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Telling Her Story: Linda Burgess, If Not for Grace
This is part 3 of 4 in a series of posts about the staff members and volunteers of If Not for Grace, a Lee’s Summit based organization...
ruthieburrell
Mar 16, 20154 min read


Sharing Her Struggles: Jama Edlund, If Not for Grace
This is part 2 of 4 in a series of posts about the staff members and volunteers of If Not for Grace, a Lee’s Summit based organization...
ruthieburrell
Mar 9, 20154 min read


Break Every Chain
This is post 3 of 3 highlighting Exodus Cry, a sex-trafficking ministry based out of Grandview, MO. You can read the first post about...
ruthieburrell
Feb 23, 20152 min read


The Spirit of Adoption: Kezia Hatfield, Exodus Cry
This is post 1 of 3 highlighting the stories of staff members at Exodus Cry, a sex trafficking ministry based in Grandview, MO. “In my...
ruthieburrell
Feb 16, 20154 min read


Called to Prayer: Blaire Pilkington, Exodus Cry
This is post 2 of 3 highlighting the stories of staff members at Exodus Cry, a sex trafficking ministry based in Grandview, MO. Rio de...
ruthieburrell
Feb 9, 20155 min read


Steps of Faith: Tate Williams, The Global Orphan Project
This is Post 4 of 4 telling the stories of staff members at The Global Orphan Project. You can read the first post about The GO Project’s...
ruthieburrell
Jan 26, 20155 min read


Selling T-shirts for Orphans: Mike Mitchell, The Global Orphan Project
This is Post 3 of 4 telling the stories of staff members at The Global Orphan Project. You can read the first post, which tells the story...
ruthieburrell
Jan 20, 20154 min read


A Transformed Life: Adrien Lewis, The GO Project
This is Post 2 of 4 telling the stories of staff members at The Global Orphan Project. You can read the first post, which tells the story...
ruthieburrell
Jan 12, 20154 min read


Wrecked by Orphans: Mike and Beth Fox, founders of the GO Project
The last thing Mike Fox wanted to do was look like a missionary. He was a successful businessman and entrepreneur with plans to retire...
ruthieburrell
Jan 5, 20154 min read


A Garment of Praise: Beauty for Ashes Member Testimonies, Part 2
This is part 4 of 4 about Beauty for Ashes, a prison ministry based out of Kansas City. Part 1 tells the story of Gina Hanna, founder of...
ruthieburrell
Dec 22, 20145 min read


A Crown of Beauty: Beauty for Ashes Testimonies, Part 1
This is post 3 of 4 about Beauty for Ashes, a prison ministry based out of Kansas City. The first post tells the story of Gina Hanna,...
ruthieburrell
Dec 15, 20145 min read


Trading Ashes for Beauty: A Volunteer’s Perspective
This is post 2 of 4 regarding Beauty for Ashes, a prison ministry based out of Kansas City. Today’s post is a bit different than my...
ruthieburrell
Dec 8, 20144 min read


Finding Freedom: Gina Hanna, founder of Beauty for Ashes
When Gina was 23, she was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover cop. The typical sentence for that offense was two years’...
ruthieburrell
Dec 1, 20144 min read


Doing Well to Do Good: Tracy Taylor, a set apart client
This is Part 4 in a series of stories about set apart, a creative arts discipleship ministry. Part 1 tells how Brent & Kristin Morris...
ruthieburrell
Nov 24, 20144 min read


Sacred in the Ordinary: Paige DeRuyscher, a set apartist
This is Part 3 of 4 in a series of stories about set apart, a creative arts discipleship ministry. Part 1 tells how Brent & Kristin...
ruthieburrell
Nov 17, 20143 min read


A Set Apart Life: Brent and Kristin Morris, Part 2
Today’s post tells how Brent & Kristin Morris’s ministry, “set apart,” has developed since its conception. To read about what led them to...
ruthieburrell
Nov 10, 20144 min read


The Journey to Becoming Set Apart: Brent and Kristin Morris, Part 1
Brent and Kristin Morris (founders) are the executive director and managing director of set apart, a creative arts ministry with a...
ruthieburrell
Nov 3, 20145 min read


USC Volunteer Spotlight: Juris & Jean Gaigals
This is the fourth and last in a series of posts telling the story of Urban Scholastic Center through people involved with the ministry....
ruthieburrell
Oct 27, 20144 min read


Obedience, One Step at a Time: Kent Broddle, USC Board Member
This is the third in a series of posts telling the story of Urban Scholastic Center through people involved with the ministry. Read the...
ruthieburrell
Oct 20, 20144 min read


Missional Living: Tre & Khrystal Coppage, USC
This is the second in a series of posts telling the story of Urban Scholastic Center through people involved with the ministry. Read the...
ruthieburrell
Oct 13, 20144 min read
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