Micro-Enterprise with Macro-Results
For the past 5 years Mars Hill has partnered with World Relief to support Turame Community Finance—a microfinance resource in Burundi, Africa, one of the poorest nations of the world.
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Imagine Ministries
“We’re doing mission right here”
Imagine Ministries is based out of Central UMC in Fitzgerald, GA. Their group of ten people, eight youth and two adults, served in Osage in 2007. Their project was modeled after the YouthWorks work projects, …
First Baptist Church of Keene
Note: As described in the article “Short-Term Missions and Missional Youth Ministry,” here is the story of one church who applied to the 1k Challenge grant:
A group of two adults and four youth had participated on a …
Rescued at the Rescue Mission
For over ten years, our youth have served at the Rescue Mission by providing chapel services once a month.
Justice Journeys BEFORE
Leadership: Small shifts can make a big difference to the “before” planning.
A 15 Year-Old Justice Hero
Last week I spoke at The Gathering, a conference for foundation leaders and philanthropists that was hosted in Phoenix, Arizona.
Katrina Project
This past week, one of our church’s high school seniors created a short film clip to tell the story of Hurricane Katrina and share about our high school community’s annual trips to help with the rebuilding effort.
Give and Receive… Teenage “Affluenza”
I live and minister in a VERY affluent community. I recently took my middle school students on a 3 day mission trip to Wichita, KS about an hour away. We live in a small town (14,000) which does not have …
Doreen’s Oreo Cookies (Stories from East Africa)
This is Doreen. She works the land next to the future site of Miracle House in Nakuru, Kenya. When we were praying for the land, she saw us and yelled across the barbed wire fence, “come, help me hoe the …
Jackson the Tailor (Stories from East Africa)
This is Jackson. He is a tailor in a small slum called Misri (Egypt in Swahili) where 500 orphans live within its 10 square acre boundaries. As a husband and a father, he works long hours with his hands to …