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February 22, 2012
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Neighbors in Need
 
          Neighbors in Need is one of four special offerings (along with One Great Hour of Sharing, Strengthen the Church, and the Christmas Fund) received in the United Church of Christ each year. For information on all four offerings, go to www.ucc.org.   
 
          It is important in South Dakota though to give special emphasis to Neighbors in Need.    This special offering received on World Wide Communion Sunday (the first Sunday in October) supports mission work within the United States.   One third of this offering goes to CAIM (the Council for American Indian Ministries).   Of the 22 CAIM churches in the United Church of Christ 13 churches are in the Dakota Association.   This is the life blood of the Dakota Association.   Each year for the past several years support for NIN has been declining which means that all the native churches including the Dakota Association are receiving less and less support.   Let us support this offering generously.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Churches Wider Mission
 
Thank you for your support of OCWM (Our Churches Wider Mission). Your gifts do make a difference in the life of the whole church.
OCWM is the life blood of the United Church of Christ.   It supports the mission of the church around the world and here in South Dakota. But mission to others is only one part of OCWM.   It also provides resources for our congregations – Christian education, evangelism, stewardship, church growth, music, spiritual renewal, camping, and youth ministries.    The entire placement process is underwritten by your gifts to OCWM.
The chart below lists the OCWM gifts of each church for last year and how you are doing so far this year. Our churches are very generous. This is a time to say thank you for your generosity in the past and for your continued generosity. May this work that we do together be pleasing to God.
 

CHURCH NAME
Membership #
OCWM
OCWM
OCWM
 
 
2010
2011 thru Q4
2011 per capita giving
Aberdeen, PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL
418
7166.00
4959.00
11.86
Academy, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
46
0.00
0.00
0.00
Alcester, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
138
6900.00
7000.00
50.73
Alpena, UNITED PARISH OF ALPENA
13
600.00
0.00
0.00
Armour, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
156
3086.00
3096.00
19.85
Barnard,COMMUNITY CHURCH
78
0.00
0.00
0.00
Belle Fourche, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
163
127.12
147.00
0.90
Beresford, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
80
9400.08
9400.08
117.50
Brentford, CONGREGATIONAL
71
4000.00
2500.00
35.21
Brookings, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
140
0.00
2600.00
18.57
Bryant, UNION CONGREGATIONAL
30
1700.00
1700.00
56.67
Buffalo, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
63
0.00
0.00
0.00
Bullhead, PINE LITTLE EAGLE
15
0.00
0.00
0.00
Cannon Ball, MEMORIAL CONGREGATIONAL
32
0.00
0.00
0.00
Carthage, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL
14
300.00
175.00
12.50
Centerville, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
99
1048.00
2097.00
21.18
Chamberlain, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
376
9000.00
7333.37
19.50
Cherry Creek, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
41
0.00
0.00
0.00
Clark, PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL
92
1200.00
500.00
5.43
Clear Lake, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
48
200.00
500.00
10.42
Columbia, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
34
400.00
400.00
11.77
Custer, COMMUNITY CHURCH UCC
154
3200.04
3200.04
20.78
De Smet, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
129
3750.00
3750.00
29.07
Dupree, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
110
0.00
0.00
0.00
Eagle Butte, FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
80
0.00
0.00
0.00
Eagle Butte, GREEN GRASS CONGREGATIONAL
65
0.00
0.00
0.00
Edgemont, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
41
2400.00
2400.00
58.54
Elk Point, UNITED PARISH
116
9000.00
9300.00
80.17
Elkton, UNITED PARISH
104
0.00
0.00
0.00
Erwin, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
22
100.00
100.00
4.55
Estelline, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
91
1760.89
1614.61
17.74
Eureka, SAINT PAUL'S
91
3000.00
3000.00
32.97
Fairfax, HOPE CONGREGATIONAL
61
1600.00
1600.00
26.23
Garretson, UNITED CHURCH
24
25.00
25.00
1.04
Gregory, UNION CONGREGATIONAL
105
0.00
0.00
0.00
Hermosa, CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
101
600.00
600.00
5.94
Howes, UPPER CHEYENNE/BRIDGER CHURCH
28
0.00
0.00
0.00
Hudson, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
-
1077.00
closed 9/5/2010
0.00
Huron, CONGREGATIONAL
213
2599.00
1381.00
6.48
Ipswich, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
112
4539.00
2403.00
21.46
Isabel, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
29
0.00
0.00
0.00
Keystone, KEYSTONE CONGREGATIONAL
73
500.00
600.00
8.22
Lake Preston, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
84
500.00
0.00
0.00
Lantry, BEAR CREEK/BUFFALO
27
0.00
0.00
0.00
La Plant, VIRGIN CREEK
53
0.00
0.00
0.00
Little Eagle, ELK HORN
68
0.00
0.00
0.00
Little Eagle, MESSIAH
44
0.00
0.00
0.00
McLaughlin, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
30
100.00
100.00
3.33
Milbank, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
34
500.00
0.00
0.00
Millboro, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL
17
420.00
420.00
24.71
Mitchell, CONGREGATIONAL
122
537.80
721.69
5.92
Mobridge, UNITED CONGREGATIONAL
263
11137.00
9131.00
34.72
Naper, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
71
0.00
0.00
0.00
New Underwood, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
85
0.00
0.00
0.00
Niobrara, BAZILE CREEK CONGREGATIONAL
23
0.00
0.00
0.00
N. Sioux City, OPEN DOOR UCC
40
0.00
0.00
0.00
Parkston, SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
379
2328.00
2855.00
7.53
Pierre, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
246
13570.00
6589.00
26.79
Rapid City, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
586
20272.42
17153.62
29.27
Rapid City, SOUTH PARK
198
7300.00
7202.46
36.37
Redfield, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
362
10000.00
10000.00
27.62
Red Scaffold, FRAZIER MEMORIAL
32
0.00
0.00
0.00
Red Scaffold, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
30
0.00
0.00
0.00
Roscoe, SAINT JAMES
25
450.00
0.00
0.00
Scotland, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
378
0.00
0.00
0.00
Selby, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
66
1738.00
1290.00
19.55
Sioux Falls, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
1000
52337.86
49958.93
49.96
Sioux Falls, SPIRIT OF PEACE UCC
351
13600.08
14000.04
39.89
Sioux Falls, SUDAN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
46
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sioux Falls, NEW JOY COMMUNITY CHURCH
12
1300.00
1085.00
90.42
Spearfish, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONG
127
1500.00
1800.00
14.17
Springfield, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONG
163
2045.00
1863.00
11.43
Bonesteel, PONCA CREEK UCC
23
0.00
0.00
0.00
Saint Onge, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
22
600.00
600.00
27.27
TULARE UNITED CHURCH
85
3000.00
         4254.00
50.05
Valley Springs, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
40
0.00
0.00
0.00
Vermillion, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONG
546
7000.00
18000.00
32.97
Wakonda, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONG
18
1015.00
inactive
0.00
Watertown, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
261
8004.00
8004.00
30.67
Wessington Springs, TEMPLETON
100
700.00
2700.00
27.00
Wessington Springs, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
52
1000.00
1000.00
19.23
Willow Lake, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONG
50
500.00
500.00
10.00
Winfred, CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY
62
2000.00
0.00
0.00
Wood, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
-
0.00
closed 12/31/10
0.00
Yankton, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL
414
28690.00
28665.00
69.24

 
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