Accomplishments:
2007 Goal - 100 churches from various denominations & reflecting the rich diversity of our area/raise $250,000...package 1 Million meals...feed 5,000 kids for a year. Kick-off Location (TBA).
2006 Goal - 35 churches/9 denominations will package 300,000 Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals and raise over $100,000. 1,100 kids will be fed for a year. (Results todate below...)
2006 - All Metro 30 Hour Famine event held on April 28-29, 2006 raised $97,415! (Increasing...)
(Breakdown: World Vision is $77,660 and Feed My Starving Children is $19,475).
We also packaged 300,242 meals for Feed My Starving Children.
Top Ten Churches List
1. SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS LUTHERAN, HOPKINS, $21,330
2. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN, EDEN PRAIRIE, $8,675
3. ST ANDREW LUTHERAN, EDEN PRAIRIE, $5,605
4. ST PAUL'S UNITED METHODIST, MENDOTA HEIGHTS, $5,150
5. LIVING CHRIST LUTHERAN, CHANHASSEN, $4,245
6. OAK KNOLL LUTHERAN, MINNETONKA, $3,670
7. ADVENT LUTHERAN, MAPLE GROVE, $3,605
8. ST MICHAEL'S LUTHERAN, BLOOMINGTON, $3,600
9. GETHSEMANE LUTHERAN, HOPKINS, $3,380
10. SHEPHERD OF THE LAKE LUTHERAN, PRIOR LAKE , $3,235
We also packaged 300,242 meals for Feed My Starving Children.
The Faminers' Top Youth fundraisers from each church over $1,000 (*Additions...)
Rebecca Gobel, 8th grader: $4,000, St Paul's United Methodist, Mendota Heights
Eric Essendrup*, 8th grade: $1,590, Sherpherd Of The Hills Lutheran, Hopkins
Mallory Grams, 9th grader: $1,250, Sherpherd Of The Hills Lutheran, Hopkins
Natalie Nash, 12th grader: $1,010, Sherpherd Of The Hills Lutheran, Hopkins
Abra Owens*, 7th grader: $1,130, Sherpherd Of The Hills Lutheran, Hopkins
Mackenzie Sissel, 7th grader: $1,010, Living Christ Lutheran, Chanhassen
The Faminers' Top Youth fundraisers under $1,000 (More to be announced...)
Justin Daleiden, 11th grader: $501.50, Immanuel Lutheran, Eden Prairie
Meredith Johnson, 8th grader: $400, Immanuel Lutheran, Eden Prairie
Kim Bonneson, 9th grader: $170, Faith Lutheran, Coon Rapids
Ian Tungseth, 8th grader: $100, Faith Lutheran, Coon Rapids
Naode Girma, age 18: $177, Progressive Baptist, St. Paul
Flannery Shannon, age 1: $131, Progressive Baptist, St. Paul
2005 - During the 1st Annual All Metro Famine, 8 churches packaged 35,000 meals and raised over $21,000. 155 kids were fed for a year. Shepherd of The Hills ranked 16th in the US in its 1st year!
All Event photos (See Photo News Gallery link under Press Kit)
Contact Information
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Highlights:
In 2002, he did his 5th Famine. At the time, Pastor Martin was on internship at ADVENT in Maple Grove, MN. The Faminers raised $3,133. Pastor Martin recalls, "That spring, I found out that one of my youth, a sophomore named Aaron Korus, won an Overseas Study Trip with World Vision to Peru. In May, I moved to Illinois for 1st Call. Shortly thereafter, I got word that I too had won the adult version of the trip. I was able to rub elbows with some of the top leaders in the country, including one from Minnesota who grew up in my hometown. In 2003, GRACE in Champaign, IL did their 1st Famine and raised $3,071. We dreamed about how to make it better, so we decided to invite some other churches and do a big kick-off event. In 2004, 10 other churches joined us; GRACE raised $7,300, while they brought in $13,973 for a total of $21,273. The top youth fundraiser (an 8th grader from another church) turned in $1,160.
Pastor Matthew moved back to the metro area. He challenged the youth at his new church, SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS in Hopkins, to raise $10,000. The young people were told that if they did, he would shave his head (knowing that only about 20 churches in the country collected that much the previous year). In 2005, SHEPHERD raised $15,415. The 7 churches that signed on for the 1st Annual All Metro Famine brought in $6,090 for a total of $21,505. Shepherd of The Hills ranked 16th in the US in its 1st year! The Faminers' top youth fundraiser, a junior named Natalie Nash, turned in $880 (this year, an 8th grader named Rebecca Gobel from St. Paul's United Methodist in Mendota Heights has raised $4,000). 35,000 meals were packaged with Feed My Starving Children and Kids Against Hunger. 155 kids were fed for a year.
"Our vision for this event is to have it snowball. In 2006, 35 churches will package 300,000 FMSC meals and raise over $100,000. 1,100 kids will be fed for a year. The event will always be held during the last Friday and Saturday in April. This year over 700 people will gather at Colonial Church in Edina; in 2007, up to 3,400 Metro Faminers, from various denominations & reflecting the rich diversity of our area, will have their kick-off (location TBA). "Our goal is to feed 5,000."
Our prayer is that God would call you to join us each year --many denominations & ethnic/cultural groups --and that you would heed that call.
What a POWERFUL VISUAL testimony this would be to the larger community as to what can be done when Christians work together in the Unity of Christ!!
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