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Metropolitan New York Synod Awards Deer Park's Ascension Lutheran Church With Matching Grant For Capital Improvements And Key Renovations
Deer Park's Ascension Lutheran Church has been awarded with a capital improvement grant
[Manhattan] At a time when a broad range of challenges are confronting houses of worship, the Metropolitan New York Synod (MNYS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) today announced that Deer Park’s Ascension Lutheran Church has been awarded with a capital improvement grant that will assist the church in making key renovations, enabling it to better serve the community.
The award announcement marks a milestone for the Synod’s strategic plan, which seeks to reinvest in member churches by developing creative solutions for recommitting to ministry in places where its presence may be enhanced to more fully serve the community.
“In an environment where church closings are becoming more and more commonplace, the Lutheran Church is making a deliberate effort to re-invest in our communities’ viable ministries,” said Synod Bishop Robert Rimbo. “With these grants, churches like Ascension can now take the focus off of an aging physical plant that impedes our ministry and put the focus back on doing God’s work.”
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Last month the Synod Council approved $200,000 of funding for its first Capital Improvement Challenge Grants, which matches funds raised by the applying churches. With nearly 40 congregations throughout the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island, and Westchester and Dutchess Counties submitting applications, 21 were selected by the capital improvement grant review committee to receive funds.
Ascension will use the funds to finance improvements to its roof.
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About the Metropolitan New York Synod (MNYS):
Members of the Metro New York Synod’s nearly 200 congregations are worshipping God, helping friends and neighbors, celebrating diversity, feeding the hungry, working for justice, and advocating for peace. In all we do, we strive to reflect God’s boundless love for all people. The Synod covers all five boroughs of New York City, all of Long Island, and seven upstate counties (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester). To learn more about MNYS, call 212-665-0732 or visit them online at www.mnys.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mnyselca.
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