Friday Little Bits: And Now for Something Free

Happy Friday, everyone.  Here are a few 4theVoiceless ministry updates this week -- find a place to get involved with God-mandated orphan care.

• Thanks again to the folks at Star Wesleyanna UMC for your warm reception last weekend.  Thank you for all the bracelets that you purchased, which will allow us to increase our ministry’s reach to the fatherless.  More on my hometown and the values I learned there that have contributed to my passion for caring for the fatherless in this Tuesday’s post, “Dinner on the Ground.” 
• If you are a member or attender at Colonial Hills Church, we invite you to attend one of the 4theVoiceless training sessions during the August 12 iServe volunteer training.  We are offering an overview of the 4theVoiceless orphan care ministry during two of the sessions and an adoption Q&A during the other session.  Sign up here.
• The mission team for the trip to one of our state's Baptist Children's Village homes for the week of August 24-26 is full.  Five men, two teenagers, and three children make up our team.  God has shown us favor with the costs of this trip already.  One of our desires as a ministry is to provide low-cost mission opportunities in our own state in addition to the more costly international opportunities that we have.  Another of our desires is for orphan care to be for the whole church, no matter what age; we're very grateful to have half our team made up of students from 2nd grade to 10th grade. They won't just be along for the ride!
• We are ready for recipe submissions for our 4theVoiceless cookbook to benefit our adoption fund!  Every recipe submitted is a step toward a child being adopted into a forever family.  We need 400 recipes, most of them by August 31!  You do not have to be a CHC church member to contribute your favorite one(s). 
  • Cookbook information
  • Format for recipes/sample recipes
  • Recipe submission form

• And now for something free. . . to sweeten the deal and get those recipes flowing in, I have chosen 12 random numbers from 1-400 to receive a free custom-made paracord bracelet.  You get to choose up to three colors or choose our “They Are Precious” bracelet (a $10 value).  (Example:  If one of the numbers is 33 and you submit the 33rd recipe, you get a free bracelet.  That simple.) 

Thanks for reading.
Al

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