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Local Back Pack Drive
jim | 
August 5, 2010 | 
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Life Church in Canton is collecting backpacks for Highland Park Community Outreach Center
HPCO Backpack Drive- Highland Park Community Outreach would like to invite you to participate in our annual backpack drive. It is our desire to put backpacks in the hands of children in need in the Highland Park Community. Last year HPCO was truly blessed to see over 75 backpacks donated from Life Church and would love to meet or exceed that number this year. Backpacks containing school supplies can be dropped of at Life Church on Sunday, August 8, 15 and 22.
Here is what to pack into each backpack that is donated.
- six #2 pencils
- six medium ballpoint pens
- one wide ruled subject notebook
- one package of filler paper
- one manual pensil sharpner
- one 24 pack of crayons
- one 12″ ruler
- two glue sticks
- one pair of blunt scissors
- one 1 1/2 ” three ring binder
- one pencil pouch
- two … 2 pocket folders
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Please Sign Petition Against Human Trafficking
jim | May 7, 2010 | 0 Comments
TRAFFICKING IN HAITI
Please consider signing International Justice Mission’s message to President Obama. Statistics show that 1 in 10 children were being trafficked in Haiti prior to the earthquake; current conditions will threaten even more children. Please click here
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Easy way to be GREEN
jim | April 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
Tomorrow is Earth Day, lots of talk about the environment and how to be “green”.
I would like to encourage people to think about the little things that can be done in their daily life that will have a big impact.
- use a refillable cup for coffee, tea, or pop
- use bags at the grocery store that be used multiple times
- switch to cfl bulbs
- low flow shower head
A great book on how to do this kind of stuff is, Go Green …Save Green, by Nancy Sleeth.
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Launch of Forge USA
jim | April 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
This past weekend I had a chance to travel to Wheaton and get to meet in person a few literary heroes of mine. The occasion for this was the starting or birth of a new organization focused on mission living and church planting here in the good old USA. It was cool to meet Alan Hirsch in person and also hear in person Mike Frost. Below is information that I pasted directly from the Forge USA website that gives more information of what they are seeking to infuse.
Forge USA website: http://www.forgeamerica.org/
Mission & Distinctives
Forge is an innovative mission-training network that seeks to equip Christian leaders for mission in a first world setting. Forge recognizes the enormous cultural shifts that have occurred in the world over the last few decades and is committed to developing leaders who can live and serve incarnationally, who have a holistic view of life and mission and who are able to re-think church structures recognizing that one size does not fit all. Forge encourages the dreamers, entrepreneurs and the risk takers in our churches to boldly seek new expressions of church and new approaches to mission so that we can be genuinely connected to the heartbeat of our communities. The Forge dream is to see both new missional communities birthed and established churches encouraged refocusing on the task of mission within their communities
Forge has emerged at a time when it is widely agreed that we find ourselves in a new mission context. In our present cultural climate most experienced evangelists and missionaries recognize that intentional mission responses and church planting is the most effective approach. Forge is a bold initiative that specifically addresses these challenges by linking experienced mission practitioners with emerging missional leaders. Forge aims to focus its energy on developing leadership that can understand the missional challenge and proactively develop strategies, approaches and teams, to be able to take the church onto new and uncharted ground.
“Helping birth and nurture the Missional Church”
We aim to achieve our mission:
- By creating environments where the missional imagination of God’s people is awakened, nurtured and developed
- By focusing on training for a distinctly pioneering type of ministry and leadership
- By stimulating a distinctive missional understanding and approach to church
- By coordinating an energetic network of pioneering leaders and practitioners focused on the task of mission
- By developing and operating internship style training in various population zones
- By offering ongoing support and consultations to partners
- By developing resources to help raise awareness of issues relating to missions-to-the-west
What are our distinctives:
- Holistic approach to mission
- Action learning approach to missional leadership development
- Culturally-appropriate mission methodology in all settings
- A grassroots movement ethos
- A diversity of approaches and models
- Intentionally networked structure
- Networked cross-denominational structures
- A passionate action-based spirituality
- Creativity, innovation and experimentation in all we do
- The priority of modeling for leadership and mission
- Coaching and Mentoring
Alan and Deb Hirsch talking about missional discipleship
Mike Frost
commissioning of Kim Hammon to lead Forge USA
Local Volunteer Opportunity
jim | February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Wayne/Westland Salvation Army has some great volunteer opportunities.
Do you like to talk to people?
Do you like to cook?
Do you like to be around others?
Do you like to help others?
Do you have a desire to help your community?
If you answered YES to any ONE of the above questions, we have something just for you.
We have openings with the following programs:
Community Feeding Program – Tasks include re-heating the week’s left-over food, serving the meal, washing dishes in a mechanical dishwasher and clean-up afterwards.
Members of the community come to eat at 5:00pm and the youth in our After School Tutoring Program eat at 5:30. Openings for this are on Friday afternoon/early evening from 4:00pm-6:30pm
General Office/Reception – Tasks include answering the phone and directing the calls as needed, making copies, sending faxes and greeting clients when they enter the building. We have openings Monday-Friday in the morning and afternoon for a few hours per day.
Child ID Program – Help at one of the stations that include Registration, DNA Teeth Imprinting and entering the child’s information into a computer to create a CD to give to the parent/guardian. This is a one-time event that will take place on March 13, 2020
After School Tutoring Program – Help children of all grade levels with homework and study sheets, organized recreation, arts and crafts and our new media center where children can learn the basics of computers and enjoy ‘surfing the Internet’. This is available Monday through Friday from 3:30 pm – 6:45 pm.
Volunteering with us is a great, rewarding experience.
Sign-up on-line or give me a call.
Sandy Kollinger
Administrative Assistant
Volunteer Coordinator
Wayne/Westland Corps
2300 S. Venoy Road
Westland, MI 48186
Phone: 734-722-3660
Fax: 734-722-5115
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Haiti Benefit Concert
jim | February 1, 2010 | 0 Comments
Life Church in Canton is putting on a Haiti benefit concert on 2/12/10
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Help Cancel Hatian Debt
jim | January 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
| Dear ONE Member,
Since this disaster occurred last Tuesday, I have wanted nothing more than to go to Haiti to help, hold and comfort my family and other survivors. Knowing I can’t do that now, I am putting all my energies into helping Haiti rebuild its country without the burden of debt. Together, we can convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $1 billion international debt. Please click here to sign ONE’s petition calling for cancellation of Haiti’s debts: http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1405-3697601-_sQk5Hx&t=2
Haiti needs a sustained international effort as it seeks to recover from this earthquake. Beyond the current emergency response, we’ll need to ensure that money saved from debt relief is invested in long-term development, and that assistance to Haiti isn’t given in the form of new loans that would exacerbate the debt problem. But here and now, there is a very clear goal: let’s get rid of this crippling debt. Thank you, Keren Dongo |
Reflecting on MLK
jim | January 19, 2010 | 0 Comments
Last night I came across a post card when I was cleaning up my desk. The postcard was purchased at the MLK Memorial in Atlanta on our trip last year.
“Most people are thermometers that record or register the temperature of the majority opinion, not thermostats that transform and regulate the temperature of society.”
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Praying that God will help make us “thermostats”. 
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