About a month ago, we started a program at Antioch called A Dollar for Change. The idea is simple, there are buckets for people to put a dollar bill in each and every Sunday. No more (if so, it’ll go to the offering) and no less (we’re not taking loose change). The money collected each […]
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My good friend, Stephan Bauman, Senior Vice President of Programs at World Relief – and the instrumental driver in getting the original World Relief NEXT project launched back in 2008 – just was voted the new President and CEO of World Relief. Pretty excited about this one!! (Click the image below to go to the
In case you ever wanted to know what a 360 degree picture of downtown Phnom Penh looks like from one of the best vantage points in the city – you’re in luck! Check out this creatively stitched together picture from Kevin Kubota (if your eyes are good enough, that is!)
Brandon told me we dropped off 800 Powerbars last week for the upcoming Central Oregon Homeless Count. The Homeless Count seeks to identify the number of homeless so local social groups can do a better job of caring and advocating for Bend’s homeless community. The Powerbars are distributed as an easy to carry source of
January 30th is the next Antioch Night of Worship. The Antioch Choir is going to be featured and we’ll be sharing stories and taking communion. If you’re in Bend and consider Antioch your church, then mark your calendar – this is one you don’t want to miss!!
I was on a conference call with a sub-committee of the World Relief Board of Directors yesterday and started getting excited about having so many World Relief friends out in a few weeks to Bend. A lot of the staff, board of directors and various partner churches are making it out for the Justice Conference
The Antioch staff spent over 2 hours on a “folding party” this Thursday to get the 2010 Year End Report out with the year end letter and tax receipts. I left after a half hour (or was kicked out for incompetency) because I’d been putting stamps on the top left, instead of right, of the
