Podcasts about Rebuilding Together

With Sunday approaching closer and closer and considering the predictions made all week leading up to Super Bowl LIX weekend we are now two days away from kickoff. Hearing predictions from a hand full of famed voices and players across the sports world, but joining the guys this morning happens to be an NFL player who's played recently in a Super Bowl not too long ago alongside what many may argue is the best quarterback the league has ever seen. Super Bowl champion Leonard Fournette joins the guys discussing this highly anticipated game rolling into Sunday along with special guest Maureen Carlson from the non-profit organization Rebuilding Together. Helping out constantly wherever it tends to matter, Maureen and Leonard both give their final predictions as we rolling into the final stretch to Sunday's kickoff.

Super Bowl LV Champion Leonard Fournette, former LSU and NFL RB, joined The Locker Room and talked about what it takes to beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the Chiefs vs Eagles matchup, his LSU Tigers and more Leonard was joined by Maureen Carlson, President & CEO of Rebuilding Together, to talk about local volunteers joining forces to host the 30th Annual Kickoff to Rebuild Event in New Orleans. For more info visit rebuildingtogether.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(Nehemiah 3:1-12) God has a vision for His church, and when His people receive that passion and urgency to accomplish His vision, amazing things can happen for nothing is impossible with God and His people.

The common wisdom we're taught when starting up a business is, “Solve a problem that needs solving.” But the truly exceptional success stories of our time have not followed this advice. When Coca Cola came along, nobody who was enjoying a long, cool glass of lemonade was clamoring for a sweet, syrupy, brown drink. When Uber came along people weren't fantasizing about getting into a car with a total stranger. And when Jeff Bezos started selling books online, nobody in their right mind would give their credit card number to a person they didn't know on the world wide web. At the end of the day, it wasn't Bezos' ability as a salesman that convinced people to trust Amazon, it was the invention of a piece of software called “encryption” that made it safer to give your credit card to Amazon than to a server in a restaurant. Today there are other online companies poised to capitalize on the next technological change to e-commerce. One of those is a local startup called Cucuron, an online art gallery based in New Orleans, founded by Megan Manning.  You might ask, “How many people are going to pay $2,000 for a piece of artwork based on a photo on a phone?” Maybe not a whole lot, but… When augmented reality and virtual reality become a part of our device's operating system – which they definitely will at some point – looking at a piece of art online will be exactly, in every way, like looking at a piece of art on the wall in a gallery. Whether or not Cucuron becomes the Amazon of art is unknowable. But it's building the architecture ready for the day when buying art online is as second-nature as buying the shoes, furniture, and mattresses people at one point said they would never buy online. Over 55% of e-commerce shoppers say the reason they buy online is, “home delivery.” Maybe it's the legacy of the pandemic, maybe it's the influence of Gen Z., but more of our lives these days seem to be home-centric. Very few New Orleanians know more about the many notions of “home” than Kristin Palmer. Kristin was Executive Director of an organization called Rebuilding Together. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Kristin led over 10,000 volunteers who rebuilt hurricane-damaged structures so New Orleanians could come home. In 2010 Kristin was elected to the New Orleans City Council. She represented District C which includes the French Quarter, the Marigny, Treme, Bywater and Algiers. In 2014 she founded Bargeboard, a home renovation and restoration company whose goal is to keep Old Algiers affordable and accessible through historic renovation, recycling and reuse. Bargeboard is a culmination of a lifetime of Kristin's New Orleans-centric personal and professional passions. In the 1940's, Abraham Maslow, a psychology professor, came up with a pyramid-shape explanation of human existence which has come to be known as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. On the bottom level of the pyramid are the most basic needs, including shelter – a home. At the top is something Maslow called Self Actualization, which includes creativity, like producing art. Maslow's interpretation of human existence has become a foundational teaching in understanding human motivation and behavior. But, if any place on earth was to challenge Maslow's conventional wisdom, it would be New Orleans. Here, our homes are of course vital, but an equally vital part of our lives - that makes New Orleans New Orleans - is music, beauty, and art. So, although both Megan's and Kristin's businesses – Bargeboard and Cucuron – theoretically represent the extreme poles of human existence, our lived experience here in New Orleans rates them as equally essential to our everyday lives. Out to Lunch was recorded live over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Orleans. You can find photos from this show by Jill Lafleur at itsneworleans.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte mobilizes contractors, community volunteers, and a skilled construction team to provide critical home repairs and accessibility modifications for free to low-income homeowners.  Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Rebuilding Together's Will Rimer, and volunteer and board member Maghan Cook.

