In December 2006, Senior Pastor Mike Slaughter challenged Ginghamsburg’s attendees for the third year to spend only one-half on Christmas gifts of what they would normally spend and to bring the rest in for the Sudan Project “Miracle Offering.” This year’s result? One million dollars, to continue Ginghamsburg’s child protection & development program, serving 15,000 children in Darfur, Sudan, while also implementing a four-year project enabling 10 water yards that will provide safe water and sanitation for 219,000 people, the most critical health need in Darfur today.
This is the third year that Ginghamsburg has participated in this Christmas “Miracle Offering” initiative, which has enabled the church in just 24 months to provide over $1.8 million in Darfur relief. The first year resulted in $317,000, which Ginghamsburg Church immediately used in partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to establish a self-sustaining agricultural project that has now expanded to feed 50,000 people in Darfur. For more information, click here.
These churches and organizations contributed directly to the 2006 Miracle Offering in partnership with Ginghamsburg, helping to making the $1 million total possible (for exact total, see below):
Central Lutheran Church - Chippewa Falls, WI
Dayton North District of the United Methodist Church - Dayton, OH
Fairmont High School - Kettering, OH
Genesis UMC - Birmingham, AL
Johnson UMC - Norton, OH
Ladies Ministry of First Baptist Church - Troy, OH
Morgan Hill UMC - Morgan Hill, CA
Mount Olivet UMC - Arlington, VA
New Church Birmingham East - Birmingham, AL
North College Hill CSD - Cincinnati, OH
St. James UMC - Miamisburg, OH
Urbana UMC - Urbana, OH
2006 Sudan Offering Total: $1,009,391.42
Breakdown:
-Ginghamsburg Church Family (via offering and Sudan products): $923,085.23
-Other Churches/Organizations: $81,017.56
-Interest Earned: $5,288.63
Note: Interest earned includes all interest accumulated through the Sudan Project “Christmas Club” as well as interest received on the Sudan Project account balance in January and early February awaiting Ginghamsburg Leadership Board approval to release funds to UMCOR for the 2007 child protection and development and safe water initiatives. Banking fees on accounts were paid by Ginghamsburg Church’s general budget, not from the offerings given. Final amounts were released to UMCOR on Friday, February 9.
Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary!...
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