Reconciliation Commission
2009 Reconciliation Offering
- Can you provide education and testing in Terre Haute to help stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
- Can you help Latino children and youth in Indianapolis experience the fun and community of a week at church camp?
Yes, you can. In fact, you already have!
Your generous gifts to the Reconcilation Offering in 2008 made the stories
below from Terre Haute and Indianapolis possible.
The 2009 Offering for
Reconciliation Mission
will be received in most congregations on September 27 and
October 4. Please give generously again this year.
Offering resources
are available on the Reconciliation Mission web site.
Wabash Valley PATH
Wabash Valley PATH
(People Attempting To Help) is a ministry of Central Christian Church in
Terre Haute. Sex Positive is a project of Wabash Valley PATH that
is an HIV/AIDS/STD prevention education project. 73% of new STD infections
and 35% of overall HIV infections in Vigo County in 2006 self identified as
African-American while African-Americans comprise only 6.1% of the entire
county population. PATH is addressing this systemic issue through education
and free, anonymous testing.
Iglesia Hermandad Cristiana
Iglesia Hermandad Cristiana in Indianapolis wanted to send some of its
youth to the Christian Church in Indiana camps this summer. While the
camping program was able to offer some scholarship money, it was not enough
to meet the need. The congregation applied for a Reconciliation Grant to
help send a number of youth to summer camp.
At first, only a few youth signed up for camp, but each Sunday that a
youth shared their camp experience, more youth signed up for a week at camp. By
the end of the summer, 18 youth from Iglesia Hermandad and one counselor headed
to camp. They are beginning now to save their money so that they can return to
camp next year!
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