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Meeting Needs: From Individual Betterment to Individual Development


Accepting God's Challenge at Unity CRC

As deacons in the church, we encounter many needs.  A call may come in from the community, or a church member who pulls you aside after worship...

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Boaz & Ruth, Inc: Matching Gifts with Needs

For years, Martha Rollins, owner of a thriving antique store in Richmond, VA, was unhappy seeing abundant prosperity in her shop but so much poverty in...

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Deacons Helping People on the Path to Shalom

A member of Covenant CRC’s local community told a member of the church she wanted to learn more about God’s principles for handling money...

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From Recipient to Partner

In the past, we’ve simply offered free food and free showers with nothing expected in return. While that felt good at first, we began to see that giving stuff for free without any expectation of exchange actually separated us from the neighbors...

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It's Called an ESL Class, but it Feels Like a Party

It began in ignorance. After time, labor and providence, it became more than just an ESL program. I should describe our methodology or the materials, but those are secondary... 

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Single Moms, Unique Challenges

Recently two single moms came to us because they were in trouble with their landlords and facing possible eviction.  In speaking with Anyelis Diaz of New Hope Community Ministries...

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Transformation of Carlos Chavira

In January 2003 the government of Juarez, Mexico, in an effort to pressure an area of squatters to leave their property, bulldozed their homes.  One of the houses caught fire and immediately they all went up in flames...

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