Recognizing that people of faith are key to achieving the goals to end poverty and hunger, the Episcopal Church’s 75th General Convention in June 2006 voted to make the MDGs the top mission priority for the church over the next three years. Emmanuel is working to support the Millennium Development Goals by giving 0.7% of our parish budget to organizations working to end poverty. Our MDG Committee is targeting projects that accomplish these goals and allow our congregation to have a more personal understanding by bringing in outside speakers who will discuss the various projects.
Over the next few months, brief presentations will be given during the meal on Soup Sunday. Here is the schedule for the next few months. (Click the highlighted text to go to a new website.)
We encourage all members of Emmanuel to personally designate 0.7% of their personal income to programs that are working to accomplish the MDGs. Consider contributing to one of the following organizations:
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