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I received this comment via email the other day from Clay Blankenbaker in regards to Hope Unlimited and their work. I think his and Holly’s story clearly communicates why we should support Hope Unlimited.
“Some of you do and some do not know how God used Hope Unlimited to save our little Caleb’s life… His biological mother attended one counseling session at Hope, then, after massive pressure from her father, attempted two abortions, but God is good, and she was denied services both times. She then returned to Hope and they contacted the Lawyer who in turn contacted Holly and me. I know ALL the credit goes to God for what He did, but the counselors at Hope are special people and we need to try to bless them…
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Summer is a great time for all of us to reach our neighborhoods. Our group has alot of young children and planning a family event is a great way to involve everyone. I would like to challenge all the groups to have a block party in their neighborhood they meet in as well as members of the groups. Then at the end of the summer maybe we could all get together for BIG block parties at Noble Park-Metro campus-and Miller Park (LAKES) bringing our own activities to reach out to others in our communities. Anyone interested?
Butler Group
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Every year Four Rivers participates in the, “Change for Life,”campaign put on by Hope Unlimited. Each year on Mother’s day the baby bottles are distributed at church. We thought this year it would be great for groups to take part by grabbing a bottle for their group and filling it up together. It can be filled with change, checks, or cash and can be brought back on Father’s day. Hope Unlimited is a wonderful organization in our community and we want to support them in any way we can. Look for them on the welcome table this Sunday!
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We, Craig and Stephanie Felker host a small group in the Farley area. One thing that is unique about our group other then people in it, is that we meet every week. Our wonderful group consist of several close friends. Tiffany & Trent “weather man,” Okerson, Candace Nichols and Derek Melloy, Jason Dutton, and Dana Harris. For the next several weeks our group will be working with the Metropolis campus to complete their new facility,(which is looking awesome by the way)! It has been a cool opportunity to serve and develop relationships at other campuses. We highly recommend any of your groups to come and serve there! Recently, we changed the structure of our group in order to be more effective. To each his own of course, but I thought we had some interesting ideas that we would share with all of you! First, we set goals of what we wanted to accomplish as a group this year. All of us individually are assuming a particular responsibility that we felt are a good “fit” for each person. Here are just a few examples; Tiffany is responsible for keeping an updated prayer request list. I am responsible for planning any servant evangelism type event. Derek will lead the conversations when we are studying or watching a video and so on… We can’t wait for you to blog and see what your River Groups have been up to!
Rivergroup Yak 