Parish Partners - Our Collaborators

 
 

We’re grateful to our partners

 
 
 
 

Grace episcopal church

Martha’s Vinyard, Massachusetts

 
 

WHAT Partners DO

RGBM partner parishes/organizations commit to collaborating with RGBM’s leadership team to provide borderland education, support advocacy initiatives, and lead fundraising efforts in local communities.

In partnering with RGBM, parishes make 3 commitments: Stewardship, Prayer, and Time

Stewardship: Giving at one of three levels:

$25,000: ● Impact: Feed and supply one shelter for 142 days, ● Pay for 1½ solar powered classrooms, or ● Support the bridge chaplaincy ministry for 4½ months

$5,000 ■ Impact: Feed and supply one shelter for 28 days, or ● Cover travel costs for asylum seekers for 2 months

$1,000 ■ Impact: Feed and supply one shelter for 5 days

All partners have the same opportunities and communications regardless of the level the pledge to give. We hope that parishes will discern what they can commit to, whether at one of these levels or any other level.

Prayer - Commitment to including RGBM in the parish prayer cycle

Volunteer Time - Engaging with RGBM online and/or in pilgrimages/outreach trips.

Our primary goal in our parish partnerships is to build relationships and share stories. Pilgrimages are trips focused on building relationships and sharing stories, and outreach trips are trips built around a specific service project. We can help you discern what would work best for your congregation.

All partners have the same opportunities and communications regardless of the level they pledge to give. We hope that parishes will discern what they can commit to. We are grateful for any level of support in prayer, stewardship, and time.

What we can provide 

● Consistent apolitical communication for service leaflets that will attract a broad audience 

● Prayers for monthly rotation in the Prayers of the People 

● In-person and online volunteer opportunities 

● Partner parishes have priority for pilgrimages and outreach trips

● Monthly/weekly updates on the state of immigration and the borderland community 

● The RGBM Development on occasion may arrange team meetings with parishioners, as well as serve as guest preachers/speakers

BECOME A PARISH PARTNER

Interested in learning more about partnering with RGBM? Reach out to Ana Reza, at areza@dioceserg.org.