Donation to Faithworks from
St. Barnabas
Last year St. Barnabas was gifted with a generous bequest from a long-time parishioner. We spent a lot of time, discussion and prayer on what we should direct the money towards. The Leadership Team reviewed the matter, we took it to Advisory Board, and we held a meeting with the parish to get their input. We also said a prayer every Sunday asking for direction from God as to how we should distribute the wonderful gift that we had received.
After many months of prayerful consideration and discussion, a motion was passed at Vestry that we would utilize the funds for some much needed work on our building and to extend our ministry plans, but that we would also follow the guidance of the bible and make sure that some of it was given to other worthwhile projects. Some of the money went to a project that will benefit our neighbourhood and some to Faithworks.
We as a parish have benefited from grants from Faithworks in the past and we wanted to pay it back so that others would be able to receive the same help that we did. As well we wanted areas outside of our neighbourhood to benefit from our gift. The work that Faithworks does is definitely worthwhile and we rejoice that we can play a part in helping it to happen.
The Leadership Team of St. Barnabas Anglican Church (Chester)
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