For those of you who live in the Portland area, Christa-Taylor clothing is partnering with Hope 2 Others on December 5th, for night of fun, shopping, and giving.
What: A temporary "popup" store recently opened in downtown Portland, featuring clothing and accessories from local designers (including our friend, Christa Taylor, a christian clothing designer whose vision for a modest clothing line for girls originated in her teen years). They chose H2O to be their service project and next Saturday is its big day. See the donation list below, and chose one or two to bring into the store to be given to the homeless this holiday season. When: Saturday, December 5, 2009, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Where: 4th/Morrison across from Pioneer Square mall
Bring in one of the following items, which will be distributed to the homeless, and get some Christmas shopping done while you're there too! (Oh, and there will be food too!)
Donation Items: 1) Blankets 2) Hand warmers 3) Men’s black socks 4) Juice boxes or Gatorade 5) Water bottles 6) Tuna and Cracker Lunch Kits 7) Individual apple sauce 8) Fruit Snacks 9) Peanut butter or cheese crackers 10) Granola bars or cereal bars 11) Individually wrapped hand wipes 12) Kleenex packs 13) Mints 14) Mini bottles of hand sanitizer 15) Winter Mittens/Gloves 16) Scarves 17) Snow Hats
This year Josh is back with an even bigger goal. Once again, he needs your help to achieve it. You’ll be tired of your $20 Christmas present in a matter of weeks or months. That same $20 would provide several African families clean water for years. Please read the following challenge carefully, take it seriously, and pray about what God would have you do. Don’t keep it to yourself, either. Pass it on.
A Challenge for This Holiday Season
With just over a month before Christmas, Josh has raised $10,343 — but needs $6,000 more to dig two wells and $14,000 more to dig three. And as we enter the holiday season, most people expect us to only care about stuffing our faces and getting the latest games and gadgets. They don’t expect us to care about the poor, the hungry, the thirsty, or the oppressed. Let’s join Josh and prove them wrong.
Anyone can give a dollar. Most of us can give more. To get us started, the Rebelution has decided to match your donations, up to a total of $1,000. Whatever you give, we’ll match it — doubling your contribution! $5 becomes $10. $25 becomes $50.
As you give or raise funds for Dollar for a Drink, leave a comment to encourage your fellow teens and let us know so we can match your donation. If you’d rather not comment, you can just shoot an email to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com.
Let’s see how fast we can raise $2,000 for the people of Sudan, not just to provide clean water, but also to share the gospel — the mission of Baptist Global Response. This holiday season (and beyond), we’ll show the world what really matters to teens."
"Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them." Hudson Taylor
