Congratulations to our 2021 Shared Offering Organizations and thank you to everyone who participated in the process! Our Shared Offering Task Force: Jim Hannum, Sandy Hannum, Pat McClard, and April Ayers appreciate your help in choosing a few of the many deserving organizations that are working to promote social, racial, and environmental justice in both our local and worldwide communities. Here are the organizations chosen and the months that they will be featured:

• January – Eastern Illinois Foodbank
• February – C-U at Home
• March – UC Books to Prisoners    
• April – Prairie Rivers Network
• May – Equal Justice Initiative
• June – Greater Community Aids Project
• July – First Followers
• August – Partner for People and Place (Jatrofa Projenou)
• September – Banks Bridgewater Lewis Fine Arts Academy
• October –  DREAAM
• November – MAIA
• December- Partner Churches in India and Romania

Ellen DeWaard is serving as the follow-up person for the shared offerings again this year. Thank you, Ellen!