Who: Dave Ferguson (NewThing Network)
In what ways is your church engaging in the community? What is (or is not) working? Why?
Some responses…
One church responded that they really don’t connect in their own community. It is easy to see the great needs in places around the world (like in India), but we seem to expect others in the church to make things happen in our own backyards.
There is a big difference between events and building real relationships. When opening up events t... Read Full Story
Who:Marta Urquilla (Corporation for National & Community Service), Blair Burns (IJM), Holly Burkhalter (IJM), Mark Batterson (National Community Church), Dave Ferguson (New Thing Network)
Marta Urquilla: The White House is looking to the faith community to step up to be a part of the solution in several areas including community, recovery, and family. She encourages the church to seek out the opportunities in our communities.
bibledude: There is an opportunity (based on great needs) for ... Read Full Story
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Finally! Today is my day to teach! Well, at least for half of it…
Day two of our lesson plan calls for two important subjects. First up was the financial session. In this session we covered such basic, yet critically important, topics like keeping your business and personal money separate, and how to create a budget. This is the session that I got to teach! Then we wrapped up the training on the second half of the day with a session on business planning. Here we talked about things like... Read Full Story
poetry [justice]: pull-apart breadby Jeanne E. Loupe
Before I end, I must begin,
For I cannot go back, and I cannot relent!
It does nothing for me to lay low and to whine,
Or to pick up the pearls and feed them to swine.
No, I must equip and empower the poor,
So I push and I pull and I open the door,
To the weak and forgotten, the blind and the sick,
What is philanthropy if these I don’t pick!
In governing lives I cannot espouse,
Or advocate society apart from its spouse!
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by Gabrielle Dickinson
One minute of watching, and my eyes are so accustomed to this sight that they don’t take long to adjust to the window on my screen. My eyes are sore from being apart from the reality of this for so long. They are just dirt roads. They really shouldn’t have this effect on me. But they do. They always have, and they always will. It doesn’t even take a minute, for me to realise that my heart is beating in sync with the music of this land. Their footsteps ... Read Full Story
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Here we go… This is what we came for!
Our first day of teaching has arrived! And one of the first things that I learned today was that schedules (time) in Africa are very different than they are back in the States. I think that our start time was supposed to be 9:00 AM, but it wasn’t until about 10 or 10:30 that we really started getting a decent crowd rolling in!
Whatever the reason, our first sessions were underway! Day one of the training covered two main topics. The first ... Read Full Story
