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I'd like you to meet on of the children who we have selected to receive a scholarship. This young student needs your help to stay in school. I wanted you to see education through the eyes of an orphan. Take a moment to read this short testimony, and consider how you can support a student…

It's all in the headline today. According to data provided by UNAIDS, the longer a girl in Swaziland stays in school, the less likely she is to have sex before age 18. How likely? Girls who make it to university or "tertiary" education have less than 20% likelihood of having their first sexual encounter before…

The deadline is quickly approaching for our next vision trip to Ethiopia. This is a great opportunity to get your church involved in caring for orphans with Children's HopeChest. All the details are below. E-mail us soon to get your spot reserved. Ethiopia Vision Trip: Who:  Church and/or social network leaders, bloggers with large followings,…

Today I am announcing the official start of the Scared Education Campaign–a long-term goal to invest in the education of 30 talented orphans in Swaziland. In Swaziland, secondary education levels are among the lowest in the world. Less than 40 percent of children eligible to attend school can afford to enroll. At a cost of…

On Sunday at Vanguard Church, I posed this question to the congregation: "What is your holy discontent?" We all have areas of "holy discontent" that eventually lead to a "holy passion." My friend Melodie wrote the following blog post as a response. Take a minute to read it, and then leave me a comment. What's…

The table below includes a complete listing of all ECFA member organizations who are engaged in responding to Haiti’s earthquake. This listing was compiled from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability’s Web site. All links will take you to the Web site of the member ministry listed below. We would encourage you to look into…

For all my Colorado friends, FYI: I'll be speaking at both services at Vanguard Church tomorrow morning. The services are at 9:00 am and 11:00 am. This is a brand new message on Isaiah 58 so don't sleep in, come say hello! The snow doesn't start until after 12:00 so you're good. 

Kari Gibson posted this behind the scenes look our Shirts for Shoes production line…straight from her dining room. Thanks Kari for this great update and the final tally…over 800 shirts. Thanks to each of you who participated by purchasing a shirt. If you missed the deadline, but still want to make a gift in honor…

I'm excited to tell you the Family Christian Stores has selected Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds as their Member only title for the month of February. You can pick this book up for only $5 for a limited time at the front counter so buy a ton! Proceeds from the book help to benefit orphans through The…

Amazing. When we started, we thought we'd sell about 400 shirts and help all of the younger orphans in our programs. When we passed 400 with a week left, we thought maybe we'd get to 600 and could help some more of the older kids. The final tally: 782 shirts. Amazing. Thank you. Right now…
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