Please consider donations to the Enduring Gift Foundation. This fund was established on August 24, 2003 and started to make contributions in 2007 to allow our Congregation not only to assist sharing God's word to this generation but to share it with generations to come.
Enduring Gift Foundation at Work
Donor generosity made these and many other activities possible. Over $154,000 has been spent on outreach activities in the past 14 years. Make your Enduring Gift today!
Contributions to Community Services:
Hope for the Journey Home, Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, Loaves & Fishes, North Saint Paul Food Shelf, Lutheran Social Services (Metro Homeless Youth Project), Achieve Language Academy "Food for Families" and Outreach Fund, House of Refuge Outreach, Eastside Community "Return 2 School" program, Open Hands Midway, ELCA World Hunger, Lutheran World Relief Quilting
Scholarships:
Youth bible camp scholarships, Tanzania School Scholarship Fund, pre-school enhancements, college scholarships for BLLC high school graduates, ministry education scholarship
Funding for Beaver Lake outreach activities:
Parish nurse & wellness program, children’s bible outreach, community garden with proceeds donated to the North Saint Paul Food Shelf (over $500/year), youth mission trips, 363 Program, Christmas in October, labyrinth improvements, annual neighborhood block party and Trunk n' Treat, activities with Achieve Language Academy, ASL interpreting services, missionary support
Kingdom Assignments 2009 -2010-2011:
Volunteers received $100 to invest in an outreach ministry of their choice. They tried to leverage the opportunity to raise money and make a difference in the community. The projects typically generated over $10,000 each year for community groups.
EGF Questions and Answers
What is it?
Where is the money and what can be spent?
How can the earnings be spent?
Why should you consider a gift?
Apart from the ballot box, philanthropy presents the one opportunity the individual has to express his meaningful choice over the direction in which our society will progress. George G Kirstein
A sower went out to sow his seed…and some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold. Luke 8: 5a, 8a
If you’re fortunate enough to have the resources to make charitable gifts, consider the work of the Lord as a part of your legacy. What better gift to future generations could you make?
How can you become a donor and what types of gifts are accepted?
Are donations tax deductible?
How can I learn more?
Who looks after the Foundation for the Church?
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