Hi there Well today we had another extravaganza day. Over 600 people came to receive food hampers, toys, clothes, free bbq and great latte’s. The kids had face painting and the junior youth played Wii. We had many volunteers come and help. Year 9 students from Croydon Secondary College helped set up the day and [...]
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Extravaganza Day
Posted: December 6, 2008 in Serving the poorTags: Christianity, church, Community, faith, giving, homeless, Hope, Jesus, life God, poor, poverty, serving
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Poverty around the world
Posted: September 5, 2008 in Serving the poor, UncategorizedTags: Christianity, church, giving, God, Jesus, life, poor, poverty
Here is the latest revision from the World Bank on global poverty. There is still so much to do but it can be done. Remember – if every Christian gave another 1% of their income to micro enterprise organisations such as Opportunity International then we could improve the living conditions of the poorest 1 billion [...]
Extravaganza day – feeding and clothing the poor in Melbourne
Posted: August 18, 2008 in faith, Serving the poorTags: bible, church, God, Jesus, life, Melbourne, poor, poverty, religion
Hey there, We had an awesome day on Saturday. It rained and was freezing yet over 430 people came and received food hampers, clothes, hotdogs and late’s- all free. The response was incredible and many people were visibly moved by the love and care that was given. I was reading last week in Galatians 2 [...]
Hope City Mission
Posted: August 15, 2008 in Serving the poorTags: church, God, Jesus, life, poor, poverty
Here is our promo video for Hope City Mission which is the care arm for Hope City Church. Let me know what you think and if you have seen any good video’s for care/welfare agencies that have caught your attention. Keep loving and serving, Till later Andrew
God help us – may we be a voice for those who are no longer heard. May we who have so much actually do something to make a difference and bring hope to the poor. I am tired of hearing in the western world that we are blessed to be a blessing. Even if wealth [...]
Making a difference in the life of the poor
Posted: August 12, 2008 in Serving the poorTags: bible, Christianity, church, faith, God, Jesus, life, Manila, poor, poverty, religion
I have been working on a heap of footage taken while I was away in Manila. At our church on Sunday we watched a powerful 20 minute clip on the work taking place in Baseco Manila. I have taken out a little selection of this for you to see on YouTube. I hope it moves [...]
Reaching the poor in Baseco – Manila
Posted: August 8, 2008 in Serving the poorTags: church, Jesus. life, poor, poverty, religion
Hey all; Just came back from Manila on wednesday night after spending just over a week with two amazing people – Mark and Christine Pedder. Mark and Christine live in Baseco/ Manila – which is 60 acres of reclaimed land with approx 100,000 people living there in incredible poverty. Mark and Christine daily feed the [...]
