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On 05.13.2007 -

1) Pray for your mother.
2) Pray for someone else’s mother.
3) Pray for people that don’t know their mother.
4) Pray for mother’s that don’t know their children.

Recommended Sites:
ProFlowers
Wikipedia // Mother’s Day
TNIV.info // Keyword // Mother

Do you want to help out in the community? Desire to make the world a better place to live, work, & play? Check out the below volunteer opportunities and resources. Relevant links to all opportunities are listed at the bottom of this post.

YAvillage.com is partnering with a new website, ArkALMIGHTY.com. The partnership provides a resource for people to “easily get involved in practical and tangible volunteer outreach.” ArkALMIGHTY.com creates a secure website where people can login, submit things they need help with, submit skills and talents they have, search for people that need help, and get connected to fulfill others needs. Feel free to submit anything you may need help with (help with a college class, babysitting, car maintenance 101, etc…). Chances are there is someone out there that knows exactly how to help you! The site is monitored by YAvillage.com, so your identity is secure. More Info.

The Reach FM is a local Christian radio station. They simultaneously broadcast on stations from Sumter, SC to Buffalo, NY! They are also a non-commercial site, which means they need public funding to stay on the air. Their Spring fund raiser is running from May 7th-May 10th. Please consider supporting them.

River Valley Ranch is a western ranch retreat located in rural Maryland. Since 1952, River Valley Ranch has provided an exciting and life-changing camp experience to hundreds of thousands of young people from all over America. Kids ages 7-17 can enjoy summer camp opportunities and it is open year-round for families and groups. They need help getting the camp ready for the summer and are hosting a ‘Work Day’ on May 12th.

Recommended Sites:
YAvillage ArkALMIGHTY
The Reach FM
River Valley Ranch

What is Prayer?
Dictionary.com says:
prayer /prɛər/
–noun
1. a devout petition to God or an object of worship.
2. a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession.
3. the act or practice of praying to God or an object of worship.
4. a formula or sequence of words used in or appointed for praying: the Lord’s Prayer.
5. prayers, a religious observance, either public or private, consisting wholly or mainly of prayer.
6. that which is prayed for.
7. a petition; entreaty.
8. the section of a bill in equity, or of a petition, that sets forth the complaint or the action desired.
9. a negligible hope or chance: Do you think he has a prayer of getting that job?

TNIV.info says:
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. PS.17.6

Call on God today. Thank, Confess, Adore, Petition. Listen.

Calvary Assembly of God’s main sanctuary will be open 05.03.2007 at 12P-1P so you can gather for prayer with others. You can come as you are, come & go when you want, talk to God.

Need someone to pray for/with you? Call 1.800.4.PRAYER

Don’t worry, God is on duty, always - You can come as you are, come & go when you want, talk to Him.

Recommended Sites:
National Prayer Center
Wikipedia // National Day or Prayer
Faith-Journey.com’s Prayer Discussion

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. PS.82.3

On Saturday May 12th, letter carriers in more than 10,000 communities will collect food items and deliver them to local food banks to help some of the millions of Americans, including an estimated 13 million children, who face hunger every day.

In 2006, an average of 26.7 million people used food stamps each month—about 1 million additional people per month compared to 2005.*

Research shows that preschool and school-aged children who experience severe hunger have higher levels of chronic illness, anxiety and depression, and behavior problems than children with no hunger.*

Simply place bags filled with nonperishable food items (i.e. canned meats and fish, canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice) next to your mailbox on Saturday, May 12th. The post office will deliver the food to your local food bank, pantry or shelter. You may also take items directly to your local post office, but please call ahead first.

Recommended Sites:
Stamp Out Hunger
*US Hunger Facts
Second Harvest

From our Missionary friend & World renowned photographer, Jordan Hill -

If you know of anyone who is interested in setting up water systems, providing agriculture assistance, or building fish farms in developing countries, please have them check out our Community Technology Seminars this summer. We are offereing three hands-on courses in Water Technology, Permaculture, and Aquaculture at the University of the Nations in Kona, Hawaii. More info