Central Dallas Ministries
Larry James, the CEO of Central Dallas Ministries is championing an effort to raise $100,000 by Oct 31 in order to ensure CDM's neighbors have food security.
Let me encourage you to do two things:
1. Read Larry James' blog every day. Larry is a man who has had great success at conditioning his heart to mirror Jesus' heart in the realm of dealing with poverty and social injustices. I'm sure he would say he still works at conditioning his heart towards empathy and caring for all of God's children, but let me assure you, he is living out a life of faith, exhibited in his care for the poor. His blog will challenge you and inspire you to examine how you treat society's untouchables.
2. Consider making a donation to CDM during the blog campaign. I'm a firm believer that we need to first and foremost be concerned about our local communities. Now that I am a Jacksonian, the majority of my resources and time need to be invested in this community. Still Texans have a special place in my heart. For you SA readers, you may want to consider that CDM has an urban outreach in San Antonio. Anyone is welcome to share funds in this effort, but Texans especially need to rise up.
posted by Eric Livingston at
9/07/2006
3 Comments:
Thanks for your support, Eric!
Eric,
great news! We are already fairly engaged with Urban Connection (which was the spin off of CDM) on a continuing basis. We've done VBS there, kids day (a few times), 50 of us helped paint, etc. their new facility a few weeks ago. Clay Utley took his youth group from Arizona to there for a whole week of service work. It is a very worthwhile ministry and we have stuff on the schedule all year involving them. But, there is ALWAYS room for more. And donations definitely help.
I am well aware of CDM in the Dallas area. When we used to live there we participated in some of their efforts. Also, Clay Utley did an internship there several years back.
So, you see, its a small world after all.
That's great Paul. I didn't know about all those specifics, but I did know NSCOC had some ties to Urban Connection. I know Donna Hoyack does quite a bit of work with the kids associated with that organization.
Next time I talk to Clay, I'll have to ask him about his internship at CDM. I didn't know he had done that. I'm sure he has some interesting stories.
Paul - do you know how big of a crew from NS is coming to the Zoe conference this year? If you've got some time, I think you would really enjoy it. www.zoegroup.org has the info. I wonder if Clay is going to be able to come all the way from the desert.
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