We’re so excited to spend the next 2 days with friends and fellow home-repair collaborators at the ReFrame Conference in Johnson City, TN! What is Reframe? In their own words, “ReFrame Association is a national network of nonprofit home repair organizations committed to providing occupants of substandard housing with safer, more livable shelter.” They’re a … Read more
This weekend ARM will be participating in Imagine What’s NEXT UMC in Denver, Colorado. For two days, United Methodist college students from all over the country will gather to Dream, Go, and Do. Imagine What’s NEXT is designed to facilitate a fertile ground for imaginative work, focused specifically on the spaces where church/world and present/future meet. The … Read more
We had such an amazing time with so many wonderful volunteers and families as we served together on Be A Saint Saturday. Here’s a brief devotion we shared as we began our day of service: Good morning everyone. Welcome to ‘Be a Saint Saturday’! For our devotion this morning, I wanted to talk briefly about … Read more
Beginning of day 4 Time flies! We have had a great journey so far. The weather has been beautiful. I still find myself curled in a ball when I awake with the morning chill-but it is not unbearable and not worth of even the remotest complaint. Some things I am noticing that I felt I … Read more
Well, yes, The Shack is the title of an interesting little theological book written by William P. Young a few years ago in 2008 But, this week at ARM during our annual Poverty Awareness Week, “the shack” takes on a very different meaning. For us it’s all about raising money to purchase materials like lumber, … Read more