02-12-2011 | East Chicago Ecumenical Leaders Support Foundations of East Chicago
A broad interfaith group of fourteen local clerics and lay leaders assembled Friday 11 February to state their ongoing support for Foundations of East Chicago and the way the Foundations support the community. The group wants FEC to continue its work guiding the disbursement of casino funds designated to support East Chicago.
Leaders reaffirmed their belief that the current means and distribution of casino funds should be maintained, and is best for the city. They hope to see FEC continue its work at the same level as it has always been funded, and with the same directives from its citizen-run board as it has for the last 14+ years.
Leaders photographed above who signed the resolution include:
Seated, left to right:
- Tony Barreda, UBM
- Monsignor John Siekierski, St Stanislaus
- Pastor Willie Johnson, Mission of Jesus Christ
- Pastor Darnell Johnson, President Twin City Ministerial Alliance
- Pastor Dwight Gardner, President NW Indiana Federation
- Angela Moore, St. Catherine Hospital
- Pastor Brian Hill, New Ebenezer
Standing, left to right:
- Pastor Homer Walking, Living Water
- Kathleen A. Lowry, St. Stanislaus School
- Pastor Willie Nelson, House of Glory
- Pastor R.T. Mitchell, New Revelation
- Pastor Justin C. Kidd, Antioch
- Deacon Jim Haugh, Holy Trinity
- Pastor James Hunter, Tabernacle
Several of the above leaders are quoted on this issue in an article by Carmen McCollum in the February 12 edition of Northwest Indiana Times.
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