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2012 Lenten Offering to The Bishop's Well
The International Diocese is encouraging its parishes to include the Bishop's Well in their Lenten offerings. Plastic bottles converted with slots to become piggy banks are available to individuals and local churches to collect change. That change will be used to save lives! That's where we get our slogan:
SAVE CHANGE-SAVE LIVES
What it is
Bishop’s Well is a ministry of Ekklesia, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that is saving lives by helping to provide clean, safe water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation causes 80% of all sickness and disease, and kills more people around the world every year than all forms of violence---including war!
How it works
We are working with Water for the World (sometimes called W4W). They are a ministry of the Assemblies of God church and have donated a $500,000 water well drilling rig to be used in Kenya. Ekklesia has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with W4W and the Anglican Church of Kenya to help deploy the rig to have the best possible impact in the drought-stricken nation. The Bishop’s Well “Save Change to Save Lives” coin collection is a way that youth groups, congregations, and individuals can help gather resources for pure water in some of the poorest areas of the world.
What is needed
Even with the drilling rig being donated, we have to raise money for the pipe, pumps, tanks, drill bits, fuel, and all the other associated expenses with drilling. The rig saves us a tremendous amount, but it can still cost $25,000 for each “bore hole” to be installed because sometimes we have to drill to 600 feet. That is not very far when you consider people are currently walking as far as seven miles for water that can be found 200 yards away.
How to help
Tax deductable contributions can also be given through your church or Diocese or sent to:
Ekklesia , P.O. Box 118526, Carrollton, TX 75011-8526
To give by credit card or PayPal see www.bishopswell.org