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Greetings All
Preservation North Dakota (PND)
Dale Bentley, President
Prairie Churches of ND Program
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GREETINGS ALL |
ANN LILLEOIEN-RIDL | |
CENTER CHURCH |
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| LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT HOW WE CAME TO BE, OUR FAMILY AND OTHERS SETTLED IN A TOWNSHIP CALLED CENTER. AND IN THIS TOWNSHIP, CAME A CHURCH. THE CHURCH STOOD TALL AND WELCOMED ALL WHO CHOSE TO WORSHIP THERE. THE CHURCH NEVER TURNED ANYONE AWAY, STANDING TALL FOR ALL TO SEE. THE BECON ON THE | PRAIRIE. EVERY SUNDAY THE BELL WOULD RING HIGH IN THE TOWER LETTING ALL WHO COULD HEAR KNOW THE JOY OF FELLOWSHIP. MANY WERE MARRIED HERE. MANY WERE BAPTISED HERE. MANY CONFIRMED AND BURIED HERE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT LINK, BUT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY IS STRONG IN THIS FAMILY CHURCH. |  CENTER CHURCH SPRING 2002 photo by Dale Bently �WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN, AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, WITH HELP, HOPE AND PRAYERS.� |
| THIS LITTLE CHURCH NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING, BUT GAVE SO MUCH. THE WINDOWS HAVE NEVER BEEN BOARDED UP, AND THE DOORS REMAIN UNLOCKED. THE SERVICES HAVE ENDED AND THE FLOCK HAS TURNED | AWAY, THE LITTLE CHURCH ON THE PRAIRIE IS STANDING EMPTY, A FAR CRY FROM IN ITS DAY. A FEW CONCERNED PEOPLE HAVE LIFTED THE TORCH UP HIGH, WANTING TO SAVE THE BEACON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. | THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS STARTED A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HELP SAVE WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE BUILT. THEY CAN�T DO IT ALONE AND THE CHURCH NEEDS YOUR HELP. |
FROM THE DESK OF ANN LILLEOIEN-RIDL |
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| DEAR FAMILY, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN NORTH DAKOTA, WITH OUR LITTLE FAMILY CHURCH, OTHERS MAY HAVE HEARD AND NOT SEEM TO CARE. I HAVE STARTED A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO PRESERVE THE FAMILY CHURCH | CALLED CENTER LUTHERAN. IT TAKES TIME, MONEY AND LOVE. WELL I HAVE THE TIME, I HAVE THE LOVE, BUT WE DON�T HAVE ALL THE MONEY. WE WERE AWARDED A MATCHING GRANT TO HELP REPAIR THE STEEPLE, $3000.00. BUT WE DON�T HAVE ALL THAT YET. PLEASE | HELP IF YOU CAN. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH WITH THE HELP WE HAVE RECEIVED. WE HAVE MANAGED TO PAINT 85% OF THE CHURCH, REPAIR THE BACK STEPS AND RECARPET THE FRONT STEPS. OUR NEXT PROJECT IS THE STEELPE WORK. WE NEED TO REPAIR WINDOWS BEFORE |
| THEY FALL OUT, RENAIL SOME OF THE BOARDS, PUT IN NEW TRIM, AND SECURE THE STEEPLE VENTS. THE GRANT I MENTIONED IS A MATCHING GRANT. THIS MEANS, THEY PAY FOR HALF OF THE WORK DONE. THAT�S GREAT! BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF CASH IN THE ACCOUNT FIRST, | WE DO ALL THE REPAIRS TO RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, THEN THEY REVIEW THE WORK AND THEN REEMBERSE US. WE CURRANTLY HAVE $800-$1000 IN THE ACCOUNT. WE NEED YOUR HELP. CAN YOU SPARE TIME TO HELP? TIME WILL BE | ALOTTED FOR PART OF THE MONIES AS DOES DONATED MATERIALS. CAN YOU DONATE NAILS ? CAN YOU DONATE PAINT ? CAN YOU SPARE A NICKLE? A NICKLE DOESN�T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IN A MATCHING GRANT IT�S A DIME. WE NEED YOU, THE CHURCH NEEDS YOU. |
IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS |
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| I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BUSY LIVES AND EVERYONE HAS BILLS. BUT IF YOU COULD SEND ONE NICKLE, $.05, I WILL PUT IN AN ADDDITIONAL $.05 MYSELF. THE GRANT WILL MATCH IT. THAT WILL MAKE US | CLOSER TO SAVING THE CHURCH. I AM NOT DOING THIS FOR ME, I AM DOING IT FOR THE FAMILY THAT HAS PUT THEIR BACK AND SOUL INTO THIS CHURCH FOR YEARS. THE ONLY BENEFIT I | GET IS THE SATISFACTION THAT IT IS BEING SAVED. A PLAQUE WILL BE POSTED IN THE CHURCH WITH EVERYONES NAMES WHO HELPED IN THIS PROJECT. |