Co-hosts Kathy Kruger and Jonah Triebwasser talk with Darcy McCourt about the great work of Rebuilding Together. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiorotary/support

JACKSON — On Thursday, July 18th, Rebuilding Together of South Alabama (RTSOAL) held a pivotal event aimed at recruiting volunteers for its community projects. The “Neighbors Helping Neighbors'' gathering took place at Bigbee Coffee Shop in Jackson, with sponsorship from International Paper. Alesia Burrell, communication coordinator at Pine Hill Mill, represented the company and outlined its community impact goals. Trista Stout-Walker, the executive director of RTSOAL, expressed gratitude for the support, stating, “I am honored to work alongside industry leaders like International Paper. The Pine Hill Mill sponsored our ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors' volunteer recruitment event. “It was a wonderful evening...Article Link

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Transcript have the word. It's been hearing this weekend and reading online and the amazing things that are happening. You know we talk about how bad the world is and how difficult things are getting and how challenging they are and it's easy to get despondent but on the flip side we always, in those moments, we've always got to look to see what God is doing and his power at work is changing people and is doing amazing things and we do live in exciting times, challenging times certainly and even as God moves more in power there'll be more challenges ahead but we are seeing, you know, in our own lives, in our own community, in our own church what God is doing and beginning and continuing to do and a few weeks ago, I'm going to take a break today from our genesis journey and a few weeks or months ago at the edge on a Thursday morning we had a visit from a whole team of people from Matasey Hall, Green Pastures, which is a community of people. Some of you will remember Pete Kavanagh who came to preach here, powerful word but funny guy, remember him? Yeah, but he's, I don't even know, maybe we'll find out low, you know, he's involved in that. I don't know if he's in charge or whatever he is but he's, and he brought a team over on a Thursday morning and we were just blown away by the life and the faith and the energy and the excitement that these guys and girls had from very, very difficult backgrounds and challenging situations and yet the power of God had changed lives and they were just so full of the life and just, and you just see again, just renew, just the gospel is a wonderful, wonderful thing that changes people's lives from the inside out. And so what we said we'd do is we would invite some of the people from Matasey Hall to come and speak on a Sunday morning and so that's what we've got. So I'm going to introduce them and leave them to whatever they've got for us but we've got Darren and Wayne and Christina, that's right, and I'm going to invite Darren to come and speak now. Darren is one of the leaders of the whole setup and he'll be able to explain more clearly what he does than I can and he's going to speak for a while and then Wayne and Christina are going to share some of their story and trust that you're going to be really encouraged and blessed by what we hear this morning. So thank you, now let me pray for you and we'll go. Father, we thank you that your power at work is changing lives and we want to thank you for real life testimony and I want to pray for Darren and now as he speaks, Lord God, I pray that you're filling with your Holy Spirit for Wayne and Christina, give them confidence and boldness to speak all that is in their hearts, all that they've seen you do, Lord God, and we just want to share with them in the celebration of the power of God that changes and transforms lives, not just today but forever, in Jesus name, Amen. Thank you so much. So blessed. We have been so blessed this morning, just been lost in worship, it's just wonderful. Something special happening here and you are so right, something is happening across the nation. The Lord spoke to us prophetically through Isaiah 43 18, behold I'm doing a new thing, can't you see the green shoots of revival happening, behold I'm going to bring life into the wilderness and the hyenas are going to worship me. You are in revival, we all think revival is you're going to turn up here and suddenly heaven's open, but when winter turns to April, it's the green shoots that show you're in the new season, look for the green shoots, that is the evidence you're in a new season, it is happening everywhere I'm going, I'm seeing green shoots moves of the Holy Spirit, like nothing in history is seen, behold I'm doing a new thing, it's going to move the spirit, I'm telling you that's going to transform our nation, I'm telling you and I also have a word maybe, I've only got 10 minutes of me which is absolutely fine, I'm going to let these the students speak, but I really have this word that just kept coming about this church, unspoilt, you have something here that is so precious and unspoilt, I mean you come here, I say this respectfully, it's not a place of great wealth or grandeur, but you have a wealth that is far greater than material wealth, you have the presence of the Holy Spirit here and I believe that God has kept you, whether that's in the leadership or your decision making, because I kind of saw a tribe and you know when you go through the Amazon rainforest and suddenly you come across a tribe that's been kept for years, almost unspoilt culture values and I could see that, I really felt that word for the church, that the Lord has kept you from certain things, he set you apart as a community because you have something unspoilt here, something very precious and you know a beautiful time of worship, you feel the presence of Jesus, gosh I might just sit down now and yeah I oversee Massey Hall training centers, formerly Dissemblies of God Bible College, 50 years Dissemblies of God Bible College, we are not doing anything new, we are just honoring the legacy, the heritage of the mighty men and women of God that walked at that place, it was going to be bulldozed when the AOG moved over to Manchester but God said no these grounds are precious to me, that was a place when I was there in 2004-2007, gosh where people were trained up to go on missions around the world, well we are training men and women up to go on missions but to our locality, we need to send missionaries to our nation because I have never seen our nation so broken, so bankrupt in many ways, in Isaiah 60 it says the darkness is upon the land but the thick darkness is on the people, there is a darkness upon people now that is so thick but I don't get scared about that and I just sense revival is imminent and Jesus, but didn't Jesus say we