I just got a call today. A former participant in '08 was with his youth group this week on a mission trip in the Bahamas and suffered an accident that ruptured a vertebrate. He was flown to Miami's Jackson Hospital- home to a renown paralysis center. Please pray for him and his family, the doctors and home church.
-H
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Seeing the Face of God in Community
This summer we've been emphasizing the presence of God in communities you may least expect. We look into the least likely places of the city bus, the curb under the bridge, the parking lot. It is also a chance to allow God to be present when two or three youth groups come to serve and learn in Miami the same week.
Although we are the same in many ways, We may be from similar churches, from the same state, from the same economic backgrounds. We differ in so many more it seems when we aren't letting God be present. But when we allow God in, when we look for God's presence in a community of homeless men, or in a shelter of battered women, or in the foster families or hard labor of poverty, we have much more in common. Whether slave or free, greek or gentile, we share the promises of God's love and presence.
Although we are the same in many ways, We may be from similar churches, from the same state, from the same economic backgrounds. We differ in so many more it seems when we aren't letting God be present. But when we allow God in, when we look for God's presence in a community of homeless men, or in a shelter of battered women, or in the foster families or hard labor of poverty, we have much more in common. Whether slave or free, greek or gentile, we share the promises of God's love and presence.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
A Great First Summer Week
This week, DOOR-Miami hosted a church group from Denver, Colorado. This was the first group for the summer staff and it was a great group to begin the season. It was great to have such diversity among the youth and the urban perspective of another city. The group was spiritual aligned and constantly dropped what they were doing to pray.
One of the many highlights of the week was being able to incorporate the gifts of the group into the agencies. Members of the group are very skilled in putting on a puppet show. At Easter Seals, an agency that serves as a day care for the elderly with Alzheimer’s and children with disabilities, the group performed their puppet show. Everyone loved it and asked the group to perform the show several times. God used this group in many ways and revealed God's presence in the city throughout the week.
-Vanessa
One of the many highlights of the week was being able to incorporate the gifts of the group into the agencies. Members of the group are very skilled in putting on a puppet show. At Easter Seals, an agency that serves as a day care for the elderly with Alzheimer’s and children with disabilities, the group performed their puppet show. Everyone loved it and asked the group to perform the show several times. God used this group in many ways and revealed God's presence in the city throughout the week.
-Vanessa
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Summer Staff Begin Orientation and Training
School may not be out in Miami yet, but summer started as we began orientation with our summer staff. Today we found a few of our many agency partners, did a fair bit of grocery shopping and began to share our stories over meals.
It's going to be a great summer in Miami!
Don't forget to please vote for the Nature's Path grant competition Branches has entered for their gardening program. Just Means is a great site. You'll find other very useful information there as well. Branches is close to the top but must finish in the top 2. There are many days to go and the Florida City community isn't a very digitally connected community. But this isn't a merit competition. It's pure popularity. They need your vote to win.
http://www.justmeans.com/contestidea?ideaid=NTYz
It's going to be a great summer in Miami!
Don't forget to please vote for the Nature's Path grant competition Branches has entered for their gardening program. Just Means is a great site. You'll find other very useful information there as well. Branches is close to the top but must finish in the top 2. There are many days to go and the Florida City community isn't a very digitally connected community. But this isn't a merit competition. It's pure popularity. They need your vote to win.
http://www.justmeans.com/contestidea?ideaid=NTYz
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