Pink made the youth of Salem and Zion Lutheran churches of Millersburg, Pa., see green.
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| Elizabeth George, pastor of Salem and Zion Lutheran churches of Millersburg, Pa., goes “pink” to help youth travel to New Orleans for the ELCA Youth Gathering. |
To raise funds to attend the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans, the youth asked parishioners to sponsor them in remembering Bible verses. Like a relay, each sponsor gave the youth a donation for the verses remembered and recited.
For more incentive, their pastor, Elizabeth George, said she would dye her hair pink if they raised $500. The fundraiser began on Ash Wednesday and by the second Sunday of Easter George was “pretty in pink” as she led worship. The youth raised $833 for their trip.
A pink theme also helped the youth raise more than $1,000 for the 2006 Youth Gathering in San Antonio.
The youth placed flamingos in parishioners’ yards by night. A parishioner would awake to find 20 or more flamingos in the yard with a note asking for a donation and for a name of someone to be visited next by the flamingos.
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