Make Some Noise!

Today was the first "noisy" offering led by St. Ansgar's Sunday School students. Proceeds from this loose change offering will go the the ELCA Malaria Campaign. Bring in your change every third Sunday and delight the children as the sound of the offering in the metal cans gets louder and louder. 

At the New England Synod Assembly this past June, churches voted to make the ELCA Malaria Campaign a focus and priority over this next year.  Malaria kills 655,000 people each year, and most of those people are children under five years of age. That means a child dies from this preventable disease every 60 seconds.

The ELCA has committed to raise $15 million to help prevent, treat and educate communities in Africa about malaria and eliminate deaths from this disease.

Donations can also be made on the ELCA's website and in the general offering at St. Ansgar. Be sure to put offering donations in an envelope clearly marked "ELCA Malaria Campaign."