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- A church cancelled its Sunday services - so worshippers could help in the community instead.…
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Stories of Churches & Individuals Putting Their Faith In Action!
Jesus Shows Up
Red Fork Church of God in Tulsa, OK. The leadership at Red Fork strongly supported the idea of Faith in Action and cancelled their regular Sunday meeting to get the people out serving. Check out their Flickr site @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/14830457@N03/page2/ and their Picassa site @ http://picasaweb.google.com/dave.nitro/FIA2008?feat=directlink#
Two pastors Reflect on their Church’s FIA Sunday
Embrace Baltimore held a city wide FIA event and here are stories from two pastors in the Baltimore area as they reflect on their church's Faith in Action Sunday...
Removing the Notion that the Church only cares about Itself
Six churches from Baltimore and how they put their faith into action...
Zion moves out into the community
Zion Lutheran stocked a food pantry, visited the elderly shut ins, did home repairs for wheel chair bound people, did road clean up, made health kits, school kits and blankets for Lutheran World Relief, and did repairs at a local day care...
You’re Telling Us to WORK on Sunday?
Dinuba Mennonite Brethren Church offered a free carwash and picked up trash in local parks. While senior citizens from the church met to fill 300 bags with school supplies to be sent to Mennonite Relief organization that will in turn send them around the world. Others worked in a nearby food bank, painted over graffiti, painted rooms in a homeless shelter, or clean bathrooms at five local businesses...
You Got Served!
Tree of Life Community Church did random acts of kindness to anyone in need. They hosted a worship service at a nearby assisted living facility, hosted a free brunch in the clubhouse of a local apartment community, and two dozen church members gathered their lawn mowers and weed trimmers and cleaned up 27 vacant homes...
We were blessed indeed
Chickasaw United Methodist Church watched their barriers come down as the church family began to reach out beyond the church walls...
We want to have our people outwardly focused
"Instead of telling our community to come to our church, we went to them and served them," says Carlos Sales, pastor of ministries at Missions Hill Church...
We went to them and served them!
The Bridge Family Worship Center handed out free $10 gas cards, planted flowers, cleaned and pressure washed a Women's center...
We spread mulch. God spread joy
"Make a Difference Day," at Grace Community Church spread mulch on Super Bowl Sunday as a part of their purposeful acts to help their community...
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