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BISHOP’S CHRISTMAS OFFERING FOR CHILDREN

$2,000 to Brightwood Community Center Kids Club. A priority is to get the playground functional for use with the after school program children. First project is to do fence repairs around the current playground, then replace broken and damaged equipment as funds become available.

$2,000 to Vida Nueva Ministries provides Christian Education, after school activities, computer classes, and much more for the Hispanic and bilingual children on the west side of Indianapolis.

$2,000 to Metro Ministries Summer Program for children and youth. This program would cover all of ministries that are meeting the needs of children during school breaks.

$2,000 to Fletcher Place Community Center reaches out into the community with numerous programs.

North District Projects

$2,000 to CAPS (Children and Parent Services in the Elkhart area) for training of teen moms through pre-parenting education. They need funds to repair and replace the “babies” that are used in that educational program. The cost to repair one baby is $175. This would allow them to continue and possibly expand this program.

$1,000 to Clay Church/Ignite Missions/Firehouse Youth Ministries, a new program of Clay UMC and churches in that cluster working with youth to do home repairs for the Greater South Bend area for families living in and around the cluster churches. In their first year, 11 homes were repaired by 60 youth under adult supervision.

$1,000 to Royal Family Kids Camp, a camp for children with special emotional and/or home situations. Each year, the children gather at Epworth Forest Camp and Conference

Center for a spirit-filled week. Members of the staff are United Methodist members from throughout the conference.

Northeast District Projects

$2,000 to Baby Closet in the Fort Wayne area and housed in Trinity United Methodist Church. The greatest need today is funding for car seats and safety approved cribs/mattresses. (Hospitals no longer provide car seats for newborns so this has become a huge need.) State funding is also dwindling and service requests are increasing. Project assists approximately 1,500 families in the Fort Wayne area and surrounding counties.

North Central District Projects

$2,000 to Kokomo Urban Ministries with programs such as Baby University, Buddy Bags, Project E.A.T., Project Diaper, and KidMO. One of our UM pastors is the ExecutiveDirector. Food security is a huge need in the Kokomo area and these funds provided 4,000 meals for Sunday evening meals prepared all around the city. School staff is reporting improvement in the children’s ability to learn and be ready for the week as a result of just the Sunday evening meal. Many kids only eat at school so a weekend without food was evident in the Monday classroom.

Southwest District Projects $1,000 to Evansville St. Johns UMC Back-to-School Program that purchase backpacks for their special program for the kids in the area.$1,000 to Newburgh UMC's Back-to-School Backpack Ministry and Preschool Scholarships - both ministries target children in the community with financial need.

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West District Projects $2,000 to 14th and Chestnut Community Center in Terre Haute, Ind., a faith-based organization that provides an afterschool program for inner-city children Monday through Friday. They provide meals, homework assistance, clothing and spiritual activities for children in kindergarten thru high school. They also have one of the largest food pantries in Vigo County providing assistance for 500+ individuals per month. Their operational expenses exceed $20,000 monthly. Funds used for meals for the children.

United Methodist Women $1,000 to Youth and Young Adult Mission Service Fund,assisting with scholarships to youth going out to serve on a mission team or do other volunteer work.$1,500 to Chi-Mi-Ca for children and Yo-Pe-Mi-Ca for youth to attend the School of Christian Mission. Great mission education for the youth of our conference.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS WITH CHILDREN/YOUTH $13,000 Awarded to Recipients

$2,000 to Street Children Ministry in Cambodia (Clara Biswas missionary) - Advance #14921A $2,000 to Ishe Anesu Project for Underprivileged Children in Zimbabwe (Maria Humbane missionary connected with Indiana Conference) - Advance #13071A$2,000 Nueva Esperanza is just beginning and currently feeding 100 children five days each week and also providing vitamins, fluoride treatment and free medical and dental care. They hire one cook and the community is asked to supply five volunteers

each day to assist with the cooking, serving and clean-up so that the community is supporting this program with their time.$1,000 to Family Health Ministries Haiti - Advance #3021059$2,000 to SOHO Swaziland for working with child-headed households in Swaziland. This newly associated with Indiana Conference as a Conference Advanced Special, a 501(c)3 based in Indianapolis.$1,000 to Manitos Juntas (Little Hands Together) Mexico

Advance #3020527 This program works with children and assisting them in doing

mission locally. This program is under the leadership of missionary Willie Berman.$1,000 to Wesley House Community Services in Louisville, Kentucky, for WesKids Childcare Center, which provides safe, affordable and quality childcare, and the Youth Brigade Academy, which works with at-risk youths to break the cycle of poverty.$2000 to HAPI (Haitian Artisans for Peace International) Advance Special #3020490 – various ministries One such ministry is food security for the children under age five: Medika Mamba - Nutritional intervention with ready-to-use therapeutic food to severely malnourished children under the age of five helps to ensure that children remain well-nourished and healthy through the toddler years, giving them a chance for normal growth and development into adulthood. Medika Mamba is an energy dense peanut butter, significantly fortified with protein and nutritional supplements. The name Medika Mamba means “peanut butter medicine” in the Haitian Creole language. It is manufactured in Haiti and the children are monitored with our Haitan community health care workers. Only $200 per child provides for the Haitian grown and processed fortified peanut butter product, family health education and a job for the paid local healthcare worker.

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Pray for all the children of the world.

Give to the Bishop’s Christmas Offering

Indiana Conference United Methodist

Christmas is a special time for our children. Unfortunately, many children here at home in Indiana and around the world don’t receive the blessings of this special holiday, but we can make a di erence in their lives through our gi s. Therefore, as has been our tradi on as Hoosier United Methodists, we will pray and give to the well-being of Children.

Give to the Bishop’s Christmas Offering

Funds received through the Bishop’s Christmas o ering will be allocated by percentages. The o ering will be divided to meet needs in these children’s ministries here in Indiana and around the world.

Indiana Conference Camping program will receive 20 percent to go to rst- me campers and children in need;

Indiana United Methodist-related children and youth homes will

receive 30 percent;

Indiana Conference-related Opera on Classroom will receive 10 percent;

Local outreach projects will receive 20 percent;

Bishop’s fund for emergency children’s projects will receive 10 percent;

United Methodist Advance Projects (global and na onal) will receive 10

percent.

Programs supported by this o ering are selected by the Indiana Conference Special O erings Commi ee.

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The Bishop’s Christmas offering funds received will be allocated by percentages. The offering will be divided to meet the needs in these children’s ministries:

Indiana Conference Camping program will receive 20 percent to go to rst-time campers and children in need;Indiana United Methodist-related chil-dren and youth homes will receive 30 percent;Indiana Conference-related Operation Classroom will receive 10 percent;Local outreach projects will receive 20 percent;Bishop’s fund for emergency chil-dren’s projects will receive 10 per-cent; United Methodist Advance Projects (global and national) will receive 10 percent.

Programs supported by this offering are selected by the Indiana Conference Spe-cial Offerings Committee.

Programs are among those endorsed by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries or by the Indiana Confer-ence Advance Special.

Indiana Bishop Michael Coyner

Pray for all the children of the world.INDIANA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST IIIND