Annie Rayman recently told us, “When I attended the diocese convention, I was surprised how little any one knew about our organization’s mission and work!”
CPC has two major initiatives. Miles of Pennies collects monies for children’s books. Each grant is for $844.80, or the amount of one mile of pennies laid flat. The other program CPC collects for is their National Book Funds initiative. This fund is designated for adults and helps many seminarians from abroad studying in the U.S. Annie reports that the greatest request is often for this grant and, “our funds were low this year.”
Every year the Presiding Bishop suggests CPC directors ask churches for a special Sunday collection, often the first Sunday in May. “For any church that is interested, I can send a CPC “kit” which includes a special hymn and prayer for the day.” The little white boxes at our diocesan convention were for our missioners overseas.
The Church Periodical Club was started by Mary Ann Fargo, wife of the founder of Wells Fargo Stage Company. The story is that on a trip to the west coast, Mary Ann was surprised to see how few prayer books and bibles were in churches. With her friends, she gathered a supply of books and bibles to distribute on the family’s stage coach runs.
More information online at churchperiodicalclub.com.
For local information, or a CPC kit, please contact Annie Rayman, aerayman@charter.net
Tags: Books, CPC, Fundraiser, Mission
