Stop Hunger Now Meals arrive in Haiti

Below is the email from our Stop Hunger Now contact in reference to the 15,000 meals we packed in October. Yay God!

 

“I am excited to report that the meals from your recent packaging event shipped out from the Kinston, NC warehouse on 23DEC. Even though the meals were not necessarily packed as part of a holiday event, it is exciting to think about how your meals will enhance the New Year for kids in Haiti for months to come. Several of the groups did package meals as part of their Thanksgiving observances. All of us have so much to be grateful for and we are thankful for every one that money, time and/or energy to help package these meals. 

“These 142,500 meals are headed for St. Andre’s School in Hinche, Haiti, which serves 930 students from pre-school through high school. Many of the children at St. Andre’s would not eat every day were it not for the meals they receive at school, as this is often the only hot meal they get all day. This food will enable the children to stay awake in class, learn effectively, and look forward to a brighter future. For more information about St. Andre’s School please check their website: @ http://www.saintdunstanschurch.org/st-andre%E2%80%99s-haiti/saint-andres-school-hinche-haiti/

“As we look forward to 2012, we hope that as you prepare for the New Year you are making plans for another packaging event. Thank you for your commitment to a world without hunger! I wish for you, your family, and the church or group that you represent, a wonderful Christmas season.”

Chris Singleton

Program Manager Stop Hunger Now

FWD Weekly 23-29JAN

Monday 23JAN: “[LiT] Tray” We are exploring what it practically looks like to “love others” (John 13:34-35).  We assert that love is not cheesy or hokey or silly or idealistic.  Love takes courage.  Somehow love gets lost in translation at times.  “Tray” refers to the love language of “serving others.”  For many people this is how they primarily express affection toward others.  What does “tray” look like when it is being expressed toward us and how can we show this ‘language’ to those who prefer to receive it? Let’s meet for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship.  Discover more about Forward on the ‘Connect Weekly’ tab above.

Monday 31JAN: “[LiT] Gift” Giving Gifts are one of the five languages we use to share and receive love.  A gift is something you can hold in your hand and say, “Look, s/he was thinking of me.”  This may be your primary “love language” or it may be a friend, family-member, or co-worker’s language and you didn’t know it.  How does God share words of affirmation with us and how do we share/receive these ‘words’ with/from others?

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SUPER BOWL PARTY  Join us for a rematch of XLII – Patriots vs Giants!

Forward Weekly 09-15JAN

Monday 09JAN: “Lost In Translation” Start a new habit this year and meet at Forward.  We launch the new year by exploring what it practically looks like to ”love others” (John 13:34-35).  We assert that love is not cheesy or hokey or silly or idealistic.  Love takes courage.  Somehow love gets lost in translation at times.  Let’s meet for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship.  Then stay and watch some of the BCS National Championship Game in the Wherehouse!  Discover more about Forward on the ‘Connect Weekly’ tab above.

Monday 16JAN: ”[LiT] Affirm” Words of Affirmation are one of the five languages we use to share and receive love.  These are as simple as a passing compliment but also go deeper.  This may be your primary “love language” or it may be a friend, family-member, or co-worker’s language and you didn’t know it.  How does God share words of affirmation with us and how do we share/receive these ‘words’ with/from others?

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A Mission Every Month  During the month of January, we will focus on what John Wesley referred to as “Inner Holiness” and inward service to God.  All our service & mission is either and inward or outward response to God.  The project we will undertake is one of “contemplatio”, as the ancients would term it.  Each week we’ll undertake this endeavor!

2011 Kiva Update

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $25.00 loan to Margarita in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 23 other Kiva Lenders, the $600.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.
This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy corn, propane, lime powder, water, etc.

Over the 18 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, Apoyo Integral, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website:
http://www.kiva.org/lend/343247

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $25.00 loan to Ena Del Carmen in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 28 other Kiva Lenders, the $800.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.
This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy corn, propane gas, water, lime powder, etc. Over the 20 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, Apoyo Integral, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website:
http://www.kiva.org/lend/343253

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $50.00 loan to Maria Del Carmen in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 36 other Kiva Lenders, the $1,000.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.
This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy cement, sand, blocks and to pay the worker to build a little café, and the supplies she needs to make tortilla rellenas Over the 26 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, Fundacion Campo, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website:
http://www.kiva.org/lend/346305

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $25.00  loan to Maria Nicolasa in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 15 other Kiva Lenders, the $400.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.
This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy corn and firewood for her business.
Over the 14 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, PADECOMSM, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website: http://www.kiva.org/lend/344699

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $25.00 loan to Yolanda Antonia in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 16 other Kiva Lenders, the $500.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.
This loan will be used for the purpose of: To buy tins of sardines, baby food, bottled water and juice, disposable diapers, medicine, soap and detergent.

