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On the News!
Here the video of Joel Thomas, NPM Director of Singles, on 11Alive News this past Sunday morning.
Posted by mistypaige in Featured Articles, Financial Assistance, Pictures on 12 17th, 2008 | No Comments
Andrew Daugherty
Thanks to Andrea, Danielle, Sam, Page & Pat at Table 12 who chose to donate our money to the liver transplant fund for young Andrew Daugherty, age 7. Andrew’s father Jade is a member of one of the men’s community small groups represented at our table. Join us in praying for a successful outcome...
Posted by mistypaige in Featured Articles, Financial Assistance, Pictures on 12 7th, 2008 | 25 Comments
A Family of 8
We used the $35 and added to it ourselves and with pledges from friends to provide a family of 8 with a stroller for a 5 month old, a $35 gift card for food or whatever at a Wal-Mart Supercenter, and one week’s rent in a weekly hotel in Marietta.
We experienced God yesterday. Thank you Buckhead...
Posted by mistypaige in Children, Christmas Gifts, Featured Articles, Pictures on 12 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Family from Iraq
The family I took the gifts to is a refugee family from Iraq. They probably were involved with helping some US governmental people or soldiers over there and had to leave because they were no longer welcome for helping us - that’s generally why we get Iraqi refugees from what I understand. I...
Posted by mistypaige in Featured Articles, Financial Assistance, Pictures on 12 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Joy and Encouragement
Our crack group of Christmas trivia aces, decided to give the majority of our money to my dear friend Mardi Wolfson, who is recovering from a well fought battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Mardi has undergone two major neurological surgeries in an attempt to remove as much of the cancer as possible....
Dekalb County Refuge Clinic
Below is the story from Table 83. We collected $88 and a few of the girls graciously went shopping on behalf of the entire table.
Attached is a photo of the purchases made today for the DeKalb County Refugee Clinic. We were able to purchase about 50 items of warm children clothing and 3 adult coats. ...
Posted by mistypaige in Featured Articles, Financial Assistance, Pictures on 12 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Help for a friend
We had a blast at the BC Singles Christmas Party today!! Thank you for helping us Give Up Christmas…
Although our group never made it on stage, we were sufficiently challenged in our knowledge of Christmas trivia and we left with $80 in our envelope. Our group was made up of 2 men and 6 women…two...
Posted by mistypaige in Children, Christmas Gifts, Featured Articles, Pictures on 12 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Toys for Tots
Our group split our money in half. Part of the money was used to buy toys for Toys for Tots. The other part went to buy toys for children at Egleston. We told the store manager at Wal-mart what we were doing and he gave us a $25 gift card to add to our money! Thanks for the opportunity!
Posted by mistypaige in Be Rich Partners, Children, Featured Articles, Financial Assistance on 12 6th, 2008 | 4 Comments
Gratitude from Bright Futures
To Buckhead Church Singles,
As Director of Bright Futures ATL I want to offer my sincere thanks for you all “Giving Up Christmas” today at your trivia Christmas event. Buckhead Church, and the singles ministry specifically, has become a huge part of what we are doing here in the inner city with at-risk...
Posted by mistypaige in Children, Featured Articles, Financial Assistance, Pictures on 12 6th, 2008 | No Comments
Stirred Up
We were table #16. A few of the people at our table wanted to use the money for individual needs they knew of. The rest of us decided to pool our money ($100) and do something with it as a group. We chose to donate it to Stirred Up Ministries. www.stirred-up.org A few of us (Micheal, Carissa,...