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How to Make A Donation The Cielo Azul Fund is a mission of Central Baptist Church and The Simple Way. Checks can be written to Cielo Azul Fund/ CBC account # 02-2537 and mailed to: Cielo Azul Fund PO Box 211 Wayne, PA 19087
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Cielo Azul Fund (formerly The Orantes Fund)
For updates and online donations go to our Cielo Azul blog: http://www.cieloazulfund.blogspot.com/ Pledge Form To help us with planning, many folks make a regular monthly contribution to the Cielo Azul Fund. To register that commitment, please send or email the information below: Name __________________________ Address__________________________ __________________________ Phone __________________________ Email __________________________ Payments and pledge forms can be mailed to
Cielo Azul Fund PO Box 211 Wayne, PA 19087
Or email us at [email protected]
Mission: • To insure a basic living stipend so that Salvadoran Baptist pastors Ruth and Alex Orantes can continue their work in the communities they serve. • To support the outreach programs of the communities where Alex and Ruth minister.
History
In the spring of 2003 several members of Central Baptist Church, Wayne, Pa. traveled with some folks from The Simple Way in Philadelphia to visit long time Salvadoran friends Alex and Ruth Orantes. The visit deepened the connection between the Orantes family-Alex, Ruth and their son, Victor Hugo-and The Simple Way and CBC. This family’s commitment to faith based community development and ministries of justice, peacemaking and healing in the communities where each member works has become a cherished model for both CBC and The Simple Way. The original Orantes Fund emerged from that visit in 2003 when we realized that the economic realities of life in El Salvador were threatening the ability of this talented family to sustain themselves without the help of the folks who had been inspired by their commitment. Our goal was to provide a stable basic income that would allow their work to continue uninterrupted.
Over the years, several programs of Iglesia Shalom (the center for Alex’s work in Antiquzaya) and Iglesia Shekina (Ruth’s church in Santa Ana) have been funded by other groups in the United States and Europe. The Orantes Fund was intended to provide basic support for the Orantes family. The Present Reality Over the past six years, Iglesia Shekina has grown in size and vision, from a small group of worshippers in a rented store front, to a vital community of adults, youth and children who have purchased land, built a church and then added a large parcel to the church property with a vision for a community center to serve all of their neighborhood. Already, they have begun to offer programs on that new property.
During the same six years, Alex’s struggle with rheumatoid arthritis has limited more and more his ability physically to accompany the people in Atiquizaya who he loves, and who love him, so dearly. There is great joy and great sadness in this present reality.
It is the intention of the reconstituted Cielo Azul Fund to take up the original task and commitment of the Orantes Fund to support this exceptional family--especially as they consider the best medical treatments for Alex’s illness--and to support the many programs that have arisen out of their ministries. Those projects are highlighted on the following page. The Cielo Azul Fund is administered by a volunteer advisory committee from Central Baptist Church, The Simple Way and the Pastoral Council of Iglesia Shekina.
Opening the new community center property
Projects Supported by the Cielo Azul Fund • Shekina “Open Doors” Month Community based art and craft activities for women and children • Shekina Youth Children’s project Day long play time and distribution of school supplies and school uniforms organized by Shekina youth • Youth “encounter” workshops • Building fund for Shekina community center on newly acquired property adjacent to the church Basketball court, roofed meeting court, workshops, clinic facilities • Community corn festival celebrations in Atquizaya • Community Romero Anniversary celebrations in Atiquizaya • “Community soup” gatherings in Atiquizaya Community bible study, organizing meetings, and children’s activities in marginal neighborhoods
Examples of How Your Contribution Can Help $20 School supplies and uniforms for one child $50 Food for one “community soup” $90 One square meter of the Shekina basketball court $350 One square meter of the two story community center structure $1000 One month of Orantes family living expenses $3000 One month of the Open Doors community program Or, your monthly pledge supports all these possibilities
Alex with Conchi and her daughter (Conchi is a volunteer at Shalom)
e am n ew a n on t u b si ces, d mis a f e de Sam expan and
Cielo Azul Fund (formerly The Orantes Fund)
For updates and online donations go to our Cielo Azul blog: http://www.cieloazulfund.blogspot.com/ Pledge Form To help us with planning, many folks make a regular monthly contribution to the Cielo Azul Fund. To register that commitment, please send or email the information below: Name __________________________ Address__________________________ __________________________ Phone __________________________ Email __________________________ Payments and pledge forms can be mailed to
Cielo Azul Fund PO Box 211 Wayne, PA 19087
Or email us at [email protected]
Mission: • To insure a basic living stipend so that Salvadoran Baptist pastors Ruth and Alex Orantes can continue their work in the communities they serve. • To support the outreach programs of the communities where Alex and Ruth minister.
History
In the spring of 2003 several members of Central Baptist Church, Wayne, Pa. traveled with some folks from The Simple Way in Philadelphia to visit long time Salvadoran friends Alex and Ruth Orantes. The visit deepened the connection between the Orantes family-Alex, Ruth and their son, Victor Hugo-and The Simple Way and CBC. This family’s commitment to faith based community development and ministries of justice, peacemaking and healing in the communities where each member works has become a cherished model for both CBC and The Simple Way. The original Orantes Fund emerged from that visit in 2003 when we realized that the economic realities of life in El Salvador were threatening the ability of this talented family to sustain themselves without the help of the folks who had been inspired by their commitment. Our goal was to provide a stable basic income that would allow their work to continue uninterrupted.
Over the years, several programs of Iglesia Shalom (the center for Alex’s work in Antiquzaya) and Iglesia Shekina (Ruth’s church in Santa Ana) have been funded by other groups in the United States and Europe. The Orantes Fund was intended to provide basic support for the Orantes family. The Present Reality Over the past six years, Iglesia Shekina has grown in size and vision, from a small group of worshippers in a rented store front, to a vital community of adults, youth and children who have purchased land, built a church and then added a large parcel to the church property with a vision for a community center to serve all of their neighborhood. Already, they have begun to offer programs on that new property.
During the same six years, Alex’s struggle with rheumatoid arthritis has limited more and more his ability physically to accompany the people in Atiquizaya who he loves, and who love him, so dearly. There is great joy and great sadness in this present reality.
It is the intention of the reconstituted Cielo Azul Fund to take up the original task and commitment of the Orantes Fund to support this exceptional family--especially as they consider the best medical treatments for Alex’s illness--and to support the many programs that have arisen out of their ministries. Those projects are highlighted on the following page. The Cielo Azul Fund is administered by a volunteer advisory committee from Central Baptist Church, The Simple Way and the Pastoral Council of Iglesia Shekina.
Opening the new community center property
Projects Supported by the Cielo Azul Fund • Shekina “Open Doors” Month Community based art and craft activities for women and children • Shekina Youth Children’s project Day long play time and distribution of school supplies and school uniforms organized by Shekina youth • Youth “encounter” workshops • Building fund for Shekina community center on newly acquired property adjacent to the church Basketball court, roofed meeting court, workshops, clinic facilities • Community corn festival celebrations in Atquizaya • Community Romero Anniversary celebrations in Atiquizaya • “Community soup” gatherings in Atiquizaya Community bible study, organizing meetings, and children’s activities in marginal neighborhoods
Examples of How Your Contribution Can Help $20 School supplies and uniforms for one child $50 Food for one “community soup” $90 One square meter of the Shekina basketball court $350 One square meter of the two story community center structure $1000 One month of Orantes family living expenses $3000 One month of the Open Doors community program Or, your monthly pledge supports all these possibilities
Alex with Conchi and her daughter (Conchi is a volunteer at Shalom)
