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OCN Matching Grant Program for Lent
Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM by Jason Barker
The Orthodox Christian Network has a matching grant program for Great Lent: gifts up to $100 (until $50,000 has been donated) will be matched by a donor, meaning that you have the potential to help the OCN raise up to $100,000 during Great Lent.
Below is the announcement from the OCN:
It’s no secret that many young people drift away from the Church. Do you ever feel like that unfortunate trend is simply unstoppable?
It’s easy to get discouraged, but I have good news for you: More and more people like this young listener from Las Vegas are “coming home” to Orthodoxy. And YOU can make a difference in the lives of others just like him by joining with the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) in its mission to:
• CALL BACK the wayward
• INSPIRE the faithful
• CONNECT teens, young adults and families to Christ’s Church
As you may know, in this media-savvy age one of the best ways to engage the broader culture, as well as our own young people, is through the Internet, iPods, DVDs, radio and television. Numerous studies, and our own experience producing Orthodox programs for all of these forms of media, have confirmed the power and potential of this approach.
That’s why I’m writing to invite you to become a part of a growing movement. The Orthodox Church has SO MUCH to offer the modern world, but it needs people like you to give it a voice in today’s media world.
Your special Lenten gift to OCN will express your commitment to the next generation and create something truly valuable for Orthodox teens, young adults and families across North America and beyond.
YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED
And now, thanks to a $50,000 challenge grant from a private donor, your Lenten gift will also do something else: It will be MATCHED dollar for dollar!
That means that if you give today, your tax-deductible gift of $25, $50, $100 or more will be immediately DOUBLED in value. Think about it: If only 500 people like you give $100 by Pascha on April 27, that $50,000 will then be DOUBLED! And, most important of all, the $100,000 that you will have helped to make possible will meet a pressing need in our Church.
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