Blueprint Ministries: replacing rotting floors through the love of Christ

Dee Dee Sedgwick enjoyed directing youth ministry at University United Methodist Church in northwest San Antonio for over two decades. Besides the week-to-week demands of ministry was the challenge of orchestrating events. One summer camp stood out in its life-changing effect on the youth: Service Over Self, an inner-city construction project.

Strong bonds connect this group of women:  friendship, camaraderie, support, prayer, and…… exercise?   Yes, exercise.  A three-times a week work-out date undergirds the 9 a.m. ladies, several survivors of cancer, who find support and strength during their Velocity exercise class.

"Hannity" Appearance Will Hightlight Next Week

(Nashville, Tennessee) —January 14, 2010 – Rebecca St. James is adding her voice and national  media presence to those speaking out in favor of January’s recognition as "Sanctity of Life Month.”
 
St. James will be seen tomorrow (15th) on CBN’s flagship “700 Club,” speaking about the heartening acceptance accorded the release of her first starring role on film in “Sarah’s Choice,” –a movie with a strong pro life message.
 

By James Harn, Senior, President of Student Council

It would be another cold night. After a house fire, a divorce, and a serious neck injury, Neale Donald Walsch found himself unemployed and spending his nights in a camping tent near Ashland, Oregon. After picking up aluminum cans for money, Walsch was hired as a weekend radio DJ. With his steady income, he purchased a small house. For the first time in a long time things were looking up for Walsch. But the suffering that he went through did not leave him without questions. Late one night Neale angrily wrote on a yellow legal pad, “What does it take to make life work?” Supposedly, God answered him.

"… I will show you my faith by my works." James 2:18

by Patti Richter, Beacon Staff

The holiday season of 1994 brought an exciting challenge to Seth Kuehn. He and a friend drove a van to a couple of grocery stores and began filling the vehicle with surplus food. Loaded to the gills (it was hard to see out the rearview mirror), they headed to the inner city.

Seth Kuehn (pronounced keen) worked in the vending business where he observed a terrible waste of food at hotels he serviced. It took several years of “wrestling with God” before he responded in obedience that Thanksgiving week 15 years ago.