Pastor Mark Evans of St. John Lutheran Church presents a check to Pam Zendt, executive director at Samaritan House in Washington Township on Nov. 6.
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Local churches continue to find ways to support Samaritan House throughout the year.
Recently, St. John Lutheran Church hosted an event that raised approximately $1,000 for Samaritan House in Washington Township. The money was raised during a joint concert Oct. 28 by choirs from St. John Lutheran Church, Ss. John and Paul Catholic Church, and the Symphonia Chorale.
Pastor Mark Evans of St. John Lutheran Church in Romeo said his church has been hosting the Harvest of Praise event for the last several years.
"We put on a concert, all the choirs sing and we have the mass choir at the end," he said. "We also take up an offering for Samaritan House. We've been doing this for three or four years."
Evans said each year the event has typically raised around $600. This year, however, the event raised more than $1,000.
"The crowd was nice, but it didn't seem any bigger than in years past," said Evans, who also serves on the Board of Directors for Samaritan House. "People must have really been inspired by the music and an understanding of what we do here."
Evans said community churches continue to support the mission of Samaritan House because the organization's activities mesh with their religious philosophy.
"Here at Samaritan House ... our Lord is the heart and we are the hands," he said. "The congregations that are involved with us, we might worship differently ... yet we are all committed because there are folks out there hurting."
Currently there are 16 churches that sponsor and support Samaritan House.
Pam Zendt, executive director at Samaritan House, said she was pleased to see sponsoring churches, despite different theological persuasions, coming together to show their support. Continued...
Local churches continue to find ways to support Samaritan House throughout the year.Recently, St. John Lutheran Church hosted an event that raised approximately $1,000 for Samaritan House in Washington Township. The money was raised during a joint concert Oct. 28 by choirs from St. John Lutheran Church, Ss. John and Paul Catholic Church, and the Symphonia Chorale.
Pastor Mark Evans of St. John Lutheran Church in Romeo said his church has been hosting the Harvest of Praise event for the last several years.
"We put on a concert, all the choirs sing and we have the mass choir at the end," he said. "We also take up an offering for Samaritan House. We've been doing this for three or four years."
Evans said each year the event has typically raised around $600. This year, however, the event raised more than $1,000.
"The crowd was nice, but it didn't seem any bigger than in years past," said Evans, who also serves on the Board of Directors for Samaritan House. "People must have really been inspired by the music and an understanding of what we do here."
Evans said community churches continue to support the mission of Samaritan House because the organization's activities mesh with their religious philosophy.
"Here at Samaritan House ... our Lord is the heart and we are the hands," he said. "The congregations that are involved with us, we might worship differently ... yet we are all committed because there are folks out there hurting."
Currently there are 16 churches that sponsor and support Samaritan House.
Pam Zendt, executive director at Samaritan House, said she was pleased to see sponsoring churches, despite different theological persuasions, coming together to show their support.
"I think it's awesome," she said. "I think this is a great sign of the times that people are working together to praise God and support Samaritan House."
Zendt said these types of donations are always vital to Samaritan House's mission.
"A thousand dollars is a lot of burgers and hot dogs and eggs and cheese," she said.
For more information about Samaritan House, call 336-9956 or visit www.samaritanhousemichigan.org
Contact Matt December at 586-323-8147 or matt.december@advisorsource.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattDecember or on Facebook at Matt December.
Source: http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2012/11/15//news/doc50a4fd9e9d448014752287.txt
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