Central Presbyterian Church issued the following announcement on Sept. 20.
Grace United Church of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, a merged congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Church of Christ, recently completed a fundraising project to nearly triple a gift of $2,000, to be used with the Matthew 25 invitation’s foci in mind: alleviating hunger and poverty, confronting racism, advocating for criminal justice reform and addressing other social justice needs.
Along the way, Grace members and friends learned a retelling of another parable found in Matthew 25, Jesus’ Parable of the Talents.
Last fall, the Presbytery of Milwaukee received an anonymous gift of $100,000, with instructions to distribute $2,000 to each member congregation, allowing each to use the funds in any way they saw fit, as long as the use met the conditions of Matthew 25: 37-40:
Original source can be found here.
Source: Central Presbyterian Church
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