The Elmwood Village Association is having a fund raising party next week on Tuesday, and a few volunteer spots are still left. If you would like to assist with a silent auction, help set up, or simply pass out name tags, you would be providing a valuable service to an organization that makes a difference [...]
Read full post...What do you think will be the hardest thing to give up? How do you think your meals will change? What daily routines may change?
I think that the biggest adjustment will be the lack of a car, or rather the option of a car. I choose not to drive most days, but it is [...]
I am participating in the “Poverty Challenge,” sponsored by the Homeless Alliance. Poverty is the greatest cause of homelessness (even though drugs and mental illness get most of the blame). Having seen what a poverty budget is like, I can understand why people with limited incomes lose their homes.
Today, however, my task is [...]
You would be amazed what kind of difference we can make with four hours of time. Four hours serving alongside our neighbors will go MILES to show that we care about them.
Here are some reasons to get outside this Saturday:
Four hours on “their turf” is worth a week inside our building, in terms of [...]
Read full post...You know, the ones that fill our neighborhood? Anyone over 5 and younger than me (who is officially a “generation x” guy) is part of the “millennial” generation. They arethe largest generation in American history (sorry Boomers) and the most diverse. This post talks about who exactly they are, and how the PC(USA) [...]
Read full post...His big point (not only of yesterday’s sermon, but his career) was that Christians need to love people the way that Jesus did–caring for body and soul, in word and deed. Evangelism without social action (or vis versa) is empty.
He told a story of an addicted, wrecked woman that came into a church that loved [...]
It was good to have Pete on the trip. Here are some of his thoughts and pictures.
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