DEACON'S CORNER FOR CONSCIENTIOUS GIVING

                                                                                     July 2025

Please prayerfully consider how you can support this month's offering causes and consciously plan your donation

“First Bag” Collection Causes   

July 06: Resonate Global Outreach--ICRC church partners with Resonate as we share the good news around the world. This offering will support the work of Inglewood's Outreach workers: Selena Headley, working with churches and Youth Impact clubs in Africa; Nasser Z. and Sylvie C. working with Farsi speaking seekers in Eastern Canada; Kevin and Liz Schouten (as Kevin teaches English to Moroccan students). Each recipient will receive 1/3 of the total.

July 13: Citizens for Public Justice --(CPJ) is a national organization of members who are inspired by faith to act for social and environmental justice in Canadian public policy. Their work focuses on three key policy areas: poverty in Canada, climate justice, and refugee rights. For over 60 years, justice-oriented people of faith, along with churches and religious orders, have joined their voices.

CPJ encourages citizens, leaders in society, and governments to support policies and practices which reflect God’s call for love, justice, and the flourishing of Creation. As Christians, we are called to live out our response to God’s call to love and justice. This response is at the heart of public justice.

July 20: Hope and Healing International – Doctors, health officers and community workers go to the world's poorest places to work with people living in most difficult circumstances. With your financial gifts they set up remote surgical units to give the miracle of sight. Their mandate is to ensure people with disabilities are included in development programs and emergency relief efforts.

July 27: Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS) -- has been providing programs, resources, and support to youth in Edmonton for over 35 years! The youth who bravely show up at YESS come from all cultures, economic backgrounds, races, religions, communities, sexual orientations, and gender identities. Youth who are experiencing crisis need immediate access to stabilization at any time of the day or night and they can find that at YESS. Along with providing basic needs for safe sleeping, healthy food, and warm clothing, YESS is also committed to supporting the physical, mental, cultural/spiritual, and emotional needs of youth to help them create sustainable change in their lives.

“Second Bag” (blue bag) collection is for the church budget – We as a congregation are committed to Inglewood's annual church budget which includes:

Salaries and Benefits – for ministry staff: Pastor, Worship Director, and Church Administrator.

General Expenses – which includes the cost of congregational programs, children and youth ministry programs, worship services, outreach activities, office supplies, hospitality, janitorial care and supplies, and telephone, internet, live streaming and utilities services.

Ministry Shares – which is a proven, cost-sharing method for Churches to work together to support a variety of Denominational and Classical ministries.

Building Projects – which includes computer related costs, and building maintenance and repair costs.

Please give generously so that we will be able to honour our financial commitments to Inglewood CRC, Classis Alberta North and the Christian Reformed denomination.