Benevolence is allocated each quarter to local (50%), national (25%) and international (25%) causes.
ELCA - $2,000
BTGS (Hot Lunch) - $250
SGCHS (Hot Lunch) - $250
Lutheran Disaster Response - $1,000
ELCA - $2,500 (this money was designated to the following)
Sweet Grass Community Foundation - $2,000 (Match Fund Category)
Lutheran Disaster Response (fire) - $1,000
World Central Kitchen, Inc. - $600
Gallatin Valley Packathon - $200
Aspen - $750
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch - $750.07
Special K Ranch - $750
Montana Rescue Mission - $750
ELCA Good Gifts (goats, pigs & tree) - $340
ELCA - $4,140.06 (this money was designated to the following)
The point is this:
The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. - 2 Corinthians 9:6-7