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A note of gratitude & a wish list from Ugandan bishop Zebedee Masereka
- The Rt. Rev. Zebedee Masereka, retired bishop of the Diocese of South Ruwenzori,
Uganda, and his wife Stella, were guests at our diocesan
convention in October, where they told us about their ministry
in Africa. In 2001, they established the Bishop Masereka
Christian Foundation to provide school fees for the ever-growing
population of AIDS orphans. In 2005, with support from dioceses
in The Episcopal Church and others, the ministry was expanded to
include the Bishop Masereka Christian Foundation Medical Centre.
The Centre provides treatment to all who come but especially to
those suffering from HIV/AIDS and malaria. A portion of the offering taken at convention was designated for support of the Maserekas' work.
Donations to the Maserekas' ministry may be made through the Web site. Please contact the Rev. Alice Haynes for more information.
Dear Bishop Dorsey,
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Bishop & Mrs. Masereka at our 85th diocesan convention, October 2007 |
Greetings to you from me and Stella, my wife.
I hope you are doing well. I hope your family is also doing well. I am writing to express our deepest gratitude to you and your nice staff for having welcomed us in your Diocese with so much love and care. Stella and I are very very grateful to you personally for having promoted our ministry in your Diocese. We are very grateful to you for the very generous contribution of $1550 that you gave to our ministry from your Diocesan Convention. Your contribution has already arrived in Uganda and will be used to pay school fees for over ten orphaned children in primary school for about one year.
Your generosity is most commendable.
Stella and I enjoyed every minute of our visit to your Diocese. Thank you very much for having given us a time to speak at your Convention. It was a great privilege for us to speak to the delegates from all over your Diocese. The time we spent interacting with various members of the Convention was also very special for us. Reverend Alice Haynes
[vicar of St. Matthias, Rock Hill] was very good at taking us around and looking after us.
May I take this opportunity to request you and your Diocese kindly to consider donating funds for setting up solar lighting in the BMCF Medical Clinic which I mentioned to you. We will kindly appreciate your assistance.
Electricity in Uganda is very un reliable and causes a lot of problems in the Clinic.
I also want to request you to continue helping our ministry by promoting our name and needs in the Parishes in your Diocese.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Merry Christmas and a blessed new year.
Yours in Christ
Bishop Zebedee Masereka
MDG Power Points online
Power Point presentations on the Millennium Development Goals and used as "Millennium Moments" during diocesan convention in October are now available for download from the diocesan Web site. The presentations include an overview of the 8 MDGs and "If I had a million dollars," a Power Point that shows us how relatively little it will cost us to put extreme global poverty on the run.