Agape Art

Agape Art needs your help!

These past couple months of my journey in Agape Art have been full of blessings from the Lord mixed with many trials of the heart.  As I shared just a couple months ago as 2009 began, I've felt the Lord leading me a new direction with Agape Art this year.  That new leading has led to lots of continued prayer on my part as well as inviting others to pray along with me.  Please continue to pray for me as I seek to be in-tune with the Lord's plans for the direction of the Agape Art program.  One big change is that we will not be hosting a large fundraising art show event this year.  The Lord has challenged me to use time and resources differently this year, including some other creative and common ways of raising funds, while focusing more heavily on the team selection and preparation for this next trip. 

 

With that said, our need for funding is still quite great!  We are hitting a crucial crunch time, in that we should be purchasing plane tickets within the next 10 days!.  The total cost per person is approximately $2000 each.  Over 3/4 of that amount is needed for airfare, while the remainder helps with our expenses in the Philippines including all the art supplies needed to run the art camp for the Agape girls.  We like to think of our fundraising as a team effort.  Although we do have some of our funds in place, as a team we are less that half-way to our goal.  We need your help!

 

We are all certainly feeling this economic crunch together, and extra money seems like a thing of the past.  Although extra money may be something you don't have, I ask you to at least consider making a small donation which may include a small sacrifice such as one less dining out occassion or something else that is significant but not always necessary to you. In seeking the Lord’s voice and direction, I firmly know that He still wants me in this and that he’s not done with Agape Art just yet, so here I am “just asking”.  If you have any room in your budget, I humbly request a donation of any size.  If everyone who reads this were to give even just $15.00 by March 12th, we would be well on our way to empowering the lives of the teenage girls at Rainbow Village in 2009. 

 

To make a donation:

Checks may be made payable to Vineyard Community Church (VCC)

Please write Agape Art-STM-BP in the memo line

Send donation to:

Vineyard Community Church

Attn: Missions

11340 Century Circle

Cincinnati, OH 45246

(contributions are tax deductible)

 

 

Thank you so much for all your support throughout this journey!

LaRosa's Buddy Cards for Sale to support Agape Art 2009 trip!

For those in the Cincinnati area, we are proudly selling LaRosa’s Pizza Buddy Cards as part of our fundraising efforts.  The cards offer 10 Free Large Cheese Pizza (Buy one, get one free) coupons, plus 4 other combination coupons, and a Free admission to the zoo.  Cards are  just $10 each and pay for themselves after the second use.  Five dollars of each card sold is a direct donation to Agape Art.  Please contact Becky Palmieri (beckypalmieri@gmail.com) if you’d like to buy one!  Or if you think you could sell at least 5 in your office or community, please let me know.  (Sell at least 5, and earn 1 free for yourself!)