When Christian outreach hits the streets
August 5, 2013
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The Chicago Tribune published a story over the weekend about ramped up charitable activity on the part of churchgoers:
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Helping is a two-way street
July 23, 2013
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Social services Sunday reminds us each year of the need to get involved with the marginalised and vulnerable. What we do not always hear is that helping is a two-way street. We gain as much as we give, and may even be in just as much need.
The Most Important Word in the Bible
July 21, 2013
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It’s summer, and I work at a church, so I’m getting a fairly incessant barrage of emails from church youth groups all over the country asking if we have any last-minute volunteer opportunities for their coming mission trips to San Francisco. Can fifteen or twenty of their teenagers come to our food pantry some Friday and work for us? Do we know about any other service opportunities, since they’ll be here for three days and would like to do something for the homeless, or the hungry, or people in need?
Mission: asking people what they need that the church could provide
July 17, 2013
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Missioners are asking people what do you need that the church could provide as they develop programs for their neighborhoods.
Formerly homeless couple now serves others
July 13, 2013
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A couple who were homeless and living in a tent now offer services at
Called to Ministry in the World: what if we ordained the laity?
July 13, 2013
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by Lisa Fischbeck In this season of graduations and ordinations, I am once again given to reflect on my own ordinations. I remember how excited
St Thomas’ Community Garden gets grant
May 23, 2013
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St Thomas Episcopal Church in Sioux City Iowa
Boomers veer from career path to pursue ministry
May 21, 2013
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As someone who was blessed with an opportunity to switch careers in my 50s to devote myself to fulltime church work, I found this piece
Younger volunteers want more interesting jobs
April 2, 2013
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Following up on our story “Can we get some volunteers, please?”:
I Was In Prison and You Visited Me
March 17, 2013
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By Luther Zeigler and Tiffany Curtis “Consider your own call, brothers and sisters; not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were
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