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Oakland Project's Thanksgiving Giveaway

How did you celebrate Thanksgiving this year? Food? Family? Football? The Oakland Project did all that and more, as they organized a Thanksgiving Giveaway to help provide basic Thanksgiving items

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Orchard Group Staff 8 Dec 2020 • 3 min read

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Ways Unimagined: God's Work at The Gathering Harlem

This article is contributed by the staff of The Gathering Harlem, which launched in 2017, led by Kenny and Shanika Hart. Header photo courtesy of Anthony Geathers. The vision that

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Orchard Group Staff 27 Aug 2020 • 2 min read

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How Your Church Can Begin Making a Strategy for Racial Justice

“Most churches and Christian organizations have all kinds of strategies: a strategy for evangelism, a strategy for crisis planning, a strategy for staffing, or a strategy for how to manage

Orchard Group Staff

Orchard Group Staff 6 Jul 2020 • 12 min read

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Church Finance Considerations for This Season

By Robert Tomko, finance director Three church finance considerations for our current moment:1.) Maintain accurate and responsible records.During this time, many of us will have fewer in-person connections

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Orchard Group Staff 30 Apr 2020 • 1 min read

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Made For This: Strength in Weakness

From Luke Greer, Partnership Director He said to me, “My strength is made perfect in weakness.” —2 Corinthians 12:9Strong and Weak LinksA couple of weeks ago, Malcolm Gladwell gave

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Orchard Group Staff 23 Apr 2020 • 3 min read

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A Conversation on Gospel and Race

WHY HOST A CONVERSATION ON GOSPEL AND RACE? Renewal Church in Chicago serves a city that is nearly equally black, white, and Latino. Their desire is to share the gospel with all people of the city, believing that the message of Jesus Christ will

Orchard Group Staff

Orchard Group Staff 25 Feb 2015 • 1 min read

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Church Plants that are Fighting Human Trafficking

Mosaic, Revolution, and The Foundry are partners in the fight against human trafficking in Baltimore. Their presence has been vital to the work of The Samaritan Women, a home for the restoration and care of survivors of sexual abuse. Amanda Weikel, a member of

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Orchard Group Staff 1 Feb 2015 • 2 min read

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The Christmas Store at The Foundry Church

Throughout the month of December and over the next several years, The Foundry Church is committed to serving Hollins Market, a low income neighborhood in Baltimore. This neighborhood is where Foundry wants to spend their time, talent and treasure - helping the neighborhood develop

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Orchard Group Staff 8 Dec 2014 • 1 min read

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Mission Church Seeks Good for its Community

What good can one new church do in a community? This compelling video from Mission Church in Ventura, CA shows how one new church community has a real and practical impact on the people of a city. Their generosity is the visible outpouring of

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Orchard Group Staff 5 Dec 2014 • 1 min read

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Gallery: New City Church Art Walk

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Orchard Group Staff 26 Nov 2014 • 1 min read

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Orchard Group Podcast: #4 Serving the Community

https://orchardgroup.hipcast.com/deluge/hipcast-11792-u-384968-s-1.audio.mp3 Whatever you do for the least of these, you also do for me. -JesusThese words set a high standard for those of us who follow Jesus and work in churches! Today’s discussion will center around

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Orchard Group Staff 30 Jul 2014 • 1 min read

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Seeing the Need

What do you do when you see a need in your community? North Shore Christian Church has been quietly serving the hungry on Long Island. In their area, no soup kitchens stay open the entire year. So a team of volunteers committed to make

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Orchard Group Staff 21 Nov 2013 • 1 min read