need some preparation, the harvest is plentiful and the workers of you, so where are the workers of you coming from, God gave us Dissemblies of God Bible College, a place where these men and women would never had a chance to sit on those grounds, never had a chance to do a three-year degree but God has rose up a generation, I call them the King Davids, who was one of the greatest leaders in the Bible, David, where did he come from, what happened in his life, well he was overlooked, he wasn't first in line, he wasn't the first pick but Samuel said no there's somebody else that's going to be a great leader, there's someone else that's going to be the next pioneer, the next visionary, the next builder, the next creator, the next support worker, the next whoever it may be, he's in the fields right now, he's overlooked and God is rising up a generation that have been overlooked, a generation that have gone through difficult circumstances, a generation perhaps like David that have been homeless, being wrote off by life, being told that they'll never amount to anything but God is rising that generation up and has called them to matters and they are being trained with theology, NVQ health and social care level three, we're training them to be disciples before leaders, you know, I say this so respectfully, all leaders are Christians but not all leaders are disciples, you know, we've got to look at discipleship, servanthood, sacrifice, take up my cross every single day, follow Jesus Christ and it's like God has brought these precious men and women to the college where I am in awe, we have 45 of men and women wrote off by the the world that are worshipping in the chapel every day for an hour, they're learning theology, Peter Kavana, the head of theology and spiritual development and they're learning, they're growing, I said Lord why are you bringing, why are you bringing this beautiful generation here to the grounds and the Lord said their hearts have not yet been tainted by religion, you know, Jesus says, Jesus says in the book of Revelation I stand at the door and knock, that's not a salvation message, it's Jesus trying to speak to the church but we've become so busy, so trapped with all of the Sunday morning stuff and Jesus says I'm going to rise up a remnant, I'm going to rise up a group of people, I'm going to rise up and they may not be perfect and they may have been battling through some stuff but they're teachable and they're like blank hammers where they're like sponges absorbing all of the stuff we're teaching at Matheson, it's beautiful, they're growing, they're learning and it's a safe place to take your mask off and stumble, we have to stumble safely, I have learned more through stumbling than I ever have from success, you know, we live in a world now where the moment you stumble as a Christian that's it, you're wrote off but we've got to walk and journey with each other when we make mistakes, let's get up and grow and learn like David, the man after God's own heart, so we can journey with our boys and now we're sending them out doing missions work from the college, they do practical social care missions to the poor, the broken, the hurting, the elderly, the widows, the orphans, the outcasts, the destitute, all of those that Jesus says go to you, go to them, in fact Jesus says in Matthew 25 if you truly are a disciple of mine the evidence of that is you'll have a heart to go to the widows, the orphans, the outcasts, the homeless and those in hospitals and prisons, so they're going to work, they're going out serving, Mathesi, the whole creation of Mathesi, the vision of Mathesi is not hey look at us what a great place it is, it's to serve the local church, how can we serve you with the generation of workers that will serve, that will love, that will commit themselves to the poor and just help the vision that's going on on here, so my own little journey and just a few scriptures, I'll try and get off at 10 past so give me a nudge when it's 10 past but I did love it when you said about your men's group, if my wife was there she'd have give me a little nudge right there in the in the ridge you know when you said about men don't listen to instruction you know she'd have just give me a little little nudge one of those things but she'd have also said can you please bring it to the men's group why they can't open cardboard boxes properly, I don't know about you but but have you ever tried to open an apple juice box, it's got the little lines and I try and get my scissors and I'll cut here and I'll cut here or I'll do this on any cardboard box and I don't know whether it's a man thing or a darren thing but I'll go I'll follow it and then it sprouts out or shoots out like a fountain all over the place, my wife will get some scissors like this she'll go and it's the most beautiful flow, is that just me or or do men generally have an issue, a cardboard box, so I was a royal marine commando, I was searching for many things in life, maybe like some people here, I didn't want to know Jesus although I had a sense from birth that I was on this earth to do greater things, you've all got that, you know I don't know where you are with the Lord but you're born with a sense of eternity, purpose, destiny, I didn't want to know church, I always felt church was boring, I didn't know this type of church, priests and dog collars and all of that stuff, boring songs but I always had but I always, that was my negative view of church honestly and but I always had a sense of more that there was a God and I was shot through both my legs and I remember in my lowest moment and I just said I remembered the Jesus from my Sunday school, Jesus from school assembly and I said Jesus if you're real will you heal my legs, one broken night just crying out to the Lord, all my bravado gone just weeping and crying and to cut a long story short four and a half inches of my femur bone just grew back, you know signs, wonders, miracles, must follow those as well as love for the poor and the broken and the hurting. In the book of James it says religion that is pure and faultless is to keep ourselves polluted from the world so we have to talk about purity, you can't just have a social gospel you know we're either too far this way or too far this way but you know he's called us to be pure and then to look after the widows and orphans in their distress so you have the the pure and the poor and then you see the power of God come as well when you've got those three together I'm telling you now and then I rose up from that hospital bed left the marines but my heart was burdened for the poor and the broken and the hurting. I just had this compulsion came across David Wilkerson's crossing the switchblade after only eight months as a Christian and sleeping homeless had nowhere to live after the