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| ABCNJ Endorses the Penny Project |
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| Written by ABCNJ Public Mission Committee | |||
| Thursday, 21 January 2010 14:51 | |||
The Public Mission Committee of the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey is encouraging all of the regions churches to participate in the Penny project. Funds raised by the donating of pennies can be used by your local church or donated to the region's ABCNJ Anti-Poverty Grant ministry. Each year, the Public Mission Committee provides grants to ABCNJ churches that are engaged in creative ministries to alleviate poverty. Some churches are already participating; if your church is already involved, please let the committee know! Christ Congregation in Princeton is one such church. Owen and Julia Simon are standing beside their church's Penny Jar!The Penny Project seeks to raise awareness of the extent of child poverty throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and support for programs and ministries responding to the needs of children in poverty. Inspired by the example of the youth of First Baptist Church in New London, N.H.—who raised 60,000 pennies to represent the number of children living in poverty in their state—National Ministries is encouraging the youth of American Baptist Churches USA to raise 14 million pennies to represent the number of children living in poverty in the United States and Puerto Rico. If your group would like to be part of The Penny Project, use the menu to the left to see who is already involved, register your group, and download the resources you need to get started in this nation-wide effort. If you need additional information click here.  Download and listen to the podcast (17.9MB MP3) of the Rev. Lisa Harris, National Ministries' acting coordinator of Children's Ministries. Share in her excitement about The Penny Project.
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:31 |