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| The congregation of Deep River Community Church has
always had a strong commitment to helping other people
in need around the world. This commitment is fulfilled
through our Missions Committee. |
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The present chair of the Missions Committee is Margaret
Miller, with Karen Doherty as vice chair and about half a dozen
other members. The committee meets approximately monthly and
distributes approximately $48,000 to
people who need support both locally and around the world.
One initiative of the Missions Committee is our annual Ten
Thousand Villages International Craft Sale. This is a
once-a-year event, held under the auspices of the Ten Thousand
Villages organization of the Mennonite Central Committee. We
just had our 5th such event and raised over $6,800 for the
Ottawa Ten Thousand Villages, most of which goes to the artisans
who make the crafts for our enjoyment, and $777 going to the
Stephen Lewis Foundation through the Deep River Grannies to help
those grannies in Africa supporting children with AIDS.
In 2005 there has been an extraordinary initiative for
Missions. As a result of an extensive Miracle Sunday campaign, a
large sum of money was raised for several purposes. One of these
was to provide strong support, in the form of an approximately
$20,000 start up fund to a community-based AIDS orphan support
program in Malawi, through the auspices of the Presbyterian
World Service and Development Fund, of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada.
The Committee continues to receive pleas for help in many
places around the world and we as a congregation strive to do we
what we can for these people, while maintaining the needed
support to ensure the continuation of our own church community.
The congregation of Deep River Community Church has always
had a strong commitment to helping other people in need around
the world. This commitment is fulfilled through our Missions
Committee.
The present chair of the Missions Committee is Margaret Miller,
with Karen Doherty as vice chair and about half a dozen other
members. The committee meets approximately monthly and
distributes approximately $48,000 to
people who need support both locally and around the
world.
One initiative of the Missions Committee is our annual Ten
Thousand Villages International Craft Sale. This is a
once-a-year event, held under the auspices of the Ten Thousand
Villages organization of the Mennonite Central Committee. We
just had our 5th such event and raised over $6,800
for the Ottawa Ten Thousand Villages, most of which goes to the
artisans who make the crafts for our enjoyment, and $777 going
to the Stephen Lewis Foundation through the Deep River Grannies
to help those grannies in Africa supporting children with AIDS.
<>In 2005 there has been an extraordinary initiative for
Missions. As a result of an extensive Miracle Sunday campaign, a
large sum of money was raised for several purposes. One of these
was to provide strong support, in the form of an approximately
$20,000 start up fund to a community-based AIDS orphan support
program in Malawi, through the auspices of the Presbyterian
World Service and Development Fund, of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada.
The Committee continues to receive pleas for help in many places
around the world and we as a congregation strive to do we what
we can for these people, while maintaining the needed support to
ensure the continuation of our own church community.
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