Pledge $$$ used for mission

Sometimes it is good to remember that the dollars we pledge reach out beyond our congregation.   Giving is such an important part of being in the Christian community for we have been so blessed and receive continually.  While the percentage that goes out for what we would call "mission", it is much appreciated and used to keep us connected  here and abroad.

1. $5,000 of church budget supports two missionaries.  Surely you can name them by now.  Several years ago we hosted both Clara Biswas and Ardell Graner (and her missionary husband Gordon).   
2. $6,000 is allocated to support mission teams right here at home.   Local missions, National/International Missions, Hilltop (Breakfast Club), and Rays of Hope each receive $1,500 to help them with their work. 

Of the $1,500 for National/International Missions, $300 was given to Margie Miller to take with her to Costa Rica.  

$50.00 — food (staple items) for a very large, needy indigenous family with several children,  in southern CR and part of the Women’s Network for Development

$50.00 — purchase of ingredients needed for two baking workshops for two small groups of indigenous women as part of the same Women’s Network…we made bread, lemon squares, and chocolate eclairs—enough that each woman in the groups was involved in the making and the eating and the taking of some of the “yummies” home with them to their families.

$50.00 —  Chico, a long-time, dedicated employee of the UBL, who has just recently been laid off due to financial constraints of the UBL— a father and grandpa with child-care responsibilities

$100.00 — several months supply of prescription meds for a young woman, daughter of refugee family from Honduras, who live in a UBL apartment and is part of our UBL community.

$50.00  —  Emmaus Christian Community…a small, very active, interdenominational faith community with whom I worship each Sunday, and who gives ALL of their offerings to mission projects in CR—this community is led entirely by volunteers including worship leadership, so their entire budget can go for the needs of many others in the wider community.