Per our brief conversation last week regarding The Micah Center representing Davis Memorial COGIC.
Recapping Meeting Overview:
At the risk of stating the obvious, The Micah Center is an organization seeking equity and justice for the marginalized and the poor of Western Michigan.
To accomplish this, they are seeking to be church based and are in search of participating congregations to serve this ministry. Service is carried out through working with one of the nine advocacy groups:
1. Beyond Prisons
2. Environment
3. Health Care
4. Wage Theft
5. Payday Lending
6. Poverty Hunger
7. Micah Center
8. Transportation
9. Immigration, and
10. Education
These groups operate to present issues that affect those marginalized people. The center is asking for financial support from the participating congregations in the amount of $500 (Five Hundred Dollars) per congregation. Understanding that such an amount may be too great for a smaller and less prosperous church, their lesser donation is greatly appreciated.
The Micah Center would like to be able to have an ongoing church bulletin announcement of their functions and monthly advocacy group meeting. There will be a key representative from each church as functionary in a group of their choice. The center’s leadership would also want to meet with the pastor to brainstorm and develop a church strategy with The Micah Center. I made no commitment to any group for Davis’ participation without your choice and
