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Rosa Ohlrogge comforts a kitten during a Friends of Ferals spay session, part of her con- firmation project.
and trimming dresses. “Te first one was tough,” Eder
said, “but it got easier with each dress.” Tey also became more creative as
door. Passers-by reach in to borrow, return or donate books. A neighbor had lots of tools,
advice and a printed plan for Kuhn and Adams. And they had no trouble gathering recycled materials: “We helped clean out three garages,” Kuhn said. Now their Little Free Library is
dispensing books just off the side- walk at church. Morgan Eder’s mentor, Lisa
of money to better herself or himself. Streit added $25, so a $50 invest-
ment was split between a man in Azerbaijan and a woman in Chile. Tey could track the entrepreneurs online, and DeMeuse learned that both paid off their loans. Now the money DeMeuse and Streit invested is helping other start-up enterprises.
Putting away electronics In 2013, mentors and confirmands were handed a slightly different Lenten challenge: “Put away your electronics and make something for someone else using your hands.” Aſter discarding the idea of build-
ing a birdhouse, Jack Adams and mentor Brian Kuhn started thinking about the Little Free Libraries that were popping up around Madison. Te library is like an overgrown bird- house on a post with a hinged front
Johnson, had heard from a neighbor about “Little Dresses for Africa,” an organization that encourages volun- teers to create dresses for girls out of pillowcases. Eder hadn’t sewn before but was willing to learn. Church members donated pillowcases and, faced with a 40-day deadline, the neighbor, Eder and Johnson began an assembly-line of cutting, stitching
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they went along, and the three work- ers got to know each other better too. “My neighbor and I had never discussed faith or church before, and here we found ourselves getting enthusiastic together over this church project,” Johnson said. Eder ended up doing most of the
sewing, and by the end of Lent the threesome had 27 dresses packed up for shipping to Africa. Lent 2014 brings back the $25
challenge, allowing other confir- mands and their mentors to get to know each other better while making the world a better place too.
Author bio: McGown is a member of Advent Lutheran Church, which she attends with her children and grandchildren.
Her original title for this article was “Not your grandmother’s confirmation project.”
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