Thursday, January 28, 1999
Churches helping needy on 'Souper Bowl' Sunday
BY JULIE IRWIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
It may not rival the popularity of the football Super Bowl, but another Souper Bowl is attracting an excited following.
Invented as a prayerful pun by a South Carolina minister 11 years ago, the Souper Bowl of Caring involves churches collecting for the needy on Super Bowl Sunday, hours before their members settle in to watch the game. Congregations ask members to donate $1 each on their way out of church. Collections are given to a local charity.
What began as 22 churches grew last year to 8,600 congregations that collected $1.7 million. Organizers hope to involved 12,000 churches Sunday.
“The Souper Bowl of Caring offers people in churches across the country a simple but significant way to join together in caring and unity,” says the event's founder, the Rev. Brad Smith of Spring Valley Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. “We believe this idea is a gift from God and we encourage everyone to join the team.”
Dozens of Tristate congregations are participating, including St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Anderson Township, First Baptist Church of Hamilton and Christ Presbyterian Church in Milford.
Organizers ask congregations to report collection totals to www.souperbowl.com or (800) 358-7687 on game day to determine national totals.
Advance registration is not required. Information: (800) 358-7687.
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