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The
Season of Lent 2008
Dear People
of the Pacifica Synod,
I hope the grace of God is overpowering for you each day during
this season of Lent.
In this packet is the promised promotional B2B2B materials regarding
the new home base for the Pacifica Synod, a place that will be
known as the Lutheran Center for Mission & Learning. The first
brochure tells a bit of that story. These same documents may be
downloaded from the www.pacificasynod.org website and can be reprinted
in 8 ½ x 11" or 11 x 17." The second brochure tells the story
of our Companion Synod in Ethiopia, the story of their new building
project and how Pacifica is connecting the two building projects
together. We have raised significant dollars to get us well on
the way with our new Center, but now we are at the fund-raising
phase that seeks a one-time donation from every member of the
Pacifica Synod. We know that if every Pacifica congregation challenged
its membership to give $20 per member for this one-time effort,
we would have our new building debt free; we would build the new
building in Ethiopia, and we would scholarship the training of
hundreds of lay evangelists in our companion synod for the next
several years. After raising most of the funds for the new Synod
Center from generous individual contributors, to complete this
project and undertake the mission opportunity in Ethiopia, we
now want to give every member an opportunity to offer a gift of
any size, with the hopes that more than 50,000 baptized members
within the Pacifica Synod will contribute a total of at least
$1,000,000. You can read much more about this in the brochures
in this package.
We are asking
you, as the leaders of the congregation and as B2B2B teams, to
take the following or similar steps:
take a few minutes to read this material, pause for reflection,
and pray about this request
make you own financial commitment to B2B2B and be ready to share
it with your congregation
present
this opportunity to your Church Council for their support and
approval
ask each Council member to make a B2B2B commitment for themselves
and their families
appoint a B2B2B team of five or more people to carry this effort
into your congregation
set a minimum monetary goal for your congregation to raise for
B2B2B
make a B2B2B thermometer showing the congregation how the fundraising
is happening
print some promotional materials each week from the synod website
and tell the stories
share with your congregation how the pastoral staff and Church
Council have made commitments
watch for more materials on the website, on email, and from your
fax machine
record the name of every donor so the synod may recognize each
gift that is given
think
of some creative and enjoyable ways to help raise the funds (dinner,
concert, carwash)
include the children and the youth
know that the name of every donor will become part of a permanent
donor's display at the Center
invite someone to come to your congregation as a guest speaker
to help tell the B2B2B stories
please send or fax the B2B2B information page to the Pacifica
Synod
feel free to call or e-mail for more information
Thank you
for your partnership. May the light of Christ shine brightly over
you these days! Bishop Murray D. Finck and the Planning Team of
the Lutheran Center for Mission & Learning
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