Over the 15 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, Apoyo Integral, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website: http://www.kiva.org/lend/348928

New Loan in El Salvador has been 100% funded

This is an update on your $25.00 loan to Reyna Lizzette in El Salvador.

Thanks to you and 17 other Kiva Lenders, the $500.00 loan request in El Salvador has been 100% funded.

This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy women’s blouses, dresses, spandex, men’s t-shirts, formal shirts, and children’s clothes.

Over the 14 months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in El Salvador, PADECOMSM, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Status on Current Forward Loans

Kuy Kunthy (#257371)

Country: Cambodia

Activity: Farming

You Loaned: $75.00

Newly Repaid: $24.98

Total Repaid So Far: $75.00 (100.00% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paid In Full

Martha (#256192)

Country: Uganda

Activity: General Store

You Loaned: $75.00

Newly Repaid: $6.11

Total Repaid So Far: $56.08 (74.77% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paying back on time, $0.17 Currency exchange loss

 

Mayela (#284318)

Country: Peru

Activity: Cloth & Dressmaking Supplies

You Loaned: $50.00

Newly Repaid: $4.84

Total Repaid So Far: $22.70 (45.40% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Delinquent

Ali (#281562)

Country: Lebanon

Activity: Animal Sales

You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $1.66

Total Repaid So Far: $11.63 (46.52% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paying back on time

Patrick Maisha (#292707)

Country: Rwanda

Activity: Photography

You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $1.04

Total Repaid So Far: $5.20 (20.80% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paying back on time

Shirley Marin Campos (#293589)

Country: Costa Rica

Activity: Perfumes

You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $1.99

Total Repaid So Far: $3.47 (13.88% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Delinquent

Forward Weekly “Holiday Issue”

Monday 05DEC: “[AC] Christmas Angel Project”  We will tackle our Christmas Angel partnership.  There will be alot of sorting and marking all the gifts that will be shared with our Windy Hill extended family! We’ll wrap up our Advent Conspiracy series by taking action – “Love All” – which starts with our neighbors right down the street!

Friday 09DEC: “Christmas Angel Store” Take a chance to do something unique this Christmas.  Christmas Angel is an event that CRC eagerly anticipates each year which provides local families with access to affordable gifts for their children.  Forward is coordinating this event in partnership with Windy Hill Elementary.  Join us for fun and festivities after the store closes!

Monday 12DEC: “[AC] Love All” As we wind down the year toward Christmas and the holidays, we prepare for a well-earned break and time with family and friends. This night, we will wrap up our Advent Conspiracy series by focusing on what it looks like in practical and meaningful ways to “Love All” this Christmas season and beyond.

Monday 19DEC: Forward Outpost – Christmas Party Free food. Fun. Friends. Faith. What else could we ask for? Join Forward for our last Monday gathering of the year. We’ll see you back in 2012!

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Monday 09JAN: 2012 Kick Off! Start of the new year with Forward! Set a reminder to connect each Monday night throughout the winter and spring! Discipleship series include: “Lost In Translation”, “Starving Jesus”, and “The Jobs Initiative.”

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Forward Weekly 28NOV-05DEC

Monday 28NOV: “[AC] Give More” This doesn’t mean what you may think…unless you connect to the other tenents of Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. This study intersects with current Christmas Angel event.  Join Forward this Monday for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship.  Discover more about Forward on the ‘Connect Weekly’ tab above.

>>> Event Horizon

Monday 05DEC: “[AC] Love All” Next Monday, we will tackle our Christmas Angel partnership.  There will be alot of sorting and marking all the gifts that will be shared with our Windy Hill extended family! We’ll wrap up our Advent Conspiracy series by taking action – “Love All” – which starts with our neighbors right down the street!

Friday 09DEC: “Christmas Angel Store” Take a chance to do something unique this Christmas.  Christmas Angel is an event that CRC eagerly anticipates each year which provides local families with access to affordable gifts for their children.  Forward is coordinating this event in partnership with Windy Hill Elementary.  Come to Forward each Monday and discover how you can get plugged-in! Join us for fun and festivities after the store closes!

Forward Weekly 14-20NOV

Monday 14NOV: “[AC] Worship Fully”  Most of us have very specific memories about the Christmas season, both positive and negative. What are some of your positive memories? This study intersects with our upcoming Christmas Angel event in December.  Join Forward this night for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship.  Discover more about Forward on the ‘Connect Weekly’ tab above.

