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WELCOME VI HAMMELMAN!
We are delighted to introduce the Congregational Foundation's
first Director of Development, Viola Hammelman. Vi comes to us
with nearly 20 years of fund development, nonprofit
management, and public affairs experience.
She has worked with emerging and
established organizations in all areas of philanthropic
endeavor including arts and culture, health and human
services, environment, and education. Her creativity with annual
campaigns and special project appeals, as well as major gift cultivation and
bequest development will be well utilized here at the NACCC.
Initially she will focus on a
50th Anniversary appeal with an emphasis
on building the Foundation's first acorn funds in time for our June
Annual Meeting! Stay tuned for more information, or feel free to call Vi
directly with your interest and ideas. She can be reached at 1-800-262-1620,
Extension 25.
Vi's quote to share for October:
"I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer
who puts back into the soil what he takes out." - Paul Newmann, in
Ladies' Home Journal, July 1988
RECIPIENTS OF SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AWARDS,
2004
For service in Christian Education in a local church:
Elizabeth Olson, FCC, St. Johns, MI
Becky Gossett, Merrill Cong'l Church, Merrill, MI
Kathleen Casstevens, Big Woods Cong'l Church, Warrenville, IL
Vicky Limesand, SouthCross Community Church, Burnsville, MN
Dawn Truster, Community Cong'l Church, Franklin, IN
Pamela Welke, Merrill Cong'l Church, Merrill, MI
Catherine Dieter, Bethlehem E&R Church and Lancaster Cong'l
Church, Lancaster, WI
Mark Dieter, Bethlehem E&R Church and Lancaster Cong'l Church,
Lancaster, WI
Duane Swope, Plain Cong'l Church, Bowling Green, OH
Teresa vanderBent, People's Cong'l Church, Bayport, MN
Cathy Howe, Merrill Cong'l Church, Merrill, MI
Patrick Walters, FCC, Portland, MI
Women who have contributed to the Congregational Way of Life
Florence W. Olmstead, FCC, Portland, MI
Mary Alice Walker, Community Church of Warren, Bisbee, AZ
Wilma Walker, Bethlehem E&R, Lancaster, WI
Judy Hansen, People's Cong'l Church
Kathy Rusk, FCC, Hutchinson, KS
Marian Hansen, Kewaunee Cong'l Church, Kewaunee, WI
A CITY BUILT ON A HILL
The Fourth Congregational Symposium will take place Nov
4-7, 2004, at North Congregational Church, Farmington Hills, MI.
Discussions and presentation of papers will center on how the
early Puritan ideal of molding society has developed over the
centuries and has shaped Congregational and American religious,
educational, and public institutions. Speakers will include Rev.
Cynthia Bacon, Rev. Bobbie Chapman, Rev. Dr. Michael Chittum, Rev.
Dr. Jim Eaton, Rev. Dr. Don Olsen, and Dr. Janet Bell Garber,
among others.
The Historic First Congregational Church of Detroit will host the
Keynote Program, and will offer opportunities to visit the
Underground Railroad Living Museum. Please contact northcong@aol.com
or 248.848.1750 for more information.
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