Posts Tagged "charity"

From time to time I get the privilege to play music with some good friends who are also awesome musicians, and one of those times is this Saturday night! It’s happening from 7pm-9pm on 12/11/10 at Nita’s Sweet Bean Cafe in Fort Myers.  We’ll be playing fun cover songs, plenty of originals, and maybe even a little magic. There’s no charge to get in, but we will make available the opportunity to donate to a great cause, an organization called “Feed My Starving Children”.  They provide meals and care for hungry kids all around the world and were just identified by Charity Navigator as the fastest growing charity in the United States. For more info about FMSC, check out their website at http://www.fmsc.org. For more info about...

How much is a pink coat worth? $7.99 on eBay? $94.99, also on eBay? My friend Ruth brought in this pink winter coat as a part of our last-minute coat drive for children in Moldova. We have only until Wednesday afternoon (November 10th) to collect coats, hats, pairs of boots and donations to send to a ministry serving orphans there for what is predicted to be the coldest winter in 100 years. How much is a pink coat worth? As much as the life of the child it might save. Will you help? —– You can bring items by the Gateway Baptist Church offices or by the offices of KAIO Student Ministries, on the campus of First Assembly of God in Fort...

“Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him.” -Psalm 41:1 All throughout Scripture we see things like this; promises made that those who do X will receive Y. What do do, then, with the fact that there are many who DO “X” but DON’T receive “Y”? The more I learn and experience of God’s ways in the world, the more I start to think sometimes we have it backwards. Perhaps in this passage, it’s not a promise that helping the poor will mean you always get out of trouble because you somehow earned it. Maybe it’s not so much about a guarantee, as much as it is an evidence of a God-filled, Christ-centered life, and that lives like that have His power manifested in them...

This winter, orphaned children in Moldova will freeze solid in the night, never to wake up again. I found this out in a phone call from a friend, who sent me an e-mail, which directed me to this website, where I learned that I can actually DO SOMETHING about it. Can my little acts ensure no more orphans will die from the cold?  No.  Can I save at least SOME of them? Probably. First Assembly’s  Kaio Student Ministries is coordinating the coat drive to send clothing (coats, boots and hats) to a ministry to Moldova that is trying to help.  We can donate a coat or donate a dollar; every little bit counts. More information on the problem and solution in general can be found here.  More info about our local community’s opportunity to help is on the...