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Good Seed SundayVillageWorks leading the way in caring for creation As a community, once a year on Good Seed Sunday we celebrate God as the Creator and Sustainer of our home on earth, God’s gift of creation to us, and our role as caretakers of creation. We invite you to reawaken to humanity's first vocation as stewards of the earth. In whatever way you can, join us in caring for creation. The Psalmist declares, “the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” (Psalm 24:1). Many of our local and global mission partners take the call to care for creation very seriously. One such partner that comes to mind is Village Works in Cambodia which not only is fair trade certified, but Anak and her team are passionate about stewarding our environment well by using upcycled, recycled and natural materials in the products they create. At Tenth, we are standing with VillageWorks over the next 3 years to provide coaching for their business and build capacity for their team. One way you can support us and Village Works is by purchasing Just Bags. Just Bags are ethically sourced, lovingly created products put into bags created by Village Works, designed by Ana from our Global team. Our Mother's Day line of Just Bag Bundles is available now and you can pick up yours Sunday May 5th after Mount Pleasant morning services in the Upper East Hall. Preorder your Just Bag or Just Bag Bundle. PS In a Zoom meeting with Anak earlier this week, our team prayed for her as she was just leaving to speak on Green Business at the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia. Learn about Village Works, Just Bags and our Cambodia vision - tenth.ca/give-cambodia For more infomation visit:
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Just Bags Workshop
Join us on May 4th for another JustBags Workshop as we build community and create beautiful products together. JustBags Workshop is a regular event where newcomers/refugees and Tenth members come together to build a community of love, dignity, and belonging. We will handcraft unique, beautiful products while sharing our life stories. Working with our hands, we get to care for each other while having fun. For more infomation visit:
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Just 15 | Justice Journeys Info SessionsLearn about our upcoming Justice Journey in just 15 minutes Curious about our upcoming Justice Journeys to Mexico and Cambodia? Join us on Zoom Monday, April 29 or Monday May 27 at 7pm For more info on Justice Journeys - tenth.ca/journeys For more infomation visit:
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Just Bag Bundles3 Bundles to Choose From Just Bag Bundles offer smaller groupings of Just Bag products. Just Bags are filled with ethically sourced, carefully curated, and lovingly created handmade/fair trade products, made and assembled with our global partners, refugee community, and volunteers.
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Is Caring for Creation Important to Canada's Youth?Survey Results and Tenth Partners that Care for Creation A few years ago, if a drone were to hover over the urban slum in Davao City, Philippines where one of our global partners originated, you would have seen an endless sea of grey tin roofs … and a random patch of green. If the drone were to descend to the patch and roam around the property, you would have noticed that the entire compound was alive with vegetation – gardens climbing vertically up walls, sprawling across the rooftop, and nested in boxes throughout the common areas. Lettuce, boy choy, and other vegetables grew in these gardens to feed the local community and sell to local restaurants. The seed of this vision grew, expanding to Hectares of Hope in the mountains surrounding the city. Collaborating with a community development NGO and an agricultural co-op, Hectares of Hope runs the professional operations of the farm and other social enterprises, trains people, meets the demands of customers in the marketplace, and maximizes profits. Those profits are reinvested back into the business for the ultimate benefit of people and the community. This is one expression of Tenth Church supporting climate justice partners around the world. Fun fact – this is the organization that my wife and I founded more than 20 years ago, so it has been such a joy to see it literally flourish to provide hope and opportunity for impoverished communities. The project is managed by our Global Worker – Tancho Baes, a dear Filipino friend and leader who left the comforts of Vancouver to invest in a harvest that will never perish. Learn more. Last year, in coordination with World Earth Day and Good Seed Sunday, Tenth Church hosted a luncheon where survey results for a creation care survey were revealed. A Rocha and Tear Fund polled thousands of young people across Canada, and found that:
Here are a few things you can do. Check out tenth.ca/creation to listen to a sermon on creation care. Participate with a small group that will be volunteering at A Rocha on August 19. Many of our Cambodia partners share a vision for a world where we steward the earth for the glory of God and for the benefit of humanity in unity, in Jesus name, so the world may know Jesus. We will explore some of these themes in our next Cambodia Justice Journeys. 3 global partners that do great work in caring for creation: Patrick Elaschuk, patrick@tenth.ca Note: Pictured above are some of the children from Hectares of Hope, who also have fun learning and harvesting on family farms. |
Love and JusticePart 3 - Thursdays, May 2 to 23, 2024 You need to consider signing up for the Love and Justice Course in May only if you are..... - interested in learning more about the part of Tenth's vision that includes seeking justice for all - willing to allow God to use you to be His heart, hands and feet in the world - planning to serve in any way at Tenth, particularly with local and global ministries - considering going on a Justice Journey to Cambodia or Mexico Themes will include: Spirit-empowered justice, Doing right, Spending yourself for others while not burning out. For more infomation visit:
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Breakfast at EdenA Faith and Work Discussion - Friday, May 17, 2024 Collaborate about faith and work with Fari, Ana and Sarady in a local social enterprise. TICKETS: $15 includes breakfast and beverages. Seats are limited. For more infomation visit:
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P.S.
Thank you for your ongoing sacrificial love and support as God is doing great things all over the world through our Tenth staff, volunteers, global workers, and partners. Since Tenth's General Fund does not financially support any of our global partnerships, projects or global workers, we invite you to give to: Missions Fund: goes to our own 25 global workers, global partnerships including refugees in places like Lebanon. 50% goes to our missionaries with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. We will be rolling out our Cambodia Justice Journey application process this month for our October 18, 2024 Journey. Our next scheduled Mexico Justice Journey will be February 11, 2025, but stay tuned as we may open up one more Mexico Justice Journey in 2024. tenth.ca/journeys Thank you for your consideration, generosity, and prayer. Volunteer opportunities - shoot out an email to patrick@tenth.ca if you are interested in being part of a Justice Journey or our global team. Patrick Elaschuk, Global Missions Pastor For more infomation visit: https://www.tenth.ca/news/spending-ourselves-for-others--525
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