Susquehanna Daily LINK - June 10, 2016


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PHOTO BY SANDII PEIFFER


Bishop Park announces that Bishop’s Partners in Missioin will donate over $64,000 to Imagine No Malaria.


The $64,000 answer By Deb Steranksy


Dr. Dilip Abayasekara, field coordinator for the Bishop’s Partners in Mission, presented this year’s report for Imagine No Malaria and Imagine No Mortgage. Two years ago, Bishop Park challenged


us to live out the gospel and support two important missions. One is Imagine No Malaria.


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Imagine No Malaria is an initiative reduce, maybe someday eliminate,


malaria around the world. Four hundred thirty-eight thousand lives are lost to malaria every year. Every two minutes someone dies from malaria, and over 80 percent of those are children. One way to reduce dramatically the threat from malaria is to sleep under nets impregnated


with insecticide in order to keep away the mosquitoes that continue your at riverwoods and normandie ridge


carry the disease. Nets cost about $10. The challenge is to raise $1 million to buy nets. The United Methodist Church, together with partners such as the Gates Foundation, has cut the death rate among children from malaria by half.


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Park presented a check for $64,331.31 to Dr. Abayasekara for Imagine No Malaria. The second part of Bishop’s Partners in Mission is to help eliminate the mortgage on Mission Central. Mission Central enables churches to be more missional by being a clearinghouse of supplies for times of disaster. Dr. Abayasekara encouraged Annual Conference members to visit the table for Bishop’s Partners in Missions in Brubaker Auditorium to pick up brochures that have some ideas for how churches can become involved in his life changing initiative.


Residents volunteer to help with Grande Illumination, an event that raises funds for Benevolent Care.


At RiverWoods Senior Living Community in Lewisburg and Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community in York, you’ll fi nd numerous ways to continue your mission of service including:


• Companions for the Journey (end of life companionship) • On-campus church services & Bible studies • Retired Clergy & Spouses Breakfasts • Days of service at Mission Central • Volunteer Opportunities • Spiritual Retreats • Meals on Wheels • Auxiliaries


To learn more or schedule a personal tour, visit RiverWoods.org and NormandieRidge.org


Normandie Ridge and RiverWoods are proudly affi liated in faith with T e United Methodist Church.


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