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Volume IV - 2013
(CROP – Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) What is a Church World Service CROP Hunger Walk? It is neighbors, walking together, to take a stand against hunger in our world. Together we raise awareness and funds for international relief and development, as well as local...Volume IV - 2012
Our parish prison ministry began some twelve years ago. I got a call from the Chaplain of a nearby prison facility, letting me know that there were some Orthodox inmates there. I went to the prison to meet with the Chaplain and to...Volume IV - 2011
In 1996, I started to think seriously about my life and responsibility as a Christian and became aware that I was a taker and not a giver. My thinking was distorted because I only thought about what God and the Church could do for me. The...Volume IV - 2011
The Commission “Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test…” the bible story goes (Judges 6:39-40). God and Gideon were in a debate and in another test perhaps there might...Volume III - 2009
Seeking respite from the hot noonday Appalachian sun, a group of teens and adult leaders lunch on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while chugging down water in the shade. In June 2007, this group of unskilled volunteers set out from St. Joseph’s Church in Wheaton,...Volume III - 2009
Most anyone will tell you life is a series of peaks and valleys. I was in a small valley when I received the IOCC newsletter offering work weeks in Katrina-devastated areas of the Gulf coast. As a busy home schooling mother of four, I had...Volume III - 2009
The week of June 20, 2008 a group from Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church, Stroudsburg, PA met up with other Orthodox parish groups from around the US in Tijuana, Mexico. We spent the week at St. Innocent Ranch, an orphanage for boys. It works in partnership with...Volume III - 2006
“I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who...Volume III - 2004
St. John the Compassionate Mission, 155 Broadview Ave., Toronto, CanadaIn January 1987, with no first and last rent money; no down payment to turn on the water or electricity; one old table and a few chairs; an icon, a Bible, and a used Horologion, St. John the...Volume III - 2004
The Martha and Mary House By the Grace of God and with the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Tikhon, Martha and Mary House was incorporated as a religious nonprofit institution in the Orthodox Church in America, Diocese of the West, in November 2001, - to our...