marines but had God's call upon my life stripped me down bare all I had was Jesus and that's why we go for the poor and the needy and the broken and the hurting because they they may not ever have a Ferrari may not ever have caviar but Jesus says I'll always take care of their leads but I will be their treasure and all I had was Jesus Christ the clothes on my back but I felt like the wealthiest person in the world and I learned some great lessons that Christ is my treasure that I didn't need a great amount of money I didn't need even a career then you know he was my everything the love the guidance the trust the faith that was built every day he took care of my every need and he directed me overseas to work with David Wilkerson amongst the broken crossing the switchblade then I hopped on to YWAM's missions trip to China just wanting to know more about why the broken and the hurting poverty injustice slavery and all of those things and then the Lord taught me to Massey Hall Bible College in 2-4 and 2-7 and I just wouldn't shut up about the poor and the broken I felt like the weeping prophet Jeremiah and I remember when I left there 2-7 the Lord put a calling upon my life and we set up our first lighthouse hostel in in Rotherham and the songs that you played today amazingly are songs that have journeyed with us all of our all of our life all of our all the time setting up projects so we set up our first hostel and I hate the word hostel and let's call them family homes a 15 bed in Rotherham but they were just a place where we set the right culture the values it was never going to be a place where we just put men in there and saw them on benefits in sickness and just stay there for the rest of their life God had more for them and my hero is William Boo, Salvation Army hostels from very very early years where he was able to put the social the supernatural and spiritual development under one roof and that's what we did we just set a culture where Christ honored him made sure we were right with ourselves purity and holiness we prayed constantly over these these hostels and we started to see amazing changes and transformation broken men just rising to a destiny and a calling and then over the next 15 years another one and another one we took over blocks of flats a whole block of flats in Chesterfield notorious blocks of flats it's not hard once you've got a culture protect your culture we grew and protected our culture we never compromised the core values of why we saw growth no one got any glory every place we did we honored Jesus we kept those simple values and we saw moves of the Holy Spirit a whole block of flats Jesus Bible studies didn't make sense 15 years later but the Lord said this you know we're only touching the surface here we need the next generation of workers our towns and cities are broken God spoke to me through Nehemiah slavery is like no other time in history but we don't hear it preach much in church you know it's not a calling to reach the poor it's a command it's not a request by God it's a responsibility there are three thousand scriptures in the Bible that tell us to reach the poor the destitute the outcast and when we do we honor God you know in Jeremiah 22 16 my my favorite scripture in the Bible about King Josiah we all talk about this man of God who was holy and and brought spiritual revival and reform like Nehemiah but he says this in 22 16 he defended the cause of the poor and needy and so all went well is that not what it means to know me declares the Lord three power points there he defended the cause of the poor and needy defended in the Hebrew means to set a straight course no matter what I do no matter what we do he's saying no matter how we are always going to defend the cause of the poor and the needy it's going to be ingrained in our in our strategies our memorandums our vision of the church whatever we do we're going to defend the cause of the poor and the needy the cause you know their well-being their hopes their dreams their education opportunities you know we can tick a box with an outreach we can tick a box with a with a coffee but that's more about making us feel better you know God's called us to defend the cause and the rights of the poor and the needy and he wraps it up under the word injustice and justice in Micah 6 8 it says I've told your man what to do what does the Lord require of you to do justice to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God but the Jeremiah scriptures are finished now it's powerful he said he defended the cause of the poor and the needy and all went well is that not what it means to to know me declares the Lord if we go backwards on that one if we don't have a heart for the poor and the needy and the broken the adult elderly the widows the outcast the destitute the oppressed and those who are struggling with prejudice racism on all of those things that's wrapped under the banner of injustice this isn't about homelessness this morning this isn't about drugs it's about injustice that banner that we operate under it's unjust that people are struggling with addictions it's unjust that people don't have the right access to education because they live in a certain area it's unjust that that that people are battling with with mental health issues and they struggle with this lonely in their home isolated it's unjust that there are 60 000 children in our nation in care homes and we've got empty rooms to foster and adopt these children religion that is pure and faultless is to look after the widows and orphans in distress it's our responsibility as the church of Jesus Christ it will challenge us it will take us to that point of I foster me and my wife foster we look after a 12 year old boy did I do it hop skipping and jumping no because that's my home but when God says I'll be a father to the fatherless it's when he puts his spirit in you men and you start to become a father to those kids now on the estates in youth clubs who don't have dads that's all about injustice reaching out to the broken the fatherless the lost the widows the orphans and all of those things and you know it's glorious the blessings and the power of the holy spirit fall upon those who give themselves to the poor and the broken you know the blessings are through the bible those who give themselves to the poor lack nothing proverbs 1917 he was gracious to a poor man lends to the lord and he will repay him for his good deeds and finally isaiah 58 10 if you give yourself not just do a small measure but if you give yourself to the hungry satisfy the desire of the afflicted then your light will rise in darkness your gloom will become like midday the lord will continually guide you and satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones and you will be like a water garden and like a sprinter of water whose waters do not do not fall what incredible blessings promises of god move to the spirit you're like nothing and what does it seem of the conditions for those that gives themselves to the poor and the needy and the broker and the impressed supernatural blessings of the holy spirit you know we can all pray for revival but i want to suggest that we all need to look at what are our hearts like towards the afflicted and the broken are we filling these 3 000 scriptures in the bible to help the lonely the affirmed the elderly the widows and the orphans and i think this church is doing it very nicely by the way okay so that's the remit of the college god gave it back to us after 15 years miraculously the aog moved out and the lord said the harvest is plentiful the training the workers are few so god gave us the assemblies of god bible college the very place where the vision was birthed 15 years before and now it's a bible college that's training up men and women to go and reach the poor and the broken and the hurting and isiah 58 to go and rebuild our broken walls our infrastructure the education system the school system the political system everything that pushed jesus christ out now i'm telling you that revival will permeate every area of life and that's all that we're doing at the college the same thing that's been going 50 years these men and women are heroes their courage is remarkable they love jesus and they're out there in the world serving him every single day wayne do you want to go and share uh seven or eight minutes your testimony young man and then christina new crowd so i'm a bit nervous um so yeah my name is wayne i'm 39 years old um i'm from wales originally um so i'm gonna start off from the age of 11 because i lost my dad when i was 11 years old he died in my arms literally in my arms he had a heart attack on his birthday and that's where my journey really began because i was broken i was lost and i was really angry with god taking my dad away from me died on his birthday at age 44 and it led me to getting in with the wrong crowd i started drinking with him at age 11 taking cannabis getting into trouble arguing with my mum all the time me and my mum didn't get on because she got into another relationship and i was quite angry with my mum as well because it was only a month after my dad died and i thought why are you doing this it's a broken family as it is but you're making it worse so um we were arguing and arguing all the time and the age of uh 13 14 my mum started to have enough of me because i was rebelling from her so and when i got to 15 and she was like i can't have you she kicked me out at the age of 15 i started living on the streets i started taking heroin i started taking speed um and i was just going around in circles i was homeless for three years living under branches park park bridges and that and then my daughter come along so i was quite proud of that i got clean for a little bit um but then our relationship with her mum fell and that's when i started using again um and then my daughter got taken off me so my my addiction went worse um i lost my house i lost everything and i was living in the horse's stable for a bit and i stayed at the friend's house one night because he wanted to get me off the street for the night and i had a phone call at three o'clock in the morning wayne where are you you're okay i says why what's the matter the stables you're staying in someone's lit put it on fire we thought you were dead so you can see god was there then protecting me from that and then um i got to got to a point where i was like i need to move away from the area i lived so i moved to a place called clanathley in wales um i got clean again i was doing really well and they moved me into another place in camarban and i got into the wrong crowd again i started taking all sorts of stuff um i lost hope and that and then i owing money and my dealers was getting coming to my door kicking it in i got beat up i got stabbed um and i just lost all hope in myself so i decided to move back to clanathley closest to one of my sisters and um i just started going really bad with the drugs and i was walking around town at three o'clock in the morning and i just felt something because my friend said to me you need to go to rehab you need to go to a place called battalion i was like no i'm okay i don't want that and i was walking around this town and i felt someone say what have you got to lose and i thought i'm hallucinating here what's going on so i went back to my flat and it just played on my mind and i didn't know this at the time but i truly do know and it was god speaking to me so i went to my friend i said yeah get me to this place and he goes it is a christian place i'm not going to become a christian i just need to get clean so i went to batal and i felt the peace in there soon as soon as i went through the gates i just seen everyone happy and full of joy and i was like you're all nuts what are you doing but it was a nice feeling when i got in there because you feel the love and then within a month we were in a service and um i was in the middle row and we were worshiping and then all of a sudden i started crying i thought what's this why am i crying and i said to my friend why why am i crying he said you've just been hit by the holy spirit i was like wow and at the end of the preach the preacher goes whoever wants to come to the front of the thing to give their life come through and next minute i was at the front on my knees hands up saying lord please i need this and that's when i gave my life to the lord and then the journey got it even more interesting because i couldn't do the work because it was a work in rehab and i couldn't do the work because i had arthritis in both legs i couldn't walk so they had to carry me up and down the stairs so they said they said we need to ask you to leave but we're going to put you somewhere else so and this is when they said we're going to send you to the lighthouse and i was like oh another place and that i was like i don't know i'm going to pray on it so i went up to the bottom of the field i started praying on it and then again god said what have you got to lose i was like come on lord come on so i moved to rothram um i started doing amazing there i got connected in the church i uh got i got my life back um i got my own place um i got a job as a chef i was doing amazing and then i relapsed again two years two and a half years ago got in the wrong crowd and my head was just wasn't in the right place i lost connection with god um and my the pastor from liberty church said wayne we're gonna um you need to go to matisy or somewhere you you've lost everything so i was like okay so um we got in contact with darren and that and um i turned up and i was in a mess when i turned up um they had to put me in a hotel for five days because i turned up off my face i didn't even tell him about it um and they they'd love they gave me when i got there they put me in hotel they come and see me every day they've um they fed me every day and then they brought me back and this is where i truly surrendered was on the friday in the chapel i walked through the doors and i just broke down i was like lord i am fully surrendering to you now i says i need a difference in my life and matisy has completely changed my life i i've just finished an intern in the kitchen i'm going into support work i've done my health and social care people don't think there's a god look at the difference in me i was in a right mess and some god god's just amazing i've got my daughter back in my life i'm i am just thriving i've got the most confidence back in me again i feel the love i feel the joy and someone gave me this when i was uh in riaban this is a song that everyone should keep with them psalm 91 whoever dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the almighty i will say of the lord he is my refuge and my fortune my god in whom i trust and i trusted god all the way through this and look at the difference matisy is just amazing place and our god's just there every day so yeah and thank you for listening go on wayne um hi guys so i'm christina um um i've got a really similar story to wayne's not not exactly similar but um so i'm from mansfield and i grew up with three brothers and i grew up in a very dysfunctional family my dad was an alcoholic and we grew up with domestic violence um as a child i always knew there was something different about me but i just didn't know what and i never really felt part of my family i felt like the outcast i was always being picked on bullied and beat up by my brothers um which for me in them days i just thought it was normal um we grew up in an estate where our family was absolutely hated and i could never really make any friends or be accepted um so that really you know had an impact on my self-worth and my confidence and you know i never really knew what unconditional love was because we never had it in our family um i remember i've always believed in god from a very young age so it started at sunday school and it was my older brother he took us to sunday school because they gave out sweets it was the only way we were going to get there so unbeknown to me though i did learn about someone who really loves me and cares about me and is watching over me and and i took that i took that as gold that that i held on to that because i had nothing else to hold on to and growing up for me was really difficult you know i struggled academically at school and stuff um and i struggled to fit in i could never make friends so you know i grew up feeling really lonely um and i remember one summer i was grinding for six-week holidays and i remember pasting up and down my bedroom and it was a really nice summer as well it was really hot i remember it and i remember pacing up and down my bedroom and i must have been speaking to god i must have been um asking him why me lord why this family you know um had a lot of questions um there only there was only two things i ever really wanted to be in life um first one was a christian and the second one was a social worker um i joined the brownies and the girl guides so i loved helping people i loved you know helping people um and that's probably because you know no one ever cared about me no one wanted to help me and i just had a big heart for that and i still have um i left home at 16 years old and that was it i went straight into addiction started on on speed and it gave me a confidence i'd never had before um so i continued taking it you know i lived a life of partying and drugs and drinking um and i did that for 24 years um you know rolling around the same mountain um i have two children um my oldest is 22 my name's alexi but she was actually born paris but she changed her own name to alexi by depol and i have a son who's 17 now when dylan his name's dylan when he was um nine seven months old he was taken from me by social services um and you know that devastated me that that had a massive impact on me and but you know i just knew god was in that because he went to a really good family i got to meet his parents i was asked if i wanted to meet his parents and i did and i'm so glad i did because i knew he was going to be safe and i knew he was going to be happy and usually what they usually do when they get adopted is change their names um but i asked them to keep his original name apart from his last name obviously and and they did that they honored me so i knew i just knew god was in that and we have letterbox contact um so my daughter uh wasn't in my life for a long time so the last time i was a mum to her properly she was eight years old um the last time i saw her before we got she came back in my life was at the age of 16 and she came back into my life in 2022 in october and i knew god was all over that i just knew it and we're on a journey of finding out who we are you know mum and daughter building a relationship and i can only really give god the glory for that um you know it's been so faithful to me throughout my life there's been times when i've shouldn't even be here i'm honest um i should have been dead but you know god's grace you know he was watching over me and i know he's all over my family he's definitely over my daughter um so uh yeah so i had a flat and i lost it and this was in 2016 and that's that's where my life just spiraled i was in the darkest place ever i ended up homeless on the streets nine months every door shut in my face nobody wanted to help me um and i had no hope but one day i went to the beacon project in mansfield um the night a couple of nights before that i was beaten up and had everything taken off me drugs wise um by a couple of males and i remember walking the streets um feeling really scared and i went into the beacon project and i just sat in the corner and a woman came over to me can i pray for you and i just looked at her clutching me i'm back to get um so she prayed for me and within days i went to a different church and there it was god had sent three people from the freedom project in shybrook and within that i filled out forms to go to the lighthouse which is what darren was just talking about he set up lighthouse homes and his wife then i started on a journey of um of being loved back to life finding who i was finding an identity i got clean at the lighthouse um i had to do treatment before before i decided to go to rehab um but i did a teen challenge program and i went there in july 2018 um it was the hardest thing that i've ever done but i'm so glad i did it because it was the most rewarding it's where i got my foundations um in the lord you know and while i was on the program i always struggled with identity and you know self-worth and when i was on the program a we have what we call advisors and i remember talking to her about my family situation and she gave me a scripture and it's equal 16. um you'll have to forgive me because i'm a little bit blind um on the day you were born your cord was not caught nor were you washed with water to make you clean nor were you with salt or wrapped in clothes no one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you rather you were thrown out into the open field for on the day you were born you were despised then i passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood and as you lay there in your blood i said to you live i made you grow like a plant in the field when i got that script scripture my life just made sense i knew who i belonged to i was meant to be a child of god like we all are but i actually literally got that revelation all my walls of jericho just came tumbling down you know finally i knew why god placed me within that family and it's for a greater purpose than what i could have seen at the time and so i was quite thankful for that after i did the tc program and i went back to the lighthouse to do an intern um no i didn't i went to tcla um leadership academy and then i went back to the lighthouse to do an intern um and then i got a job i left the lighthouse i got my own flat i got a job did everything in my own strength you know at this point like i was just like focused on what i wanted but god was still faithful he gave me a job provided um a bed one bedroom house for me um in war and i fell back into addiction and i was in a job where i was working with broken people and i really struggled to not be allowed to talk about jesus um so but i was suffering with a condition um and it embedded me for months or weeks you know depending on how painful and how severe it was and i ended up losing my job um but before that i remember going to a friend's wedding and seeing julie and julie said to me have you thought about coming to madison well the year previous i'd already applied to come to madison and then i took back the application and decided to go and do my own thing um and i was like no not really um but when i went back after that wedding within a week i'd lost my job and i just knew god had opened the door for me to go to madison and i'm so glad i did because i've just embarked on a beautiful journey and i think first and foremost we we need to be mindful that we live for the benefit of others you know um and that that's a process there is there is a time of healing there was time of growing learning to be educated and i'm really thankful for madison you know what comes to mind really is you know i'm thankful that our leaders are first and foremost led by the spirit and obedient to god because if it wasn't for the obedience we wouldn't get um the things that we get the blessings that we get and madison is truly wholly sacred ground it's a very very special place to be and it's that special i don't even really want to leave so um i really don't it's beautiful grounds and um so i've completed my health and social care um well the class side of it anyway and um i was put in to an intern in resettlement and now i've just been moved into an intern in support work which is truly my real calling this i really want to help people but i remember being at madison and god said to me dream dream big so i have dream big um i only came to madison with a desire of wanting to be a support worker but now you know it's in my heart that i want to manage and run my own center to help vulnerable women to empower them to be mighty women of god and to make firm decisions and find their worth and their truth and identity in god um and i know god will make that happen i've just got to remain faithful be obedient and allow him to do what he does so um i'm still on a journey and i'm happy about it so i hope it's really encouraged you all you know god is on the move um all the time and god is good you guys oh for that um just uh just the openness honesty the passion it's just so exciting to hear what god can do as wayne said people think there's no god but look just come and see what the lord has done and uh it's just amazing just amazing to hear and uh just thinking about it the wayne and christina darren were talking about the journey of life that they've been on in discovering what they were born for what they were made for and by god's grace they're tapping into that but we're all in that position aren't we and whether it's as individuals or whether as a church what are we here for what are we here for this is the whole thing and i believe that you know darren and the guys have just opened up our eyes to see again just what it's all about what what we have one there's a and i think the same impact of the visit that we had on the thursday morning to this morning just the excitement again of the gospel of what it's about um mentioned about not being tainted by religion i trust that we're not tainted by religion but we can get into the routines can't we we can get into the routines of life and i think the fire of god uh needs to touch our hearts again and to remind us what it's all about and in response let's consecrate ourselves set ourselves to do actually not split our minds but actually god this is what you've called us to do this is what you've called us to be a place of refuge a place of safety a place of security a place of justice that's the word that we on a thursday morning and and and through other things that we do one word that keeps coming up is justice and i was really encouraged when darren emphasized that over and over but we need to be a place of justice that we need to have it in our heart in our dna that uh that these things matter that this is our center of gravity that it's not about a project that we do like i said not an outreach but it's actually it's in our hearts it's it's it's it's what it's what you meet when you actually come and you and you're part of this community and i know across this room we've got people from every different imaginable background but yet the opportunity for us all to consecrate ourselves to that command what does the lord require of you to act justly to love mercy and to walk humbly with your god and we can apply that in any and every circumstance whatever you're going to be doing tomorrow morning we can apply that in our hearts and so i just want us to to respond in our hearts just ask the worship team maybe if they could come and i would love us to uh to begin just by praying for mattasy um for darren away increase maybe you could join me again at the front here darren and wayne and christina is that possible and i'd love us just to to just as a worship team prepare just to stand together if we can and let's pray for them and then i'll ask them to pray for us as well okay so we're going to pray let's let's stand let's reach out our hands let's pray god the the richest they've experienced so much of the richness of god's grace and we just pray for more and more and more that you haven't actually uh i think wait you've only just scratched the surface and i believe that you only just scratched the surface even in the wonderful things that you've seen and the wonderful things that you're doing and the wonderful things that you've experienced there is still more there are unsearchable riches of christ and he has called you to discover them and to and to spend the rest of your lives just going from room to room to room seeing all that god is able to do and not only in your life but in all those that will come christina you said the vision that god has given you for the center for for vulnerable women there are there are so many women that are going to be touched by the fire that god has put in your heart so many that are going to be reached so many that are going to be changed god is going to give you the fulfillment of your dreams and your visions we believe that wayne god has called you for a purpose he's called you for a purpose he's seen you even before he didn't discover you when you reached out to him but he as you know he came after you he pursued you and it's for a purpose and every step forward every step back and everything he's been drawing you to himself like a magnet and you're going to be a blessing to so many and we're just going to pray for you and pray for darren and the team at matter c just pray for the an outpouring of god's spirit that this revival that we're beginning to see this will be a center of it we pray and so we let's let's just let's just lift our hands and our voices to god father we pray for matter c we thank you for this morning we thank you for darren and wayne and christina we thank you for the whole community the 45 men and women that are there lord god that they are called from every different background come and see what the lord has done it is just amazing what you can do it is just incredible there is no limits to what you can do in the lives of men and women and so we pray for them we pray for them as they put themselves into your hands we pray for them as they consecrate themselves to you that you will pour your fire onto them lord god just as they are like an offering on the altar and the fire comes down from heaven i pray your fire will come down from heaven and burn up everything that is that has been uh considered worthless and you will replace it with the treasure and the jewel and the precious metal that you put into their hearts i thank you for their lives and i thank you for their calling and i thank you that you're going to fulfill what each and every one of them has on their hearts individually and as an organization lord god may the fire of god fall and and and burn in that place and go from there to many many places and for everything that you you've put in their hearts it represents people and for those 45 people we know that that represents thousands upon thousands of people that are going to be touched by the same fire we thank you for them and we pray your blessing upon them in jesus name amen amen and um we uh as you say as you know this is in our hearts we feel like we started you know there's all sorts of things that we a bit like you said you know we don't know which way to go sometimes we go forward we go back with all sorts of stuff but it's in our hearts we want to do it want to consecrate ourselves to this calling of god on our lives so i just want to ask you as people that have gone ahead of us if you would pray for us as a church and and all that god is going to do here father your word is there for us to draw from to learn how you interact with your people uh lord it's not complicated there there was an a man nehemiah who looked at the mess looked at the ruins there was a group of people who lived in that ruins and he never affected their consciousness and maybe we've become like that as christians we've just accepted that this is the norm or we've took our eyes off the ball but nehemiah was a man who said hey this is not right and he wept over the ruins the the political system the education system a society that turned it back spiritually on god and i prayed lord god that god that this would be a church and a people that are like nehemiah that says we need to do something about it that you will break their hearts for what breaks yours that they would be a set apart holy remnant you don't need a whole denomination society and history is changed by just a small group of people of a certain type may this be a church and nehemiah just thought i need to do something about it he did not have a clue as to how this would unravel he was almost led like a spiritual compass and i pray that this that would be for the leadership lord that they will be led by an overwhelming sense every day of what needs to be done where they need to go where they need to be built and i pray like nehemiah lord that you will use this church to bring others inspire others motivate others to join together in the rebuilding of the walls and lord nehemiah lord he didn't have the qualifications he wasn't an architect but in record time he rebuilt uh the jerusalem socially and spiritually so god we ask that you will use this church to rebuild the social walls and the brokenness and all that that means within our schools again within every area of life but i also pray that you will use this church to bring spiritual revival upon our nation starting with our locality this locality god that you will take this church just like nehemiah before he did the work he prayed and it's that simple he sought your presence before he moved and i pray you'll ignite in this church in the leaders that hunger and fresh passion that fresh desire for prayer and your presence and for the word that this will be a holy remnant first and foremost who love the word who love purity who love your presence and also love the poor and i pray you'll do mighty things in this church there will be such a move of god that these four walls can't contain it in your precious name amen thank you thank you i'm just going to ask the worship team will lead us i think the thing will go up if you want to go and collect children that would be great but i just want to yeah thanks

We are celebrating Nurses Week at Doctors Hospital! In this episode, we sit with nurses Sharlene Sanderson, Gerard Smith and Juliatta Leary, who share their invaluable experiences. #nursesweek #DoctorsHospital Listen, subscribe & share! ********* This Mother's Day, treat Mom to a day of love and relaxation at Doctors Hospital's Rehab Enjoy our 'Day For Mom, