UPDATE: Nov. 26

THIS WEEK:
TUESDAY – Breakfast Brigade, 4:15-7am. Join us in preparing a homemade breakfast of fresh-baked cinnamon-raisin bread, hard-boiled eggs, and fresh fruit, which we share with our friends at three area labor pools.
Scripture Study, 6-7:30pm. Al Cason will lead our conversation on the book of Exodus this week.
WEDNESDAY – Morning prayer, 7:15am. Johnny will share a reflection
THURSDAY [...]

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UPDATE: 11/19

Dear friends, 
This is a light week for the GCW. Thanksgiving week is a time that a lot of churches, social service agencies, et al, mobilize to reach out to folks who are struggling, and therefore, it has been a week where we scale back a little and let others do their thing. So note below [...]

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OPINION: Veteran’s Day

Veteran’s Day came and went this week with the usual mix of letters to the editor. But this year, the hawks seem muted and the sorrow heavier as we approach the end of the fifth year of the war in Iraq – the deadliest year so far. 
For folks who are in middle-age (like me), we can clearly [...]

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UPDATE: November 13

Dear friends,
Thanks for all the great help last week–Dave’s Roundtable discussion, the great group from St. Anastasia for Dorothy’s Cafe, Wednesday Night Live folks, et al! This semester has really been going great and we are really thankful to all of you who consider yourselves part of our extended family.
Last week, Dave Chynoweth, who many [...]

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SCRIPTURE STUDY: Step One Toward Liberation – Things are Going to Get Worse

Chapter 5 in Exodus lays out the basic structure of the Egyptian economic enterprise and the nature of the relationships within that structure. One modern-day parallel we noted in our study a few weeks ago was the similarity between the Israelites and today’s migrant farmworkers, as well as that of the Pharaoh with his circle of [...]

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UPDATE: November 6

Dear friends, 
Several interesting things happening this week at the house and in the community. One brief item we want to share with you concerns Wednesday Night Live, the every other Wednesday event at the house run by some of our most committed long-time volunteers from UF and Santa Fe CC. Kelly Jones, one of the coordinators of [...]

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