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Touched By Service: October 2009
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Sunday, October 25, 2009. A Day of Service (CIA). 7:30 Rolled out of bed, wished I were sleeping late. Slipped on yesterday’s jeans and new Compassion in Action tee shirt. Grabbed a cup of coffee on the way to pick up Cameron. 8:05 Picked up Cameron and tossed him a CIA tee shirt. He was still sleepy too. Made sure he hugged his mom before we left. Explained what CIA is all about. 9:50 Headed to Perimeter. Explained Wellspring Living’s ministry to Cameron. 11:15 Unloaded the groceries at the Norcross Co-...
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Touched By Service: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Last night I had the pleasure and priviledge to help commission ten new Stephen Ministers, Christian lay-counselors, into our Perimeter Church fold. It was a wonderful experience, and reminded me of my own commissioning last year. I'm posting here today what I wrote on my own blog in April '09:. As I got into the car I found two notes sitting on the passenger seat. Jill and Linley had driven to the church to deliver them, wanting me to know they were there for me even thoug...
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Touched By Service: November 2009
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Here’s how the Prison Pen-Pal Ministry works:. 1 An inmate will request a pen-pal by completing a response card and mailing it to the Perimeter Church pen-pal address. 2 An email will be sent to interested parties asking if you would volunteer to write to that inmate. 3 Volunteers will be matched to the inmate of his/her choosing based on his/her personal criteria and level of comfort. Once matched, you will mail the first letter from your home or business to:. Duluth, GA 30097.
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Touched By Service: August 2009
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Monday, August 24, 2009. This week I've chosen to tell the story of a family which has been touched by service. This is the true story (names changed) of a family when in need last year was served well, and touched abundantly, by the Norcross Co-operative Ministry:. Christmas was just around the corner, but not all were joyful. In a short span of only a few months, the Browns went from two gainfully employed parents of four to jobless, homeless, and practically hopeless. That question was faithfully answ...
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Touched By Service: May 2009
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009. A few months ago I began to hear people talking about an organization called Street GRACE. Curious about Street GRACE, I began to dig around to find out what the organization does. It didn’t take long to realize just what an important mission the organization has undertaken – to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children (referred to as CSEC) in Atlanta. GRACE is an acronym that means Galvanizing Resources Against Child Exploitation. Secondly, we are working to esta...
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Touched By Service: WOW
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Monday, November 16, 2009. I walked into the Fellowship Hall late one Wednesday morning in October to find some thirty women busy at work, sitting around tables or in a far corner hovering over an assortment of bags. The room was filled with cheerful chatter yet everyone worked with a determined purpose. I asked Tracy Baird to help me understand the WOW ministry. Which ministries do you serve and in what way do you serve them? How do you choose a service project? In our relationship with Community Outrea...
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Touched By Service: Stephen Ministry
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Last night I had the pleasure and priviledge to help commission ten new Stephen Ministers, Christian lay-counselors, into our Perimeter Church fold. It was a wonderful experience, and reminded me of my own commissioning last year. I'm posting here today what I wrote on my own blog in April '09:. As I got into the car I found two notes sitting on the passenger seat. Jill and Linley had driven to the church to deliver them, wanting me to know they were there for me even thoug...
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Touched By Service: Sleep Well Tonight
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Thursday, December 10, 2009. Twice now I’ve seen groups of people sitting on the floor or around conference tables hunched over large sheets of flannel. They were tying two pieces of flannel together to make blankets, blankets with knotted tassels along all four sides. Blankets that would be donated to provide warmth to someone sleeping in a cold drafty home, or worse, outside in the stark weather. Tell me how your ministry began. How did the knotted blankets and volunteers come into play? But as it is t...
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Touched By Service: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Rainbow Village, Part 1. The morning came when I was to volunteer for Rainbow Village. They were moving their offices from the original location in Norcross to a new address in Duluth, and I had offered to help with the move. As I prepared to leave home I was pleasantly surprised by my wife’s offer to go along with me. We drove home a few hours later, a little dirty and a lot sweaty, and glad to have helped Rainbow Village – especially Jill. It was then that my wife taught me that...
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Touched By Service: Living as Servants
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Back to School Drive a Huge Success. As people left Perimeter Church, they were handed an empty backpack. They were encouraged to return it in a few days, filled with school supplies. “I had no idea how this would turn out,” Debra Potter said. “We’d never done it this way before.”. Within days, backpacks filled with school supplies began showing up at the church. 8220;I had only a few dollars in my pocket,” the man said, “and had no idea how I was going to provide m...8220;The ...
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