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A report from the outward missions and ministry committee
One of the goals of the Outward Missions and Ministries Committee is for OMMC money to “follow the feet of our parishioners.” This means that funding follows where our parishioners invest their time, talent and treasure. The result is a three-pronged outreach—international, local and Episcopal Church support.
Christ’s commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” is practiced daily in countless ways in the Good Shepherd community. “Neighbor” refers to fellow parishioners, fellow residents of Lookout Mountain, and to the people of the greater Chattanooga community. The Outward Missions and Ministries Committee disperses funds throughout our church, community and world. We are all part of the OMMC story.
Good Shepherd’s Outward Mission and Ministries Committee (OMM) recently announced the disbursement of funds to four important projects:
• From the Endowment, $15,000 has been granted toward a furnishings and equipment fund for the new St. Barnabas Nursing Care Facility (pictured, right) to be built next to Siskin Rehabilitation Hospital, with a promise to consider another request in 2006.
• Also from Endowment, the OMM has granted $5300 toward the SA-GUAY (17-18 year old youth) mission trip to Haiti. The youth worked hard to raise the additional $4700 needed for this venture. Due to unrest in Haiti, the trip has been temporarily delayed.
• $4000 from general Outreach Funds has been given to Big Brothers/Big Sisters to help pay for a new administrator of its proven Amachi program which pairs a “Big” with children whose parents are in prison.
• $3000 from general Outreach Funds has been given to the Church of the First Born, in the Alton Park community, to fund one week of its vital 9-week summer day camp which serves the children of working parents who cannot afford day care.
Chosen for their special merit, these are all projects of community ventures with which Good Shepherd has had a long-time involvement. It’s a special blessing and privilege that we have the resources and the opportunity to make these gifts—stewardship at its best!
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