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Endowment “Before you go to your heavenly home, help your church home also live forever.” Honoring the past and the future 100 years 1903 ~ 2003 The Piano (My Parents’ Endowment) Marda Craig
Since I’m a relatively new member of Christ’s Church let me introduce myself. I grew up in Christ’s Lutheran when the church was located on Plymouth Avenue in Oreland. When my brother and I were about 10 and 12 our parents, Davis and Marion Phelps, accepted a calling as choir director and organist at a church in Narberth, PA. So our family left Christ’s Church to work and worship together at the new church and we stayed there for more than 10 years. It is almost 15 years ago now that both our parents passed away and we had the task of deciding where some of our parents processions should go. When we came to Mother’s piano we knew it should be at Christ’s Lutheran, their home church. Now that our family has returned I have come to know how much the piano means to our new church family. ¬ It leads us and inspires us during most of our Sunday worship services. ¬ A number of the youth in the congregation have learned to play the instrument, and they have chosen music as a career, going on to teach the children of our church family and the community. ¬ We have enjoyed concerts and recitals that have helped to raise funds to support our youth on their Mission trips. As you can see, the piano is a continuing legacy (endowment) of my parents’ mission in life, that of worshipping God through music and teaching young people. And it is an endowment that will serve Christ’s Church for years to come. Not all of us have pianos, organs, or stain glass windows to give to the church, but we have gifts to give. Please prayerfully consider what kind of gift you may want to give. It can be a gift of money made weekly, monthly, yearly, or a planned endowment for the future. The gift will be your endowment (legacy) to Christ’s Church for years to come. I want to say in closing that the Craig family feels truly blessed to be a part of the Christ’s Lutheran Church family…..it’s good to be home again! God Bless You! "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8Beginning in February 2007, members of our congregation will receive a new envelope included with your bi-monthly packet of church envelopes. The new envelope is labeled “Endowment Fund”. You are welcome to use this envelope at any time that you or your family desire to contribute to our church’s Endowment Fund. All gifts, however large or small, will add value to our Endowment Fund and provide income for the church’s use year after year. Consider joining others in our congregation who are contributing to this fund, whenever it is appropriate for you. Thank You!! |