Lenten alms 2024:  Gifts for life

Episcopal Relief & development

This year our Lenten Alms will be donated

to Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD).  ERD established in 1940, works in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East, to provide humanitarian assistance. Since 2000 ERD emphasizes its disaster relief work, including in the USA and  programmatic focus on integrated community development; reaching more than 2.3 million people directly through their programs.


This program approach is based on an integrated model that addresses poverty, hunger, disaster, and disease. Working with Anglican and ecumenical partners, ERD collaborates with local communities, around the world, as they find solutions to help people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. This approach is rooted in working with communities over time to leverage their own resources and expertise for sustainable growth.


  • GIFTS FOR LIFE - OUR LENTEN GOAL

    Help us build a life-changing gift ($4,000) to sustain communities in need around the world; providing milk, eggs, cheese, fruit for nutrition and income plus clean water to prevent the spread of illness and disease. 


    GOAT Give sustainability — as goats are hardy, reproduce quickly and can be raised in many climates to produce staple items such as milk, cheese and manure for farming. ($80 per goat)


    COW With a milk-producing cow, a family has a steady supply of nourishment and can sell surplus milk to better provide for themselves. ($65 per share, $630 per cow)


    FLOCK OF CHICKENS Help train families and community groups to raise poultry and sell surplus stock and eggs in the marketplace.  ($25 per Share, $135 per flock)


    PIG Offer families financial security and access to food by training them to raise and sell pigs, which reproduce quickly and are ready for market in just six months. ($20 per share, $100 per pig)


    FRUIT TREES Passion fruit, mango, avocado and banana trees provide a long-term, sustainable source of nutrition and income — and can be planted on hillsides for erosion control. ($35 per share)


    SEEDS, TOOLS & TRAINING Communities can thrive with seeds, climate-smart agricultural training and quality farming tools to cultivate a sustainable food supply. ($45 per share)


    CLEAN WATER Ensure access to the most crucial element of health and resilience — clean water — which prevents the spread of illness and deadly disease. ($35 per person, $215 per family)


  • GIFTS FOR LIFE

        

    Update as of March 19th 2022:


    2 Goats, 1 Pig and $275 (the children will decide how to spend) 

  • GIFTS FOR LIFE

    United Nation Sustainability Development GOALS

    2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

     

    Goats

     

    Goats are hardy, reproduce quickly and can be raised in many climates to produce staple items such as milk, cheese and manure for farming. 

  • GIFTS FOR LIFE

    United Nation Sustainability Development GOALS

    2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture


     Seeds, Tools & Training     

     Communities can thrive with seeds, climate-smart agricultural training and quality farming tools to cultivate a sustainable food supply. 

  • GIFTS FOR LIFE

    United Nation Sustainable Development GOALS

    6 Clean Water and Sanitation

     

    Clean Water


    Ensure access to the most crucial element of health and resilience — clean water — which prevents the spread of illness and deadly disease.

     

     

  • life during lent

    Take time each day to:


    PRAY Lenten Meditations - 40 Days of Gratitude Lenten Journal or ERD 


    STUDY and reflect on the Baptismal Covenant. Learn more about the Gifts of Life Program and the needs of the poor around the world


    FASTING & FEASTING Fast from eating out; Feast on making and enjoying a simple meal together


    ALMSGIVING Set aside the money saved through fasting to give to Gifts for Life