Children at the Church Sew “Dolls of Love” for Ugandan children Church of Redeemer Women Raise $3,000 to Aid Orphans Hope Project/Uganda
Posted on January 14th, 2006 | 
Sarasota, FL / 24 January, 2006 – Thanks to the inspiring talk given by Betty Gentry, co-founder of the Orphans Hope Project/Uganda, at a recent Episcopal Church Women’s meeting at the Church of the Redeemer, over $3,000 was raised in support of poverty-stricken orphans and widows in Uganda. The entire amount raised, according to Gentry, will go directly toward the Project.
Nearly 60 people from the church and Sarasota community attended the talk on Wednesday, 11 January, and many were moved to make donations to Orphans Hope on the spot.
Sarasota, FL / 20 December, 2005 – Betty Gentry, co-founder of the Orphans Hope Project/Uganda, will speak about her experiences helping orphans and widows in poverty-stricken Uganda at the Church of the Redeemer on Wednesday, 11 January, 2006. Gentry is a life-long Episcopalian who has worked as a missionary in Uganda for over 22 years. She spends several months each year in Uganda working alongside her Orphans Hope Project co-founder and Ugandan native, Edward Gitta Mussisi.
Sarasota, FL / 7 July, 2005 – A group of young people from the Church of the Redeemer’s Youth Program recently returned from a week-long mission in the Dominican Republic. Led by the church’s Youth Minister, Scott Merritt, the group traveled from Sarasota to the Dominican Republic to do mission work for the Santo Tomas Episcopal Church located in the small town of Gautier, about 30 minutes outside of Santo Domingo.