“After all I’ve done for you ….” Many of us have used those words with our children – or heard them from our own parents! But those words came alive for our Latino youth group this summer as teens spent time interviewing their parents, hearing their stories, and sharing stories of their own. LUCHA Ministries’ … Continue reading
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Student.Go – Words from the World – Deborah Barnett
This summer Student.Go personnel are serving in 19 locations around the world. Central Illinois College student Deborah Barnett is living and working in Kenya with CBF field personnel Melody and Sam Harrell. This summer, I have served in several different parts of Kenya, both urban and rural, working on various development projects and spending time … Continue reading
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Student.Go – Words from the World – Chip Rotolo
This summer Student.Go personnel are serving in 19 locations around the world. University of North Carolina student Chip Rotolo is living and working at the Center of Hope in Kampala, Uganda with CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker. Daily, I have the rare and very special opportunity of teaching, living, and learning among refugees from over ten … Continue reading
New network formed to address needs of orphans
The following post is from CBF contributing writer Ryan Higgins. Every day, another 15,000 children lose their mother or father to HIV/AIDS and other causes, according to the Faith to Action Initiative. On Friday morning of the General Assembly, the CBF Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Network officially launched and announced its partnership with the … Continue reading
‘God has broken my heart for the Marys of the world’
The following story is from Missy Ward, who was commissioned as one of CBF’s field personnel Thursday evening at the 2012 CBF General Assembly. Ward will be serving full-time in Uganda, where she served in 2010 with the Fellowship’s Student.Go program for college and graduate students. In the fall of 2010, I had the opportunity to … Continue reading
Servants among Friends: Reaffirming Dignity
DIGNITY – what do you hear when this word comes to mind? For us, it takes on renewed meaning each summer when LUCHA Ministries refocuses our efforts on Latino youth outreach through PROJECT 3-D. Latino youth, many from immigrant parents and/or who are immigrants themselves, hear repeatedly that they are “different from” (implying “not as … Continue reading
What is Justice?
This past week I participated in the second annual Selah Vie conference. Selah Vie—Pause Life—is an end of summer reflection conference for graduate and college students who have served with Student.Go, Passport, or as CBF congregational interns. It is easy to forget how old you are until you get about 150 college students together. Continue reading
Student.Go in Brooklyn
Over the next few weeks, CBF will feature blog posts from Student.Go interns serving across the country and globe. The first installment is from Anna Holladay. Anna is serving as Assistant Director of CLUE (Children Living the Urban Experience) Camps, a ministry partnership between Metro Baptist Church and Greater Restoration Baptist Church. CLUE Camp is … Continue reading
The 21st Century Church: It Looks Like You
Last week my colleagues and I over here in the Pastoral Residency program at Wilshire traveled to Indianapolis, IN to meet, compare-notes, and brainstorm with other young ministers funded through the Lilly Endowment’s Transition into Ministry program. Lilly was an excellent host, the worship time and guest speaker were both phenomenal, and it was a great … Continue reading
Rural ministry helps fulfill lifetime dream for three Perry County families
In a rural county that struggles with poverty, three families became first-time homeowners in June. The ribbon-cutting ceremony happened June 22 in Perry County, Ala., one of the nation’s poorest counties. The new houses were made possible through a grant awarded to Sowing Seeds of Hope, a local non-profit organization that is part of the CBF’s rural … Continue reading