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Sep 29, 2006
"The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace." --Jennifer James
100$ Ripples of Goodness
Pastor Gary Marzolf had a plan, an idea he got from the book "The Kingdom Assignment." On a Sunday last fall, he asked for 50 volunteers from his church in Iowa, to come up to the altar. "They were shocked that I was handing out $100 bills," Marzolf said, "because this is not something the church normally does, to give away money." Members were told to use the money to do something good, then they had to come back and report what they did. In wide-ranging ways people used the money to reach out to those in need including a battered women's shelter, foster children moving to new homes, and even random strangers in line at the supermarket! Those involved in the project say it has changed them, prompting them to reassess their place in the world.
BE THE CHANGE
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