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Summer

2010

Success Story:

Success StoryFaith in Action Changed our Whole Town

If you draw a big “X” over the state of Washington, right where the two lines intersect is Othello, a rural farming town of about 8,000. If you’d visited there before their Faith in Action service day Oct. 14, 2007, and then again afterwards, you couldn’t help but see the changes that happened during the community-wide Faith in Action Day. But those changes weren’t just visible ones...Read More


Service Project Idea:

Host a breakfast for local firefighters, police officers or other public servants

Work with your local police or fire department to host a meal of appreciation. Invite community members to partner with you in preparing food and offering words of encouragement for those who serve your local safety needs. Click here for more service ideas.


Organization Spotlight:

Meals on Wheels Association of America

Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) is a member organization representing mostly senior nutrition programs in the United States. Member programs throughout the United States provide nutritious meals and services to men and women who are elderly, homebound, disabled, frail or at risk. Volunteers with Meals on Wheels help deliver these services to the needy in their community.

 "The mission of Meals on Wheels Association of America is to provide visionary leadership and professional training to develop partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services."

Find out how to support a local MOW program by clicking the "Want to Volunteer?" tab at http://www.mowaa.org. You can also find information here to start a new program in your area.

Click here for more ministries to partner with...


Resource Spotlight:

Faith in Action T-Shirts

Promote interest, participation and excitement for your Faith in Action Campaign with the Faith in Action t-shirt. Only $6.99 each in packs of five... View all Faith in Action Inreach Tools

 

www.putyourfaithinaction.org web link

National
Faith in Action Sunday
is
Oct. 10, 2010!


Join the discussion with individuals and church leaders on how to encourage congregations and people to be more outwardly focused and missionally minded. Share stories, discuss ideas, and see what others have done with a Faith in Action Campaign. Visit us on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube.


John Ortberg

"Faith in Action can bring vibrant change to your congregation and transformation in your community."
-John Ortberg


If you participated or plan to participate in a Faith in Action Campaign - Add your church to the National Roster.


"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."
--Og Mandino