported this idea and recommended to the board that they pass this resolution.
What is actually donated will be 10% of the offering over and above any pledges that are placed in the offertory plate.
Rev. Henley suggested to the board that we give this money as a congregational effort to become more visible in the surrounding community. The idea came to her after thoughtful consideration and discernment of the Congregational Covenant, especially the specific wording in the Covenant in the section In Our Service to the Church and Greater Community:
Until we have a Social Concerns Ministry, the board will name a recipient each month. When we gather a social concerns ministry, they will recommend to the board the nominee.
If you have a suggestion, comments, or want to nominate a non-profit organization in our neighbor-hood, contact Greg Wigle, our moderator.