Fundraiser in E-Town

The Compassion Core team hosted a fundraiser in Elizabethtown on March 29th. We are so grateful to the parents of Jonny Rashid (our pastor at Broad and Dauphin) who opened up their restaurant for the event. The Compassion Core Team has a mailing list of about 700 people and over half of the addresses are within 60 miles of Elizabethtown, making it a great location to host this event! The team, as well as some Circle of Hope members who have been impacted by our compassion teams, were joined by about 25 people from across central Pennsylvania.

The evening was full of good conversation, story telling, and delicious food. Rachel Sensenig spoke about her personal transformation through Circle Counseling, Matt Tice talked about the freedom he experienced through the Debt Annihilation Team, Sara Semborski talked about Shalom House’s peacemaking efforts, Mary Bucher declared the genius of sharing Kids and Baby Goods with one another and our neighbors, and Megan Rosenbach shared the success of revitalizing the library at Childs School.

Through the event we raised just about $1500, received $500 worth of pledges for this year, and started relationships with people who want to help us raise more money. The compassion core’s fundraising goal in 2014 is $8500, but we would love to raise more! The money is used to help compassion teams fulfill their call from Jesus to love the world in very tangible ways.

For more information about our compassion teams visit here or go to the compassion team blog.