November 23, 2021
When You Have Enough Stuff: Donations for the Kingdom This Christmas
As you look over your Black Friday list, consider these ideas for giving a meaningful and tangible donation to a mission organization this year.
Articles for tag: Life In Abundance
Lifeline Opening Louisville Centre with ‘Million Meal Pack’
Lifeline Christian Mission will host a “Million Meal Pack Marathon” April 24 through May 15 with the goal of packing 1 million meals across all four of its U.S. Lifeline Centres, including the newest ones in Lexington and Louisville, Ky.
August 15, 2020
Churches BeFriend Across Cultures
By Laura McKillip Wood Rebecca sits on a blanket in the yard that surrounds her home, a one-room grass hut. Her four children play around her, along with her sister’s five children. Rebecca is the sole support for her children, her mother, her sister, and her nieces and nephews. Rebecca’s husband joined the military in South Sudan, their home country, years ago. He left the family to fight in a war there and has not returned. Eventually, she and her family fled from their homeland to Adjumani, a community of refugees in Uganda. Life has been difficult for Rebecca and
November 13, 2018
Mix, Weigh, Seal, Ship: Packing Meals and Sharing Jesus’ Love
Lifeline Christian Mission partners with churches, schools, and others to provide the supplies—and opportunities—to serve people locally and globally through food-packing events. By Ben Simms Mix. Weigh. Seal. Ship. These four simple steps involve several generations, as participants gather to package shelf-stable meals for the hungry. A meal-packing event is one of the easiest and most popular ways to engage a group of people, whether large or small, in a service project together. The fun begins as you bring your group together, whether it’s your church, school, or employees. You host the meal-packing event at your location across the
March 13, 2017
OUR MINISTRY TO REFUGEES: “˜Love your neighbor as yourself”
By Matt and Jordan McGuire Early one Thursday morning, we pulled into the parking lot of an apartment complex in an area of Louisville, Kentucky, that is oftentimes overlooked. We were among a small group of folks from area churches who drove four Syrian families to Kentucky Refugee Ministries for their first orientation class. We were some of the first Americans they had met, and they were putting their trust in us to drive them an unknown distance to an unknown place. We could sense their anxiousness, as they had just arrived in America the previous night. Though it was
December 3, 2006
AIDS in Africa: Ethiopia
Florence Muindi shares how local churches in Africa are offering practical care and lasting hope amid HIV/AIDS. Through fellowship, worship, and community support, stigma can fade and lives can be renewed.
