I’m still volunteering at AIDS Services Foundation (ASF). It’s such an interesting place that is doing so much good to help people who are suffering from a horrible disease and who also are low-income/poverty level. The people who work at ASF only have their image of God-ness that is within all humans to motivate them [...]
The Orange County AIDS Walk was yesterday and according to the OC Register the numbers were up from 4,000 people last year to 8,000 people this year. That’s so good because they had been going down the last few years. It was an amazing event. So many people and a festive atmosphere. My job was [...]
I will be helping set-up for the AIDS Walk for a few hours this morning and then volunteering at the Walk tomorrow for about five hours or so. I have definitely enjoyed my time helping out at AIDS Services Foundation. I have been getting to know people and they all know that I’m a pastor [...]
So I was working yesterday at the OC ASF on a mailing to send to supporters and doing some help with an email about the OC AIDS Walk and in the office behind my little desk is the Housing Services Supervisor. While I’m working a man walks in to meet with the Housing Services man [...]
AIDS, ASF, Africa, Basketball, Blogging, Bridge Building, Calvary, Coffee, Food, March Madness, Rest, Sabbath, UCLA
1. My first day at OC AIDS Services Foundation was good. I talked for a while with the head of volunteers and helped dispell some of his presuppositions about pastors. I helped make an email list for the AIDS Walk on May 12.2. Matt Doan, High School Pastor at Calvary Church, started a blog. It’s [...]
AIDS, ASF, Bridge Building, Church, Evangelism, Life, Love
Today will be my first day volunteering at the Orange County AIDS Services Foundation. I will be there from 2-5pm today helping out in the office with whatever they need. It should be interesting. We talked at our Lighthouse (small group) last night about the awkwardness of “witnessing” or “evangelism.” I’m not going to talk here [...]
AIDS, ASF, Africa, Bridge Building, Church, Issues, Kingdom Living, Life
I wasn’t going to post about this for a while but Mike has forced my hand with this post about the OC AIDS Walk. Our church has been on a series that is casting vision to our people for being more involved in our community. These need to be consistent ministry relationships that are close [...]
