December 6, 2022
Six churches combined to raise almost $190,000 this year for International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) Harvest of Talents hunger projects. Over the past 39 years, Harvest of Talents events have generated $4.3 million to combat world hunger. Any individual or church can participate.
December 30, 2015
By Jim Tune Madeline Levine had been practicing psychology for more than 25 years when she began to observe a new category of unhappy teenager. As her book The Price of Privilege relates: “America”s newly identified at-risk group is preteens and teens from affluent, well-educated families.” Social and economic advantages notwithstanding, children of affluence “experience among the highest rates of depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, somatic complaints, and unhappiness of any group of children in this country.” Levine admits to being startled when a bright, socially adept, 15-year-old girl from a loving, wealthy family came into the office with the
March 1, 2012
By Jennifer Taylor This past December, 6,000 people gathered at 12 packing stations for five days to pack more than 1 million meals for the people of Haiti. Participants packed a specially formulated, fast-cooking, rice-based combination of vitamins, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and other nutrients that provide, in one serving, about 75 percent of a child”s daily requirement for a healthy diet. Lifeline Christian Mission (Westerville, OH) worked with Southland Christian Church (Lexington, KY) to coordinate the event. Lifeline”s ABC (All Because of Christ) food packaging events are opportunities for churches and organizations to meaningfully address issues of world hunger in
January 18, 2009
 By Pat Snyder Lincoln (Illinois) Christian Church”s “Harvest of Talents for World Hunger” is a unique ministry that calls on people to use their God-given talents to raise funds to fight world hunger. It is a partnership with International Disaster Emergency Services (IDES) based in Kempton, Indiana, that has sent money and food to hungry people around the world since the mid-1980s. When it first started in 1984, it included only the Lincoln church family (from toddlers to seniors), along with residents of local nursing facilities and shut-ins. It has grown to include participation from others in this country
August 12, 2007
By Mark Perraut Southland Christian Church Lexington, Kentucky The statistics are staggering, and the stories are overwhelming and heart-wrenching. The issues of HIV/AIDS and world hunger are so enormous we wonder how we can help at all. In order to start to help, we must understand the causes of these modern-day plagues and discover ways to break the generational cycle. Contributing factors of the HIV/AIDS pandemic include poverty, war, promiscuity, homosexuality, and the lack of adequate health care. In Africa 3 million children under the age of 15 are infected with HIV/AIDS. As many as 12 million African children have
August 12, 2007
East 91st Street Christian Church Indianapolis, Indiana East 91st Street Christian Church is combating HIV/AIDS primarily through our support of organizations involved in this work. For decades, we have been a major supporter of Christian Missionary Fellowship International, and many of the cross-cultural missionaries we support are affiliated with CMF. In recent years CMF has broadened the scope of its ministry to include some major moves into the areas of HIV/AIDS, especially in Africa and southeast Asia. Through our partnership with CMF, we believe we are making a contribution to these world crises. We have been a major supporting partner
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