Helping Haiti
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th causing widespread devastation to the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding area has created a great need for aid.
EFCA TouchGlobal Crisis Response is coordinating relief efforts with the EFCA Southeast District, an EFCA church planter in Haiti, and key ministry partners.
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Nowhere Else To Go but Grandmother
Steve Proctor spent most of his time in Zimbabwe recently with grandmothers and children. There weren't many parents around. Read his report on heartbreak and hope. More ...
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How to talk with a Teenager: Just Talk
If you find that talking with your teen is like pulling teeth, you need to read about this team of teeth-pullers, better known as adult youth leaders. They come in a variety of flavors but they all share a knack for getting teens talking to them and to Jesus.
Read the entire article and other stories here.
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The Discomfort of Being Comfortable
"I view missions as ordinary people with a continuous call to take their resources to sometimes uncomfortable places across town or across the ocean, much like our supported missionaries do, and to be a blessing." Missions Pastor Ian Campbell has some tips on how to do that. More ...
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400+ Hungry Men
What did Phil tell the 450-plus guys who showed up at the two Man2Man breakfasts? And what's next for this band of brothers? If you didn't get a chance to be there, read on and be sure to fill out the questionnaire. More ...

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Experience, Credentials -- How Did I Get Here?
Debbie Walz has tons of experience with children, and yet somehow she never experienced Scouting as a kid. So, when she was appointed -- and that is a story in itself -- head of West Shore's American Heritage Girls, she had to backtrack through the fundamentals. Read about Debbie and this fun-loving gaggle of girls. More ...
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Taking Time to Walk Along the Road
"Our lives are like a whiteboard with the phrase, “Keep up” written many time across it," said Pastor Phil in his November 15 sermon. What God did when He commanded us to observe the Sabbath is to teach us to center our lives on Him, to turn from our work to our God and to remember, week after week after week, that our life does not consist in the abundance of things we do or possess but in our relationship with the living God."
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Free to Walk Forward
Gene Chase knew that showing up for the first weekend retreat of Free, the ex-gay support ministry at West Shore Church, would be a challenge for some. He also knew that God would be coming, and He had a purpose. No more worries. More ...
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Grace of the Caring Closet 
You probably know this, but dunkers are Toll House cookies that inadvertently turn out hard but become soft and tasty when you dunk them in hot coffee. Grace told us that as we ate dunkers during our interview with her, sitting among the overstuffed racks and bins of the Caring Closet. Then we thought, hardness turned softness: that’s much like Grace’s life. Find out what we mean by reading about her tough life and about God’s sweet, redemptive love. More ... |
Busy Bodies and a Pink Chihuahua
So many young people, so busy having so much fun for such a great purpose. It took about 40 American Heritage Girls about two hours to put together about 100 gift-wrapped shoeboxes that would make their way to new friends around the world. You gotta hear about this. More …
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