Mother’s Day Offering
The Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read invites you to join World Missions and the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas in recognizing the mothers in our lives who nurture, teach, and lead with a gift in their honor or memory to a special World Missions Mother’s Day Offering, benefitting Mision de Jesucristo, a ministry that has worked to serve the poorest of the poor in Piedras Negras, Mexico for several years. Their projects include housing a Battered Women and Children’s Shelter, providing a Food Pantry and conducting a Sewing & Construction ministry at El Buen Pastor and Church of the Resurrection.
Ministry Costs
- Shoes for Children – $15
- School Uniform – $25
- Scissors, Threads & Supplies for Sewing Mission- $30
- Daughters of the King New Cross Fund – $45
- Supply Basic Necessities at the Women & Children’s Shelter – $100
- Material & Fabric Supplies for Sewing Mission – $260 – $300
- Construction Supplies – $500 – $1,000
- Remaining funds to repair holes in ceiling/roof at Church of the Resurrection – $2,000
If you would like to donate to this cause visit dwtx.org/give, click on World Missions, select World Missions and click on the Mother’s Day sub-fund on the form or send a check to: Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, 111 Torcido Drive, San Antonio, TX 78209, putting Mother’s Day on the memo line. Contact Catherine Markette, World Missions Ministries Coordinator, at catherine.markette@dwtx.org to request a postcard (or two!) from World Missions to let the important mother in your life know you’ve made an online donation to the World Missions Mother’s Day Offering in their honor. Be sure to include where you would like the postcard sent and the name of the mother receiving it.