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| Mary Nelson offers information about the Angola Pastor Support project |
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| Some of the local mission projects |
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| Heifer Project International is one of the World/National projects |
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| Janet Lonski shares information about the Kiva project |
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| Intermountain was represented this morning |
Our church started this outreach program thirteen years ago. Before then, we held fairly frequent special offerings for some of the organizations listed here, as well as others. Don & Mary Nelson brought the idea of holding a Thank Offering from their former church.
This is the fourteenth year we've celebrated the Sunday before Thanksgiving with an outpouring of thanks to God for all our blessings by giving to those who are in real need of help.
The Thank Offering Committee has selected the following twelve projects, which are listed below. You may designate a gift for any or all, as you please.
National & World: Heifer Project International; Imagine No Malaria; Pastor's Support in Angola
Montana: Intermountain (Helena) and Blackfeet United Methodist Parish
Local: Carpenters for Christ (Stevensville); Clothes Closet (Stevensville); Habitat for Humanity (Ravalli County); Loaves & Fishes (SUMC); Pantry Partners (Stevensville); SAFE/supporters of abuse-free environment (Hamilton)
I'm grateful that the Nelsons started the Thank Offering at Stev iUMC. It has become very important to me and others, and I give a great deal of thought and prayer to my gifts. I appreciate the research done, the excellent flyer, and the visual presentation given by the Missions Committee the week before the offering. Our giving must make God smile! In His Love, Hazel
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