Radical Faith Celebration Sunday

What a great Sunday – both of our campuses, all of our services worshiping as one. I love this recap video we showed Sunday.

Thank you Charlie and Heidi Spencer for sharing your story about how you’ve grown in your giving.

And thanks Frank and Debbie Jensen for sharing your journey on trusting God with your faith commitment.

Day 4 of eating on $2 a day


Just eeked-by today at a total of $1.99. My wife made some awesome black bean soup – pretty satisfying. Still find myself thinking of food lots during the day. I think I could do it on a regular basis. The most difficult thing to manage is the convenience factor and the lack of variety. Even on a tight budget in the U.S., there are lots of options – not the case in third world countries (unless there is a Walmart in range.

breakfast:
oatmeal & coffee – total cost $.35

lunch:
peanut butter & banana sandwich – total cost $.50

snack:
fruit/grain bar & tea – total cost $.38

dinner:
black bean soup & tortilla chips – total cost $.76

Day 3 of $2/day challenge

breakfast:
oatmeal & coffee (it’s a good think I like oatmeal) total cost $.35

lunch:
egg sandwich total cost $.42

snack:
yogurt total cost $.52

dinner:
vegetable soup, crackers & applesauce total cost $.65
Thanks Ladies for coordinating our Wednesday night dinner to fit in with our challenge!

total cost for the day $1.94. The mid-afternoon snack helped a lot today.

It was great to hear stories from other families participating in the $2/day challenge. Our dinner attendance was noticeable down. I guess the challenge is not a fit for everyone.

Day 2 of Eat on $2/Day

What I ate today for day two of trying to eat on $2 a day.

Breakfast:
Oatmeal w/ one piece of toast, coffee. Total cost $.45

Lunch:
Egg sandwich. Total cost $.42

Dinner:
5 oz shredded chicken (thigh) on piece of bread. Total cost $.64

Snack at meeting:
brownie w/ coffee. Total cost – I have no idea.

Total for the day – $1.59 + a brownie.

Other than thinking I was starving about 4:30p, it wasn’t a bad day. I loved hearing stories tonight about other family’s experiences this week. Thanks Shannon.

You Calling me Fat?


Our challenge to eat on $2 a day has nothing to do with a diet. It has to do with people like you and me, who have an abundance of food at our disposal, identifying with the 2.7 billion people in our world who don’t. They don’t just eat on $2 a day – they live on it!

Just 2 days into it, though I’ve hardly gone hungry (and yes I went over $2 on Halloween night), I have noticed that eating for me is more than just satisfying a physical appetite. It’s almost a sport or hobby. Sometimes I eat, because I can…or because it’s there. Probably an indicator of an affluent society where food isn’t just for survival (and I’m not suggesting is that it is supposed to be only that). But $2 a day certainly limits the recreational factor of eating.

South Africa Video

Here is the video we played on Sunday with information about Paul and Micky Prince and their ministry, The Fold, in South Africa.

Can you eat on $2 a day or less?

Can you eat on $2 or less a day? That was the challenge we presented to our Cedar Ridge family yesterday. Some 2.7 billion people in the world do exactly that – in fact not only eat, but live on $2 a day. And almost a billion people around the world live on a $1 a day or less.

The purpose behind the challenge is not to save on your grocery bill so you can give it away (although not a bad idea). The purpose is simply to help us open our eyes to how much of the world lives. My prayer is that we will all experience a perspective change on how much we really need?

Here are the instructions we handed out yesterday at the end of services. $2 Challenge

Check back here as I’ll be journaling my experience this week.

Cedar Ridge Coweta Campus

Video we showed Sunday highlighting the Coweta Campus component of our Radical Faith Stewardship Journey.

More Tailgate Stuff


Getting the message out about our Radical Faith Stewardship Journey. Thanks Chuck Ulrich at Arbor Masters for letting us use the bucket truck!

Tailgate Party Pics

Here are a couple of pictures from our Radical Faith Tailgate Party at our BA Campus this past Sunday. Thanks guys for the great grillin’.

From the bucket truck


Harold bashing his van

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