Many Took The Challenge!

Our Response, a unified community effort to "respond" to global poverty, challenged the people of East Central Minnesota to take the 14% Challenge during the month of April.  The challenge was to reduced our food purchases (grocery store, eating out, etc.) by 14% during the entire month of April and donate the savings to fight malnutrition in Kivuruga, Rwanda. Then, at the end of April, people were to drop off their donation in an envelope marked "Our Response: 14% Challenge” at the PCEFC office or place in the offering plate.  Here's the results...  Our special offering for this nutrition project in Kivuruga, Rwanda was over            $ 3,000 ($3094.22 to be exact).  As Pastor Joel says, “So excited to serve with people who care about people!!!”.

From Steve Fredlund— “The people of Pine City Evangelical Free Church, led by your heart Pastor, Joel Preston absolutely blew me away!  Two main thoughts: 1) The generosity of the body of PCEFC, and  2) The impact $3,000 will have in a place where the average income is $240/year. This is participation in the restoration of this world; way to go PCEFC!"