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Church office or read article in March's edition of the SALT
Church office or read article in March's edition of the SALT
Becas Con Bendiciones ~ Scholarships with Blessings
An opportunity to provide scholarships for children in Honduras
Public schools in Honduras are “free”, but many children are unable to attend because of entry fees, uniforms and school supplies they are required to purchase. Becas Con Bendiciones’ mission is to help the poorest of the poor get an education.
This is a ministry that will impact these children for their entire lives and involves the whole child. The spiritual component is highlighted by a “Gathering” each month involving children in Bible study, singing and prayer, led by the local Methodist mission church and local pastors.
Children will receive the following:
- Prayers of pastors, local church and sponsors
- Each child receiving a scholarship will also receive a Bible - Daily prayer w/ parents is encouraged
- Celebration at the end of the school year
- Monthly “Gathering” to encourage them in their faith
Scholarships provide:
- Matriculation and graduation fees
- Uniforms and leather shoes
- School supplies and back pack
- Gym clothes and tennis shoes
- Parasite medicine for the family twice a year
- Daily multiple vitamins for children through 6th grade
| Scholarship Application |
The third annual NBF event was cancelled for 2020. We plan to hold the event again when we can again gather safely. Look for us then, as we continue this tradition, working together to help feed our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Following is a portion of an email we received from Allison Sesso, Executive Director of the RIP Medical Debt program, which many of Our Lord’s members made contributions to in 2020.
Hello Our Lords United Methodist Church, It has been a year since I joined RIP Medical Debt and what a year it has been. I came on board just a few weeks before the start of a global pandemic that worsened the very problem RIP’s mission seeks to address – crushing medical debt. I am proud to say that the RIP Medical Debt team, Board of Directors, and donors rose to the occasion. In 2020 we:
• Abolished over 1.7 billion in debt for 838,634 people
• raised $1.1 million to target debt abolishment for frontline healthcare and essential workers providing care and critical services during the COVID pandemic
• received approval from federal regulators to buy debt directly from hospitals
• were highlighted in nearly 1,000 media stories across the country
• invested in our internal systems to increase our capacity to provide debt relief
• expanded our board of directors to include two prominent former public health officials
• were provided with a $50 million unrestricted grant by MacKenzie Scott after passing a vigorous vetting process And those are just the highlights! Thank you to all who contributed to this worthy cause.
• Abolished over 1.7 billion in debt for 838,634 people
• raised $1.1 million to target debt abolishment for frontline healthcare and essential workers providing care and critical services during the COVID pandemic
• received approval from federal regulators to buy debt directly from hospitals
• were highlighted in nearly 1,000 media stories across the country
• invested in our internal systems to increase our capacity to provide debt relief
• expanded our board of directors to include two prominent former public health officials
• were provided with a $50 million unrestricted grant by MacKenzie Scott after passing a vigorous vetting process And those are just the highlights! Thank you to all who contributed to this worthy cause.
Giving @ Our Lords
2020 started with a visit from Girls Scout 9009 to present their projects that supported HAWS (The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha). They showed us the toys and shelters they made for the animals. A donation was made to HAWS in the amount of $170.88 raised from our noisy bucket collection in December. Our Lord’s United Methodist Women donated $250.00 to United Methodist Children Services and $250.00 to Northcott Neighborhood House at the end of January.
February’s noisy bucket brought in $78.42 for the Caring Ministry program @ Our Lord’s which helped to fund the 11 valentine boxes that were mailed to college students.
Worldwide Hunger Relief spokesperson Dave Piper visited Our Lords on March 1st to talk about the relationship between Worldwide Hunger Relief and Our Lord’s New Berlin Feeds Event that was scheduled for the weekend of May 1-2. Fundraising for this event started with a pancake party on Shrove Tuesday (February 25th) which brought in $378.00.
On Monday March 16th, two teams from Our Lord’s delivered meals to feed 58 women, spouses and children at the Cathedral Center. The Our Lord’s church building shut down March 18th; Our Lord's church did not! Our Lord's United Methodist women, the caring ministry team, and the mission crafters group went to work collecting supplies to make masks for our community.
Our Easter offering brought in $2,510.00 which was given to United Methodist Children Services of Milwaukee (UMCS).
On Saturday, May 16th, we held a pop-up food drive to help meet an urgent need for The Milwaukee Rescue Mission. It was a wonderful success with over 20 generous drive-ups, donating, two packed carloads of non-perishable food and an additional $225.00 for the purchase of perishable food items.
The first harvest of lettuce from Our Lord’s garden was delivered to the New Berlin Food Pantry on Tuesday, June 30th and fresh vegetables were delivered throughout the summer to both the New Berlin Food Pantry and UMCS.
Our Lord’s mission team launched a summer giving campaign to help erase medical debt in our community. Our Lord’s joined other local United Methodist Church’s and together, nearly $29,000.00 was raised, which helped 1,798 families across the state of Wisconsin.
