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• Be thankful for what you’ve got, donate what you can

  
  theCLog — Authority: 443
  Every year I’m amazed by our city’s generosity during the holidays. We band together to make sure poor kids get toys from Santa, we donate through work, church and at the entrances of shopping malls. Also, every year, I wonder why we can’t be this generous year ’round? Here’s my challenge to you: Every time ...
  1 week ago

• Feast of Caring TONIGHT! Fresh…

  
  ChosenFast.com — Authority: 133
  Feast of Caring TONIGHT! Freshly prepared soup & homemade bread. Money raised helps hungry & homeless. http://bit.ly/TtLm5More, from Mike Aiken, director of Greensboro Urban Ministry:Urban Ministry has a special challenge to raise an additional $100,000 for its WE (Winter Emergency) Shelters to be located at ...
  1 week ago

• I Found a Savior (Part Four)

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  This is the conclusion of a Contact Church members testimony. Previous posts may be read at: (Part One) http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-found-savior-part-one.html (Part Two) http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-found-savior-part-two.html (Part Three) ...
  1 week ago

• I Found a Savior (Part Three)

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  This is the continuation of a Contact Church members testimony. You may read the previous posts at: (Part One) http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-found-savior-part-one.html (Part Two) http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-found-savior-part-two.html . "Bill and I found ourselves with ...
  2 weeks ago

• I Found a Savior (Part Two)

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  This is the continuation of a Contact Church members testimony. Part One may be read at http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-found-savior-part-one.html . "Our family moved to Texas. On September 16, 1996 I was taken from the complex laundry mat to a storage room on the back side and sexually assaulted. I ...
  2 weeks ago

• I Found a Savior (Part One)

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  I wrote a very condensed version of a Contact Church members story on my blog last month. This time, I will let her tell her story in her own words. She wrote this for Ron and Judy Babbits newsletter to supporters of their ministry with the Contact Church. "I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, incest, rape, ...
  2 weeks ago

• The New Worship Question: To Tweet or not to Tweet

  
  Making Disciples in an Emerging Church — Authority: 92
  The New Worship Question: To Tweet or Not To Tweet By Kami L. Rice The Rev. Matthew Johnson discovered Twitter a year ago at a conference. He marveled at the way the odd collection of questions and comments projected on a screen and referred to as a Twitter-feed turned “a rather large and passive event ...
  2 weeks ago

• Some Secrets Cant Be Kept

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  Matt Hurley is one of our ministers in the Contact Church. Among his duties, he coordinates activities for youth groups from other congregations that come to help us in the urban ministry. Last night, he told us about the efforts of one youth group from a small town. The group had been coming to Tulsa for a few ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Adoption Story

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  World Magazine contains a great story about the adoption of Michael Oher of the Baltimore Ravens ( www.worldmag.com/articles/16080 ). Because of his adoption, Michael Oher moved from begging for food on the streets of Memphis as a teenager to a potential rookie of the year in the National Football League. His ...
  3 weeks ago

• Churches and support of urban development

  
  Larry James' Urban Daily — Authority: 131
  At Central Dallas Ministries, as our revenue and budgets have grown, the percentage of income provided directly from churches has been on a steady decline for many years.  The decline concerns me.  I suppose my concern is rooted in how I understand the basic values of faith and the priorities of the faith community. ...
  3 weeks ago

• URBAN BIKE

  
  Bikehiker — Authority: 128
  My friends bike at my favorite urban watering hole My friend David is about 6 feet, 9 inches all.  This is his ride. He doesnt use a car. His bike is parked in front of Unleavened Bread Cafe at the corner of Central and 30th Street.  The cafe has a community room thats used for lots of group meetings.  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Donut Hole Country: Addressing The Economic Decline of Rural America

  
  blog.worship.com — Authority: 129
  Its hip and cool to be urban-focused these days as an evangelical. But our nation would not function well with the loss of either the urban or rural populations.  Just as the nation needs to be concerned with both, we as evangelicals would do well to do the same.  Urban ministry is not superior to rural ...
  4 weeks ago

• Beauty for Ashes

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 120
  Last night, we attended the Contact Churchs appreciation dinner for the urban ministrys supporters and volunteers. After dinner, one of our members gave her testimony. D.J. came to the Contact Church as a broken woman. A short time before knocking on the churchs door to ask for help, D.J. knew that she needed to ...
  5 weeks ago

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