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Worship + Special Offerings
Speakers - Bishop Thomas Bickerton (Pittsburgh Area Resident Bishop and Chair of the United Methodist Global Health Initiative), Rev. Dr. Sharon Rhodes-Wickett (Claremont United Methodist Church), and Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño (Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop).
Special Offerings - Imagine No Malaria, the Ministerial Education Fund, and Strength for the Journey. (Correction: DisAbility Ministries will make a special presentation without a special offering)
Imagine No Malaria
Goal - Cal-Pac is aiming for 300,000+ lives saved through a pledge of $100 per member
Offering - Local churches have been provided an special envelope in which to bring to Annual Conference the "first fruits" of their Imagine No Malaria efforts
Pledge - Churches whose efforts are planned for after Annual Conference are encouraged to bring pledges in the special envelope provided
Appearances - Katie Kevorkian, Field Coordinator, will participate in the Laity Dinner, Ebony Prophets Breakfast, Connect Youth Service, the Memorial and Communion Service
A Call for Volunteers
Annual Conference Media Team - Volunteers who can help with setup or perhaps run a camera during one of the sessions are welcome to learn and join the Media Team. LEARN MORE
Cal-Pac Office of Communications - Photographers of all skill levels are invited to capture special moments with images throughout Journey to Wholeness: Annual Conference 2014. LEARN MORE
Our Cal-Pac goal is 300,000+ lives saved through a pledge of $100 per member
Pledge Form http://www.calpacumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pledge-form1.pdf?utm_source=ALL+DATABASE&utm_campaign=f19d062d4a-AC2014_Plug_In&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7248078e6c-f19d062d4a-98566457| Letter to Churches
Dear Pastor and Lay Leader,
Grace and peace to you in the New Year in the mighty name of Christ Jesus!
We are proud to share with you that local churches throughout our California-Pacific Conference have
already raised $50,000 towards our goal of preventing 300,000 deaths through the Imagine No Malaria
Initiative even before our official launch! On January 15, 2014 at the Los Angeles Clippers game, we will
celebrate the beginning of this initiative. Imagine No Malaria is our denomination’s effort to prevent
the deaths of 7.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa where a life is lost every 60 seconds to malaria.
Many of us in Cal-Pac may not be aware that our Conference Treasurer, Archana Carey, suffered from
malaria as a young mother living in Africa. The traumatic ordeal was painful both emotionally and
physically. In fact, she can still see the faces of those around her who did not survive and she still has
the scars on her back from malaria treatment. Thankfully, she survived and she shares her story with us
today, so that we might make a difference in preventing others from contracting this terrible disease.
We hope that you will prayerfully consider a God-sized goal for your congregation. We suggest that
you make a goal of $100 ($10 saves a life) per average Sunday morning worship attendance. This
means that if you have an average worship attendance of 50, your goal would be $5,000; if 100, then
$10,000. While our aim is to reach our goal in 2014, we will work with you into 2015 if necessary.
Some important events for Imagine No Malaria Cal-Pac include:
Los Angeles Clippers Game (January 15, 2014) - Official launch of Imagine No Malaria Cal-Pac,
including a free t-shirt with the purchase of each ticket
World Malaria Day Conference-Wide Pancake Breakfast (April 26-27, 2014)
Alternative Giving opportunities throughout the year
2014 Annual Conference Recognition of our local churches faithful work
As the first step, please complete and return the enclosed forms announcing your congregation’s
fundraising goal and local church coordinator, no later than January 30, 2014. To support your efforts,
additional stories and other resources are available at our Imagine No Malaria Cal-Pac website
(buzzkills.net) including those for Alternative Giving Days, Vacation Bible School, and Advent 2014.
Together, by the grace of God, we can help change the future of the African continent, and transform
the world as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Peace,
Rev. Kathy Cooper-Ledesma
Co-Chair
Ms. Pauley Perrette
Co-Chair
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño
Resident Bishop
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