Youth (left) from five congregations in the Upstate New York Synod asked their pastors to walk the plank in April for the "100 Wells Challenge."
Adam Miller-Stubbendick, pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church, Jamestown, N.Y., took the plunge — as did the runner-ups.
Youth nationwide hope the challenge will raise $250,000 (the amount needed to build 100 wells) for ELCA World Hunger water projects. The New York youth will combine the more than $700 they raised with the offerings of 30,000 others at the July 18-22 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans.
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