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Active Compassion Philly Feeds Philadelphia Homeless

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She is not only confined to an electric wheelchair but she spent most of the afternoon lying on her back because of her medical condition. That didn’t stop her from navigating her wheelchair around the room, helping to set the tables for the homeless who would shortly arrive for a meal. She was here today under considerably difficult circumstances to serve others in need. Her extreme adversity didn’t defeat her. She was victorious over it. It didn’t stop her from loving others. What a message for thousands of people across the US who are suffering with adversity! We don’t have to be defeated! We can become inspirational!
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    Dec 12
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Bringing Hope Home Delivers Christmas Gifts to Cancer Patients

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I was impressed when I arrived how well things were organized. They had signs hanging on the wall outside about a dozen offices that were currently vacant in the office complex where their office is located. Each sign indicated that the gifts in the room were for a particular geographic region. Inside the room were signs on the wall for each family in that region. A printout detailed what the family asked for on their “wish list” for Christmas.
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    Dec 12
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Christmas Celebration at The Bridge Academy in Coatesville PA

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This was the first Gramazin Journey event I attended without Chad. Chad was busy studying for exams at Millersville University. I arrived at The Bridge Academy around 6 pm. The academy is housed in a former church on a residential street only a few blocks from downtown Coatesville. Tyler Changaris, the Assistant Director, took me on a tour of the facility. The facility has a computer lab, a workshop, a beautiful new and very large kitchen, a craft room that was bursting with gifts for the children, and the large meeting room which used to be the sanctuary of the church.
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    Dec 12
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Exodus Transitional Community of Harlem NY Brings Hope to the Formerly Incarcerated

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Diana Ortiz, the associate director, is an inspiring woman. She courageously shared with Chad and I a DVD documentary that was made about her story. Diana was an unwitting accomplice in a murder of an off-duty police officer when she was 18 years of age. For her crime, Diana spent over 20 years in prison.
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    Nov 12
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Visiting the Ronald McDonald House of Morgantown WV

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We arrived at the Ronald McDonald House around 3 pm. Chad and I were there to cook a meal for 30-40 guests. However, we were greeted by a reporter and a photographer from The Dominion Post and a reporter from WBOY, channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV. Steve DeJesus, the Executive Director of the Ronald McDonald House, had spread the word about our desire to gather 10,000 inspirational stories. We are very thankful for all of them for sharing with the residents of northern West Virginia our mission to inspire people who have lost hope.
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    Nov 12
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An Interview of Charmain Venter Who Volunteers at Ruby Memorial Hospital

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Three years ago, Charmain traveled to Morgantown, from South Africa, with her family, when a job opportunity opened up for her husband at West Virginia University as a forensics professor. She came to West Virginia expecting change. No longer was her home right next to the beach, but in a cold environment. Only she, out of her husband, son, and daughter, could speak English fluently. Driving was now understandably confusing, and the measurements she had memorized, no longer helpful. But there was one change, she says, she couldn’t see coming. And that was the compassion of people around her. The town embraced her transfer and welcomed her as a friend.
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    Oct 12
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Reflections on Sharing Stories, Baltimore MD

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It is our hope to do the dirty work of collecting 10,000 stories that you may not hear going on a walk through your neighborhood. Storytelling has always been a vital part of oral history and tradition. And we want to continue that through Gramazin.
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    Oct 12
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Blue Water Baltimore Plants Trees in Baltimore MD

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“The trees look amazing and the stream even better. Not only did we plant a grand total of 60 trees, but we also removed 18 bags of trash (a little over 500 lbs) from the Herring Run—all in under 3 hours. Once the trees start maturing, they’ll help the stream even more by reducing the amount of polluted runoff that ends up there and by absorbing excess nutrients that cause algae blooms and therefore fish kills. That’s a pretty decent effort for a Saturday morning!”
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Suggested Additional Readings

II Corinthians 1:3-4

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

John 4:14

“..but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Mission

We use Internet technologies to foster unity in congregations and then help those congregations effectively connect with the hurting unchurched in their local communities who are searching for help online.

Founder’s Testimony

Click here to read the testimony of Charles Wagner, the founder of Gramazin, published on the website of the church he attends.

 

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