Opportunities for support
As an appointed missionary of the Episcopal Church, I receive a portion of my stipend directly from the Episcopal Church Center's offices. The rest, and any support for specific projects, I am expected to raise through donations to my work. I encourage your support in this work, and invite you to extend your stewardship into this corner of God's mission in the world.
Specific current needs:
It costs about US $50 per day to maintain my basic living, staff, transport, and office expenses. At present, about $25 of that is at the moment being given to me through the Office of Mission Personnel as a monthly stipend. $25 per day for 365 days: a little over $9,000. But that figure is likely soon to go down to about $15 per day after deductions, for a total from The Episcopal Church of only $6,000 per year. This represents a cut of one third, because of the reduced budget the General Convention passed in July of 2009. The rest, a total of around $33 per day, or about $12,000 per year on a regular basis, must now be raised through contributions from dioceses, churches, organizations, and individual people.
On the brighter side,
A further current need is for
A longer-range and larger project for which funding is also needed is
Your participation in this work will ensure that the joyful task of enhancing the Arts and Christianity in Asia is continued, and that the gospel as it is expressed in India and other parts of Asia blossoms in indigenous forms. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.
Randall Giles
Gifts to the Madras Diocese Department of Liturgy and Music or to the mission work of Randall Giles can also be made in the USA in care of the Episcopal Church.
The Office of Mission Personnel at the Episcopal Church Centre in New York has suggested a form letter for this purpose:
[Date]
Mr Ralph O’Hara, Treasurer The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA 815 Second Avenue New York, New York 10017-4594
Dear Mr. O’Hara: I hereby give to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America a gift in the amount of ______________. I designate that it be used In support of the work of Dr Randall Giles, DFMS Missioner in the Department of Liturgy and Music, CSI Diocese of Madras, for [specific intention if any].
_______________________________ (Donor’s name and signature here)
Dr Randall Giles, Director, |
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