November 30th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
We are participating in some unique ways as a community. On December 21st we are looking to make an impact through the International Rescue Committee (see below). We will be taking both monetary donations as well as any supplies and goods that would benefit the refugees that have found their way to our neighborhoods. [...]
November 27th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
While millions will make their way to shopping mall across America on Friday, FLOOD has been challenged to think and act in some peculiar ways. If you’d like to participate, we are attempting a community-wide fast this Friday the 28th. This particular fast is from spending. No malls. No credit cards. No gifts. It’s a [...]
November 26th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
This weekend our friend Andrew McLeod will be speaking at Flood’s gathering, relating much of what we’ve been discussing over the last few weeks about finances/resources and relating that to the church and our economy. His book, Holy Cooperation!: Building Graceful Economies will be available for purchase for $15.
November 26th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
Our friend Kristen Higgins volunteers with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an organization that works with refugee resettlement cases in the States. One of the refugee families here in Sacramento just moved into an unfurnished apartment and the IRC is looking for furniture donations.
The IRC has provided the family with beds, but they have no [...]
November 26th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
While millions will make their way to shopping mall across America on Friday, FLOOD has been challenged to think and act in some peculiar ways. If you’d like to participate, we are attempting a community-wide fast this Friday the 28th. This particular fast is from spending. No malls. No credit cards. No gifts. It’s a [...]
November 24th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
Some pictures just say it all. If you’d like to help out the Tyannikovs by providing a meal, please contact Anna Gavrilov (ae.gavrilov at gmail dot com).
November 23rd, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
The master invites us to rethink or reimagine our whole lives in light of the Maker’s dream of greater wholeness for our world. In light of this, a group of us retreated this past weekend for an intentional time to converse about The Kingdom of God. Our primary focus was on relationships- a central theme [...]
November 20th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
In October, we be talked about how the upside down-ness of the Upside Down Kingdom affects relationships (marriages, friendships, families, etc). Following that topic of conversation, we’ve planned a weekend retreat so that we can spend some time focusing on improving and maintaining healthy relationships both as married couples and as a single person. We’ve [...]
November 20th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
Tessa Tyannikov arrived very early this morning at a wonderful 7.5 lbs. and 19 inches! Mom and Dad are well and we hope to have some pictures soon….
November 18th, 2008 by ryan | No Comments
“Andrew McLeod likens societies to forests. New plants continually sprout at the ground level, moving nutrients around in the struggle for survival, but mature trees crowd out the sunlight and suck up all the water, leaving little for the saplings below…” (continued here)
Andrew will be sharing with us on Sunday night very soon, but please [...]