Connellsville ENews E-news February 24, 2017 Dear Pastor, laity and churches of the Connellsville District, Please this special Lenten appeal on behalf of Connellsville Ministries. They will be happy to provide special CACM offering envelopes if your church wishes to have a special offering for this appeal. Please use the contact information at the bottom of the letter if you like envelopes or any additional information. Thank you in advance for helping, Bill Dear Partners in Ministry: Please find attached information on the Lenten appeal that Connellsville Area Community Ministries (CACM) is making to raise funds necessary for the ministry to continue serving the needy in our community. Our Sharing The Harvest campaign, the annual fund drive to raise $100,000 to provide one third of our budget, has stalled out at half of the goal ($50,000). In past years we have reached our goal in February. We feel that the generosity of our supporters giving to the flood recovery efforts has impacted the success of the campaign this year. The struggle is that the funds for flood recovery do not help with needs of the regular CACM budget and without this funding we will be forced to reduce services. We are also facing some unexpected expenses to make emergency masonry repairs to the front of our ministry building. These repairs are estimated to cost $20,000 to complete. Would your congregation consider helping us to raise the necessary funds? Attached to this email you will find the information about the Lenten appeal. We would appreciate if you would circulate this to your congregation and encourage them to use this season of Lent to help CACM to continue serving the needy in the Connellsville area. We have designated offering envelopes that we could provide to your Church to use to conduct a special offering for the CACM Lenten appeal. To order your envelopes, respond to this email or call 724-626-1120. Thank you for considering this request for support. Blessings, Chip Chip Rowan Executive Director
Connellsville ENews E-news February 24, 2017 Dear Pastor, laity and churches of the Connellsville District, Please this special Lenten appeal on behalf of Connellsville Ministries. They will be happy to provide special CACM offering envelopes if your church wishes to have a special offering for this appeal. Please use the contact information at the bottom of the letter if you like envelopes or any additional information. Thank you in advance for helping, Bill Dear Partners in Ministry: Please find attached information on the Lenten appeal that Connellsville Area Community Ministries (CACM) is making to raise funds necessary for the ministry to continue serving the needy in our community. Our Sharing The Harvest campaign, the annual fund drive to raise $100,000 to provide one third of our budget, has stalled out at half of the goal ($50,000). In past years we have reached our goal in February. We feel that the generosity of our supporters giving to the flood recovery efforts has impacted the success of the campaign this year. The struggle is that the funds for flood recovery do not help with needs of the regular CACM budget and without this funding we will be forced to reduce services. We are also facing some unexpected expenses to make emergency masonry repairs to the front of our ministry building. These repairs are estimated to cost $20,000 to complete. Would your congregation consider helping us to raise the necessary funds? Attached to this email you will find the information about the Lenten appeal. We would appreciate if you would circulate this to your congregation and encourage them to use this season of Lent to help CACM to continue serving the needy in the Connellsville area. We have designated offering envelopes that we could provide to your Church to use to conduct a special offering for the CACM Lenten appeal. To order your envelopes, respond to this email or call 724-626-1120. Thank you for considering this request for support. Blessings, Chip Chip Rowan Executive Director
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