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Steve Hawthorne Mar 25, 2010
The teams are back at it! Our first shift this week left at 1pm today to head out to the areas impacted by the flood around our community. Today, we headed to the Riverside Drive area of Lincoln Park.
We had a list of places that needed help before we got there. The past week has brought us a lot ...
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Steve Hawthorne Mar 24, 2010
Last weekend, over 250 people joined in with the relief efforts to aid those in flood ravaged areas of our community. The impact was nothing short of amazing. Homes were cleaned out, people were comforted, and families began seeing some hope in the midst of chaos--light in the midst of ...
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Mike Kuder Mar 21, 2010
Saw this post today on Facebook by one of our emergence leaders-in-training, Doug Hoogstra:
"Flood Relief = people going to homes flooding them just as unexpectedly as the weather = Jesus using 1 flood to counter another"
That is as perfect a description of what we have experienced together over ...
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Steve Hawthorne Mar 20, 2010
Juxtaposed against an absolutely perfect March day was the work that still needed to be done when this day started. Nearly 80 degrees and barely a cloud in the sky, the day started at 9am for 35 more people who stepped up to bring hope to an area devastated by flooding.
It is hard to paint a ...
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Steve Hawthorne Mar 19, 2010
Day two of the flood relief effort started off amazingly. Over 25 people showed up to help serve, and we knew from the beginning this day would lead to us spreading out efforts.
As you know, the work started yesterday in hard hit areas of Pequannock. Today, the work spread into Pompton Lakes and ...
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