Aoneeighter Heidi Scanlon needs your help! She is delivering gifts this week to inner city DC families in need. The snow has really slowed the process down. Deliveries need to be made to about 40 families to ensure all the kids get their gifts by Christmas morning. Help make some Christmas dreams come true for families who need it! If you can help deliver any day or night this week please email heidi@scanlon.com as soon as possible.

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A few weeks ago i was approached by the Nyack College here in DC to write a blog piece for the 125th Anniversary of the Central Union Mission.  They are doing a blog series on compassion in the urban context and asked me to write specifically about personal and societal barriers in cultivating a compassionate [...]

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“Interruptions can be viewed as sources of irritation or opportunities for service, as moments lost or experience gained, as time wasted or horizons widened.” William Arthur Ward
What most people see as interruption, God sees as intervention.  We build routines of self service and forget about the encounters the Spirit of God wants to bring into [...]

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Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate during this holiday season. The goal is simple: fine someone in need, take their portrait, print their portrait and deliver it to them.

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Want to make a lasting impact in the world? Need your gifts wrapped for Christmas? Here is your chance to check two goals off your list before the year is over. The 2010 Nicaragua Team is hosting a Gift Wrapping Gala on December the 13th from 3-5pm at Ebenezers Coffeehouse!

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I was discussing with someone some thoughts on baptism and traditional churches and shared with them Ephesians 4.
I love the encouragement of unity and mission that is embedded in these verses.  It is as if Paul is trying to get everyone on the same page about the important things, so that we might not be [...]

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There are so many ways one can serve in missions.  Going on a trip, whether short or long term is of course always an option, but that does not have to be a limiting factor.  We need to be constantly thinking about creative ways that we can stay engaged in the life of missions.  We [...]

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