The Annual Appeal is a shared ministry; we bring our gifts before God to be blessed, then shared. This is God’s Work. The Annual Appeal is your opportunity to bring your gifts to the Lord.
See God’s work in the development of our youth, our ministry to the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of Long Island, and our support of grass roots local parish programs (more).
Trust God’s work in the financially responsible way it is administered, and for work that is broad based and impartial through Agency, Program, Archdeaconry and Church-Based Grants (more).
Support God’s Work through online donations and a comprehensive gifting program (more).
- See it develop our youth into leaders with spiritual foundations.
 The camping and environmental experience of Camp DeWolfe transforms lives. It is where grace is shared and spiritual change is created for over 430 children and youths yearly.
- 85% of people who have made a faith commitment did so before age 18 (Gallup).
- Over 50% of clergy and lay leaders had a formative experience at a camp or retreat (Lilly).
- See it in our ministry to the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of
Long Island, regardless of religion. See it through pastoral care, pastoral education and social work.
 Year 2008
Episcopal Health Services Pastoral Care to:
| Hospital patients |
23,000
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| Hospital staff |
2,500
|
| Nursing home residents |
460
|
Episcopal Community Services
| Counseling sessions |
1,150
|
| Requests for information or referral |
300
|
| Individual clients |
139
|
| Couples in individual premarital counseling |
109
|
| Parishes that have used counseling services |
81
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| Couples in premarital counseling seminars |
36
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| Premarital counseling facilitators trained |
14
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- See it supporting grass roots local parish programs including programs focused on feeding the hungry, and caring for our seniors and children.
| Archdeaconry & Church Based Grants: |
| Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn: Saturday Breakfast Program |
| St. George’s Church, Brooklyn: Our Blessed Mother’s Soup Kitchen |
| All Saint’s, Richmond Hill: Senior Lunch Program |
| Grace Church, Jamaica: Bp. Thompson Music & Arts Program |
| St. George’s, Flushing: “Altered States” Cultural Outreach |
| Grace Church, Riverhead: Job Development for Recently Unemployed |
| St. Patrick’s, Deer Park: Friendship Supper Program |
| Archdeaconry of Suffolk: Shinnecock-Sewanaka Society’s Native |
| Americans in the Episcopal Church Mission Program |
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- Trust it for its financial responsibility.
- Accountability
- Thoroughness
- Individual commitment
- Trust it for support that is broad and impartial
Agency and Program Grants |
Year 2008 |
Archdeaconry and Church Based Grants
|
$100,000 |
Camp DeWolfe – Operating Expenses
|
$75,000 |
Camp DeWolfe – Scholarships
|
$33,526 |
Episcopal Community Services
|
$140,000 |
Episcopal Health Services – Pastoral Care Education
|
$65,000 |
Retired Clergy Benefits – Medical Insurance
|
$30,000 |
Clergy Wellness Initiative
|
$25,000 |
The Bishop’s Call
|
$160,000 |
Katrina Relief for Dioceses of Mississippi & Louisiana
|
$8,000 |
| TOTAL |
$636,526 |
- 100% of your gifts to the Annual Appeal are used in ministry.
Support God’s Work through online donations and a comprehensive gifting program.
ECLI manages a comprehensive gifting program that can be individually tailored. Choose any of these methods, or contact us to discuss your special wish.
- Check or credit card
- Gifts of thanksgiving & memorials that are recorded in the Book of Remembrance and individually acknowledged.
- Matching employer gifts
- Bequests
- Other planned giving including charitable gift annuities, trusts, and other life income gifts
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