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August 7, 2019

Church Shows Ongoing Love for Seniors at Mobile Home Park

By Jim Nieman For at least a decade, a California church has been investing in the lives of a group of folks that many tend to overlook. The Christian Church of Thousand Oaks’ ministry to senior residents of the Ranch Mobile Home Park started as an outgrowth of a local “Action” day when Christians are encouraged to get out and serve their neighbors and communities. CCTO started by working on the grounds at a local mobile home park managed by a church member. The manager later recommended the church focus efforts at Ranch, an affiliated, but smaller, mobile home park

September 3, 2012

Christian Standard

Culture & Public Square

Cooking with Poo Book Turning Heads Worldwide

By Jennifer Johnson It”s the attention-getting title of a new cookbook that”s received international attention””and helped Saiyuud “Chompoo” DiwongÂ create a new life for herself and her family in the Klong Toey slum of Bangkok. Poo began by offering cooking classes as part of a microenterprise initiative led by Ash and Anji Barker, directors of Urban Neighbors of Hope (UNOH), which partnered with Christian Missionary Fellowship (Indianapolis, IN) earlier this year. The Barkers and two other families live in theÂ Bangkok, Thailand, slums and lead community centers, a Christian school, the Helping HandsÂ microenterprise program, and more. Other UNOH teams live among the