Category: Give Back
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The Cookie Bakers
Our team has a meeting every Tuesday morning. This past Tuesday we were all pretty whooped from Holy Week and Easter as you can probably imagine. The meeting had a different feel to it, we weren’t focused on the week ahead, checking things off our to-do lists, making sure we had this ready or that…
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Spread the Good
It’s our tagline for the Marco Patriots, #spreadthegood. When you are helping with disaster recovery, it’s a key part of the mission, spreading as much good as possible. Some people are at the lowest points of their lives, homes gone, loved ones missing or killed, memories swept away. Sometimes a hot meal and a clean…
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A Weekend of Support
Today is a busy day and one that provides so many opportunities to help others. Our church is holding one of its big community sales. Our thrift store, just recently restored from hurricane Milton, has been feverishly collecting “gently used” items from parishioners and other donors over the past weeks. Baby cribs to jewelry, housewares…
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The Power of One – Not
If you’re like me it’s not really in your dna to ask for assistance. I’m a pretty resourceful person, I always say, I have an ops brain, meaning I like to solve problems. I can look at a situation, analyze it pretty quickly and my brain kicks in to how to best handle things. I’m…
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WNC Winter Wonderland
Over the past weeks since Hurricane Helene made her way through Florida, Georgia, Eastern TN, and Western NC, I’ve been asking regularly for you all to lift these communities in prayer. The damage done by this storm has been historic, like nothing we’ve ever seen. We’ve talked about “100-year storms” such as Hurricane Ian. However, Helene,…
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Shopping for a Cause
What a fun weekend ahead! All week we’ve been transforming our parish hall into our 68th Annual Christmas Market. Over 20 local businesses plus three of our ministries will be putting the final touches on our booths today. Tonight we’ll open the doors to almost 300 people for our preview party, and tomorrow we’ll see…
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Simple Yet Powerful
We’re gearing up for our annual Christmas Market at church. It’s held the third weekend in November and we host local businesses from the community in addition to a few of our own church ministries, (like our canned jams and jellies). We’re getting a little creative right now on where to store things for the…
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The Reason for Doing
Something struck me this morning as I logged in to write this little blog. My website for Inspirasuns is very small, just two pages. The homepage is where my most recent blogs are shown and then there is a page where you can find all all of the blogs I’ve written. I’ve kept it simple…
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Nuisance – It’s Ok
Friends, sometimes you can’t make things up. Sometimes you simply have to laugh at what happens in life. This morning, well that would be one of those times. I had hoped to take today off, and try and get things done around our house that have been lacking for obvious reasons over the past few…
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The Heart of His Children
When I think of the heart of God’s children, well, all I can do is smile. Yesterday I was surrounded by the collective heart of His children. An army of volunteers arrived to help move five rooms of furniture, plus our full thrift store. The way they worked together, the way they supported each other,…
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