This Sunday is Episcopal Relief and Development Sunday in The Episcopal Church (tm), and the national church organization is putting on a big push to convince you to give up some dead presidents to the Episcopal Relief and Development organization. To help the poor, of course, and to advance the sacred Millennium Development Goals (peace be upon them). They especially want to help the poor in places where they can help the local Anglican Primate understand how advantageous it could be, dollar-wise, to support The Episcopal Church (tm) in advancing their "prophetic gift."
(My church will likely ignore such agit-prop twaddle this Sunday.)
But remember, my Fellow Episcopalians - there is still work to be done here in America. On the Gulf Coast, for example. So instead of sending your hard-earned cash off to help our Presiding Bishop buy some influence overseas, think about sending it here. Or, here.
UPDATE: A look at the ERD numbers. From what I can tell, in 2005 ERD took in $37,055,150 in contrabutions, handed out $11,562,671 of in aid, and it cost them $4,488,601 to do it. But since I'm no accountant, read it, crunch the numbers, and decide for yourself. Remember, 2005 was the year Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and pocketbooks opened generously for lots of charities.
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