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Event Horizon
Monday 21NOV: “[AC] Spend Less” Next Monday, we will continues to highlight December’s Local Launch: Christmas Angels. Simultaneously, we’ll discover if it is possible to have a wonderful Christmas while spending less. Does Christmas equal spending?

Friday 09DEC: “Christmas Angel” Take a chance to do something unique this Christmas.  Christmas Angel is an event that CRC eagerly anticipates each year which provides local families with access to affordable gifts for their children.  Forward plans and coordinates this event in partnership with Windy Hill Elementary.  Come to Forward each Monday and discover how you can get plugged-in!.

Forward Weekly 31OCT-06NOV

Monday 31OCT: “iBand”.  Everyone gets to be in the band! You don’t have to be a guitar hero nor need to have any musical talent or skill to be at Forward this Monday night. No technology requirements either. We’ll share in a meaningful experience that will stoke your faith.  Join Forward this night for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship.  Discover more about Forward on the ‘Connect Weekly’ tab above.

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Event Horizon
Monday 07NOV: “Alex’s Story”  Next Monday, we will highlight November’s Local Launch.  We’ll discover, from a first hand perspective, what faith looks like through times of need. You’ll also have a last minute opportunity to register for the Cardboard City event next weekend.

Friday 11NOV: “Cardboard City” Stock up on the cardboard boxes and bring your sleeping bags! You’ll want to be here for this one-of-a-kind event! CRC is partnering with Family Promise of Jacksonville and dozens of other businesses and church groups from across JAX, Duval and surrounding counties to establish our very own cardboard city. We’ll be sleeping under the stars to raise individual and communty awareness to the issue of homelessness in JAX.

Nov/Dec: [Advent Conspiracy] Christmas Angel Event. Join the conspiracy! Discover more by clicking the image and see “Christmas Angel 2011″ post below.

Christmas Angel 2011 [AC]

This Christmas…

…take a chance to do something unique.  Christmas Angel is an event that CRC eagerly anticipates each year which provides local families with access to affordable gifts for their children.  Forward plans and coordinates this event in partnership with Windy Hill Elementary.  Come to Forward each Monday and discover how you can get plugged-in!

Christmas Angel is the culminating event for this season’s [Advent Conspiracy] series.  If you love the magic of Christmas, you’ll want to be part of the Advent Conspiracy.  Beginning 14NOV, Forward will experience what it means to Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. 

Join Forward each Monday at 7pm for friends, a meal, live music, and a meaningful discussion. Click on the Home tab above for the latest update of everything at Forward!

Forward Weekly 24-30OCT

Monday 24OCT: Stop Hunger Now Event.  We’re concluding our Hunger and Thirst series with the SHN “Operation Sharehouse” meal packaging event.  Invite friends & strangers to this night where we’ll literally pack thousands of meals for Haitian children and families who are refugees in the Dominican Republic. Find out more at www.stophungernow.org or click SHN logo!  Discover more about Forward on the ’Connect Weekly’ tab above.

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Event Horizon
Thursday 27OCT: FCWS 2011 Annual Life Banquet. Everyone at Forward is invited to a free banquet at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel this evening, hosted by First Coast Women’s Services. Click on picture-link in the “A Night For Life” post (below) to RSVP, be sure to designate you would like to sit with the “For Life” group hosted by Kacy Sehmer. Contact Kacy Sehmer at kacy.sehmer@gmail.com to find out more or to discover additional ways to get involved!

Monday 31OCT: “iBand”.  You don’t have to be a guitar hero nor need to have any musical talent or skill to be at Forward next Monday night. No technology requirements either. We’ll share in a meaningful experience that will stoke your faith.  Join Forward this night for a good meal, live music, and meaningful discipleship. Discover more about Forward on the ’Connect Weekly’ page above.

Friday 11NOV: “Cardboard City” Stock up on the cardboard boxes and bring your sleeping bags! You’ll want to be here for this one-of-a-kind event! CRC is partnering with Family Promise of Jacksonville and dozens of other businesses and church groups from across JAX, Duval and surrounding counties to establish our very own cardboard city. We’ll be sleeping under the stars to raise individual and communty awareness to the issue of homelessness in JAX.

Nov/Dec: [Advent Conspiracy] Christmas Angel Event. Christmas Angel is something CRC eagerly anticipates each year. Take a break from the message barrage of consumerism this coming holiday season. This season Forward will experience what it means to Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. More to follow!