wfn.org | Pittsburgh Presbytery Reaches $3 Million

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10-Apr-96

96129       Pittsburgh Presbytery Reaches $3 Million  
                    in Bicentennial Fund Gifts 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Pittsburgh Presbytery has topped the $3 million mark in 
gifts to The Bicentennial Fund of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 
 
     Two other presbyteries -- Chicago and Philadelphia -- passed the $2 
million mark, according to year-end 1995 figures released by The 
Bicentennial Fund office here. 
 
     Those figures show Pittsburgh Presbytery with total receipts of 
$3,074,006.  Of that money, more than $500,000 was given to General 
Assembly projects, more than $100,000 for Synod of the Trinity projects, 
and more than $2 million for projects in the presbytery. 
 
     Chicago Presbytery's receipts came to $2,141,795 and Philadelphia 
Presbytery's to $2,117,553. 
 
     Several presbyteries have exceeded the $1 million mark in the 
campaign, whose total goal is $150 million.  They are: Grace Presbytery 
($1,832,948), Detroit Presbytery ($1,699,497), Cascades Presbytery 
($1,381,023), National Capital Presbytery ($1,069,204) and Whitewater 
Valley Presbytery ($1,031,444). 
 
     Presbyteries getting close to the $1 million level include Baltimore, 
New Covenant, Western New York, Central Florida, East Iowa, Carlisle, 
Cincinnati and Elizabeth. 
 
     More information about The Bicentennial Fund is available by calling 
Jerie Britton at (800) 826-8939, Kiki Swanson at (800) 832-3484 or Greg 
Cohen at (800) 338-5013.  

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