13 - Jan - 2010
Date: 13 January, 2010 | Posted By: Jonathan Blundell | Category:
Take Action
The following groups are on the ground and offering relief after the earthquake in Haiti yesterday.
One Day’s Wages: onedayswages.org
Salvation Army (US): salvationarmy.org
Haiti Reborn: quixote.org/haiti
Church World Services: www.churchworldservice.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: www.pcusa.org
Direct Relief International
World Vision: donate.worldvision.org
Bright Hope: www.brighthope.org
UMC Disaster Response: secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations
UNICEF: www.unicefusa.org
Christian Aid: www.christianaid.org.uk
Americares: www.americares.org
Mercy Corps: donate.mercycorps.org
American Red Cross: newsroom.redcross.org
United Church of Christ: www.ucc.org
Doctors Without Borders: doctorswithoutborders.org
Disciple’s Week of Compassion: secure.groundspring.org
Episcopal Relief: www.er-d.org
Reformed Church in America: www.rca.org
Oxfam: www.oxfam.org
Habitat For Humanity: www.habitat.org
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund: www.haitiaction.net
My good buddy Chris Allman is currently next door to Haiti in the Dominican Republic. You can read some of his thoughts on his blog: chrisballman.blogspot.com
HT to @brianmerritt the list
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11 - Jan - 2010
Date: 11 January, 2010 | Posted By: Jonathan Blundell | Category:
Take Action
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day…
It’s also the 146th anniversary of the day our 13th Amendment was introduced to Congress — which set out to abolish slavery in the United States.
Yet today — slavery still exists — in so many forms.
Sex trade , immigrant farmers working in Florida , children mining for coltan , chocolate and coffee farmers around the world — and so much more.
I encourage you to do a 5 things today…
1. Change your Twitter/Facebook/MySpace avatar to support One Voice to End Slavery :
2. Join One Voice to End Slavery
3. Visit the Human Trafficking section on Change.org and read at least 5 articles
4. Share the link to at least one story from Change.org on Facebook or Twitter
5. Watch David Bastone talk about human trafficking at Google:
Then let us know what you learn.
What impacted you the most? What did you learn when doing one (or all) of the steps above?
What other steps have you taken to end modern day slavery?
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06 - Jan - 2010
Date: 06 January, 2010 | Posted By: Jonathan Blundell | Category:
Faith
This quote wrecks me…
“These kids have been forgotten by many adults and they’re waiting for another adult to forget them…”
I’m so thrilled to see the number of families involved in foster care and adoption at encounter.
Not only have several families brought children into their homes, but through the Circuit Riders , others are spending their time and energy ministering to the children and families that live in the foster system at the Texas Baptist Home here in Waxahachie.
It’s so encouraging to see.
James 1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
See 9 others at the Abba Fund.
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05 - Jan - 2010
Date: 05 January, 2010 | Posted By: Jonathan Blundell | Category:
community 2.0
This coming Saturday (Jan. 8 @ 9 a.m.) I plan to meet with a number of folks interested in building community within our tribe .
The group will be made up primarily of our community group facilitators and hosts.
We’ll be working through our regroup material as some what of a refresher course and I hope to show this video from the TransFORM Network as well…
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