Those of us on the Transylvanian Partner Church Committee are fresh out of ideas, and I’m not so sure that fresh is the right word.  Stale out of ideas?  There’s only a handful of active members, and contributions to the Village Education Fund are not anywhere near coming up to the levels necessary to support students from Homoródújfalu.  Guidelines suggest $500 or more annually per student.  We’re far short of our own goal of $400 per student.  Meanwhile, the number of students we try to support has doubled over the last several years.

Pilgrimages to Transylvania always stir interest within our congregation, but the high cost keeps us from going as often as we might wish.   Bottom line, what do we need to do to create interest in our partner church, and what do we need to do to stimulate the financial support that is central to our mission?  All of us get asked to support any number of causes along with our annual pledges and our current capital campaign pledges.  How do we stand out from the crowd?

What do you say?

Köszönöm! (Thank you!)