FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin
FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin
FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin
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2. Southwest Ecumenical Emergency Assistance Center, Atlanta, USA<br />
$5,000<br />
The Southwest Ecumenical Emergency Assistance Center (SWEEAC)<br />
was founded in 1988 with <strong>the</strong> encouragement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christian Council <strong>of</strong><br />
Metropolitan Atlanta to address <strong>the</strong> heavy dem<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> emergency services<br />
requested by members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> church community. The center provides<br />
food, clothing, food stamps enrollment, health care services, employment<br />
assistance <strong>and</strong> back to school supplies for children. Many <strong>of</strong> those served<br />
are households headed by single female, seeking to streng<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>mselves<br />
financially, physically, mentally, emotionally <strong>and</strong> spiritually.<br />
3. Grants to American Indians in Nebraska (GAIN),<br />
Nebraska, USA, $5,000<br />
Grants to American Indians in Nebraska (GAIN) is an ecumenical body<br />
that facilitates/oversees <strong>the</strong> granting <strong>of</strong> financial support to proposals<br />
benefiting American Indians in Nebraska in areas <strong>of</strong> recognized needs.<br />
These areas are: food <strong>and</strong> nutrition, health <strong>and</strong> medical services, emergency<br />
assistance, alcohol rehabilitation, <strong>and</strong> programs to modify structures <strong>and</strong><br />
attitudes which perpetuate <strong>the</strong> suffering <strong>of</strong> American Indians in Nebraska<br />
(e.g. counseling <strong>and</strong> referral, employment opportunities, educational<br />
services). GAIN assures funding sources that applications for grants to<br />
projects ministering to American Indians are valid <strong>and</strong> appropriate.<br />
MIDDLE EAST<br />
1. Mission for Youth in <strong>the</strong> Holy L<strong>and</strong>, Jerusalem,<br />
West Bank, Jordan, S$5,000<br />
Being an important activity within <strong>the</strong> Evangelical Lu<strong>the</strong>ran Church in<br />
Jordan <strong>and</strong> Holy L<strong>and</strong> (ELCJHL), we try to alleviate <strong>the</strong> burdens our people<br />
face daily in <strong>the</strong> light <strong>of</strong> political, economic <strong>and</strong> social hardships. Given<br />
this situation, <strong>the</strong> ECLJHL does its best to move with its witness <strong>and</strong><br />
mission among its congregational members <strong>and</strong> also among Christians<br />
<strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r affiliations. We <strong>the</strong>refore consider holding retreats, conferences,<br />
training courses, workshops <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r rallies for our people, especially<br />
for young people as contribution form our part to promote spirituality,<br />
evangelization, <strong>and</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>rmore hinder emigration <strong>of</strong> Christians <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
impact <strong>of</strong> drug addiction <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r abuses among <strong>the</strong> youth, in particular<br />
<strong>and</strong> Christian families, in general.<br />
2. Evangelism among Women, Syria, $4,500<br />
The Armenian Evangelical Union has 7 active churches in Syria. Each<br />
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