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TechMission Corps Member serves Youth at Pepsi Center in Denver

This past winter, Pastor Jim Galanaugh, YouthPartnersNet team member, laced up his sneakers and directed a basketball clinic for 695 Denver at-risk inner-city youth. Partnering with the Whiz Kids and 328 volunteers and more than 2,920 in-kind service hours, "Slam Dunk Saturday" was indeed a Slam Dunk!


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Kathy Hyden's Story: Being Trained Practically For Ministry as a Shelter Director

Kathy HydenI had already accepted the job as Shelter Director a few months before I graduated and I've been there close to 2 years, have a $300,000 budget for a 30 bed homeless shelter, most of the residents are mentally ill or suffer from addictions, hence the homelessness.  Right from day one I used the training from City Vision College (formally Rescue College).  One of my first tasks was to terminate and rehire and I referred to the legal book from one of the classes.  It was very concise & practical information that I needed.  I

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In Hard Times, Houses of God Turn to Chapter 11 in Book of Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

By SUZANNE SATALINE (See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)

EASTON, Md. -- The auctioneer told the small crowd huddled outside the Talbot County Courthouse that the property would be sold "as is" -- rectory, bell tower, oak pews and rose-tinted stained glass windows included.

"Who gives $700,000, 700, 700?" he called out. One man, a representative for a local bank, raised his finger. The auctioneer tried in vain to nudge the price up. "Sold!" he cried. St. Andrew Anglican Church had just been bought by the bank that had started foreclosure proceedings against it.

Joel Marcus Johnson "It's probably good for my soul to be taken down a notch," said the Right Rev. Joel Marcus Johnson, the rector of St.

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Sacramento Tent City Reflects Economy's Troubles

tent cityJob losses, home foreclosures and a deepening recession are sending scores of newly homeless people into a makeshift camp along the banks of the American River in Sacramento, Calif.

The tent city, spread over an area the size of several football fields, has local officials scrambling over how to handle the area's homeless crisis.

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TechMission Corps Member serves Youth at Pepsi Center in Denver

This past winter, Pastor Jim Galanaugh, YouthPartnersNet team member, laced up his sneakers and directed a basketball clinic for 695 Denver at-risk inner-city youth. Partnering with the Whiz Kids and 328 volunteers and more than 2,920 in-kind service hours, "Slam Dunk Saturday" was indeed a Slam Dunk!


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Sacramento Tent City Reflects Economy's Troubles

tent cityJob losses, home foreclosures and a deepening recession are sending scores of newly homeless people into a makeshift camp along the banks of the American River in Sacramento, Calif.

The tent city, spread over an area the size of several football fields, has local officials scrambling over how to handle the area's homeless crisis.

Read more

In Hard Times, Houses of God Turn to Chapter 11 in Book of Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

By SUZANNE SATALINE (See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)

EASTON, Md. -- The auctioneer told the small crowd huddled outside the Talbot County Courthouse that the property would be sold "as is" -- rectory, bell tower, oak pews and rose-tinted stained glass windows included.

"Who gives $700,000, 700, 700?" he called out. One man, a representative for a local bank, raised his finger. The auctioneer tried in vain to nudge the price up. "Sold!" he cried. St. Andrew Anglican Church had just been bought by the bank that had started foreclosure proceedings against it.

Joel Marcus Johnson "It's probably good for my soul to be taken down a notch," said the Right Rev. Joel Marcus Johnson, the rector of St.

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Kathy Hyden's Story: Being Trained Practically For Ministry as a Shelter Director

Kathy HydenI had already accepted the job as Shelter Director a few months before I graduated and I've been there close to 2 years, have a $300,000 budget for a 30 bed homeless shelter, most of the residents are mentally ill or suffer from addictions, hence the homelessness.  Right from day one I used the training from City Vision College (formally Rescue College).  One of my first tasks was to terminate and rehire and I referred to the legal book from one of the classes.  It was very concise & practical information that I needed.  I

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