Waterford Meadows

We had our first Waterford Meadow Garden planning meeting on Tuesday. Over 10 people attend and they were all excited be a part of this great project to bring fruit and vegetables to their complex. Look out for more great news.

Angela

October 2nd - Worldwide day of prayer and fasting

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

After the "Change Management" session in London HOPEww is planning to do more to promote spirituality among our employees and volunteers. The various initiatives decided each were assigned a "champion" to ensure that they are implemented. I was asked to promote spiritual unity initiatives among our employees around the world.

We have also discussed this idea with the HOPE worldwide and Benevolence Committee of the churches, and the brothers and sisters there were very supportive. We propose a day of prayer and fasting for the poor (optional)on October 2, 2008 (Gandhi's birthday) for all HOPE employees who wish to participate. We are going to disseminate on the kingdom websites a fantastic paper by Robert Carillo, Lead Evangelist in San Diego, and also ask Christians who want to fast with us to feel free to join. Here is a draft of Robert's excellent paper for your encouragement (not yet finalized). (See attached file: Pure Religion Paper.doc)

Love,On behalf of HOPE worldwide, including the Executive ManagementMark TemplerSouth Asian Director, HOPE worldwide

If you have a prayer request related to this topic, please respond to this post. Everyone can come back and see the prayer request and pray for them. (Angela Samuels)

Change

I recently called into a conference call with the non-profit 911 network for good. Their guest was Seth Godin. He had good pointers about non-profits using the technology to get their name out. One idea that caught my eye was "change".

Since Detroit is going through a lot of change (new mayor), I want to get your thoughts about what kind of change you would like to see in the city of Detroit. The only thing I ask is that it be positive and uplifting. I know we have some people in Lansing and Grand Rapids so you can be specific towards your particular city. Maybe you want to share how a non-profits can help the city. You can share about what you have done in the city to promote change.

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We are giving books away

Volunteers needed to give away books to low income to children in Waterford MI. Generously donated by the Department of Education.

When: Thursday, September 25, 2008, Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2008, Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Volunteers Reach Out to Hurricane Victims

Check out this story of volunteers helping out in Baton Rouge after the recent storms.

http://www.disciplestoday.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=784&Itemid=44

Matthew Robinson

I wanted to share about the bravest little boy I know his name is Matthew Robinson. He is only 5 years old and has Cancer. His mom and Dad, my good friends for years blog every so often to let us know about his condition. Please keep him in your prayers.

Jodi posts updates about Matthew on carepages.com
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First Planning Session for Gardens

This week I have confirmed a location for our first onsite community garden for a low-income resident housing unit. I'm really excited that we got a free room at local library. There is no meeting room at the housing complex and with 0$ budget we have to be creative. We are having a local non-profit that specializes in community garden come speak with the group.

I'm currently working on our next location which will be in Oakland county. Stay tuned.

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