The Shelter (India) Needs Sponsors
The Shelter (Cuttack, India), a home for girls, has recently taken in new children who have no families or whose families cannot care for them.  We are in need of sponsors for these girls.  In addition, a few girls already living at the home have lost their sponsors.  If you can be the lifeline of hope to one of these girls, please contact Vicky Creamer, sponsorship associate at 800-848-2464, ext. 2206.  The cost of sponsorship per month is $40.   This covers all of their care for the month:  food, schooling, health care, incidentals, spiritual nurture, etc.  Monthly sponsorship is the sole support for each girl.  Below are some of the girls needing sponsors.  Please call today.

                                              
COP Opens Search for Development Associate
Children of Promise announces the search to fill the new position of Development Associate.  This specialized, full-time position is responsible for cultivating financial partnerships with current and new donors, raising the financial support needed for the ministry of Children of Promise, Inc., creating compelling opportunities for donors to support Children of Promise, and making the experience of giving satisfying and rewarding.  An application package may be obtained from Children of Promise through the following:

By regular mail:  P.O. Box 2316, Anderson, IN 46018
By electronic mail:  plm@echildrenofpromise.org
In person:  1201 E. 5th Street, Suite 10, Anderson, IN 46012
By phone:  765-648-2111 or 800-848-2464 ext. 2190
Applications received through October 15, 2010.   Anticipated starting date:  January 3, 2011.
Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Paul Maxfield, Executive Director.
Please pray for God’s guidance and direction.

Group Leaves August 29 for India
Executive Director, Dr. Paul Maxfield, will be traveling with a group from Church at the Crossing, Indianapolis, Indiana, to India on August 29.   The group will participate in the 96th anniversary of The Shelter, a home for destitute and orphaned girls, on September 1, in Cuttack, India.  The group will not only establish relationships and interview all of the girls at the home, but will also travel 300 kilometers to Rajpur, Kalahandi, in western Orissa state, to interview and meet 74 more sponsored children there.  They will also participate in local services and activities of the Church of God in both locales.  Participants will be CATC Pastor Steve Rennick, Missions Director Andrew Gale, Autumn Gale, Tamara Evans, and Bryan Wright. Please pray for safety and effectiveness.   Following their time in Orissa, Dr. Maxfield will continue on to Siliguri, India, and Yangon, Myanmar, to visit and interview the children and programs there.


COP Sunday . . . . Excitement and Participation are Growing!
We are talking with churches across the nation every day about Children of Promise Sunday, to be observed on September 19, 2010.  Now that summer vacation is almost over, and thoughts are turning to Fall and a regular school and church schedule, more and more churches are making Children of Promise Sunday a part of their September plans.  This special day will focus on the needs of children around the world, and how individual lives can be changed through sponsorship with Children of Promise.  

Check out our special website section by clicking here or give us a call at 1-800-848-2464, ext. 2190. 


Please Pray For . . . .
● Precious PHIRI (ZML-006) of Zambia.  Her father died on August 11.  Her mother is also very ill, and her two younger siblings died of HIV/AIDS.  She will be living with her aunt and uncle.
●The Upendo staff, the sponsors, and the family of Mary NAKATTE (UGO-001) of Uganda.  Mary, sponsored since 1993, passed away on August 3 of severe diabetes. 
●Janet SEGURA, PCHE-059, sponsored in Chepen, Peru.  This past month she had problems with her nervous system and was taken to the doctor.   Now she is having convulsions.  Janet is under medical treatment, and is also awaiting the results of the tests.
●Sponsors for the 1,000+ children who are waiting for sponsorship.
●Children of Promise Sunday on September 19, 2010.
●The search for the new Development Associate for COP.
●Directors of the sponsorship programs around the world.

Children of Promise

P. O. Box 2316, Anderson, IN 46018      cop@echildrenofpromise.org     

1-800-848-2464 ext. 2190

www.echildrenofpromise.org