On Sunday, August 2nd, a pop-up collection was held for The Cathedral Center during the “Drive-In Live” worship service. Our Lord’s members and friends donated 40 bottles each of body wash, toothpaste and deodorant, and some toothbrushes, hand soap and mouthwash, along with monetary donations of $70.00. On Sunday August 30th, paperback books and magazines were collected at “Drive-In Live” for inmates in the Milwaukee County jail system.
On September 27th a pop-up food collection for The Gathering was held at “Drive-In Live” worship. A car load of food, along with $85.00 was collected. Volunteers delivered 31 bags of clothes donated by Our Lord’s members to the Hope Center of Waukesha.
On Sunday, October 4th, at the “Drive-In Live” worship service, Our Lord’s members and friends had the opportunity to donate 9-volt batteries for smoke detectors as part of U.S. Grant School’s Fire Prevention Week program. 77 batteries and $15.00 was donated for this program.
Our Lord’s Thanksgiving food drive, thanks to the generous donations from our members, friends and several people from the nearby community, collected over 400 lbs. of food. In addition to the food donations, a total of $1,020 was collected. The food and monetary donations were split and given to the New Berlin Food Pantry and the UMCS Food Pantry.
A second collection of paperback books and magazines was held on Sunday December 6th. $1315.00 was also contributed to the Milwaukee County Jail’s Holiday Project. Our Lord’s members and guests brought in donations of stocking hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, slippers, washcloths, sweaters and a jacket, along with ten $10.00 gift cards for the UMCS Christmas party held on December 18th.
Our building may be closed, although through the generosity of our dedicated members and friends, giving & ministry @ Our Lord’s is thriving!
February’s noisy bucket brought in $78.42 for the Caring Ministry program @ Our Lord’s which helped to fund the 11 valentine boxes that were mailed to college students.
Worldwide Hunger Relief spokesperson Dave Piper visited Our Lords on March 1st to talk about the relationship between Worldwide Hunger Relief and Our Lord’s New Berlin Feeds Event that was scheduled for the weekend of May 1-2. Fundraising for this event started with a pancake party on Shrove Tuesday (February 25th) which brought in $378.00.
On Monday March 16th, two teams from Our Lord’s delivered meals to feed 58 women, spouses and children at the Cathedral Center. The Our Lord’s church building shut down March 18th; Our Lord's church did not! Our Lord's United Methodist women, the caring ministry team, and the mission crafters group went to work collecting supplies to make masks for our community.
Our Easter offering brought in $2,510.00 which was given to United Methodist Children Services of Milwaukee (UMCS).
On Saturday, May 16th, we held a pop-up food drive to help meet an urgent need for The Milwaukee Rescue Mission. It was a wonderful success with over 20 generous drive-ups, donating, two packed carloads of non-perishable food and an additional $225.00 for the purchase of perishable food items.
The first harvest of lettuce from Our Lord’s garden was delivered to the New Berlin Food Pantry on Tuesday, June 30th and fresh vegetables were delivered throughout the summer to both the New Berlin Food Pantry and UMCS.
Our Lord’s mission team launched a summer giving campaign to help erase medical debt in our community. Our Lord’s joined other local United Methodist Church’s and together, nearly $29,000.00 was raised, which helped 1,798 families across the state of Wisconsin.
On Sunday, August 2nd, a pop-up collection was held for The Cathedral Center during the “Drive-In Live” worship service. Our Lord’s members and friends donated 40 bottles each of body wash, toothpaste and deodorant, and some toothbrushes, hand soap and mouthwash, along with monetary donations of $70.00. On Sunday August 30th, paperback books and magazines were collected at “Drive-In Live” for inmates in the Milwaukee County jail system.
On September 27th a pop-up food collection for The Gathering was held at “Drive-In Live” worship. A car load of food, along with $85.00 was collected. Volunteers delivered 31 bags of clothes donated by Our Lord’s members to the Hope Center of Waukesha.
On Sunday, October 4th, at the “Drive-In Live” worship service, Our Lord’s members and friends had the opportunity to donate 9-volt batteries for smoke detectors as part of U.S. Grant School’s Fire Prevention Week program. 77 batteries and $15.00 was donated for this program.
Our Lord’s Thanksgiving food drive, thanks to the generous donations from our members, friends and several people from the nearby community, collected over 400 lbs. of food. In addition to the food donations, a total of $1,020 was collected. The food and monetary donations were split and given to the New Berlin Food Pantry and the UMCS Food Pantry.
A second collection of paperback books and magazines was held on Sunday December 6th. $1315.00 was also contributed to the Milwaukee County Jail’s Holiday Project. Our Lord’s members and guests brought in donations of stocking hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, slippers, washcloths, sweaters and a jacket, along with ten $10.00 gift cards for the UMCS Christmas party held on December 18th.
Our building may be closed, although through the generosity of our dedicated members and friends, giving & ministry @ Our Lord’s is thriving!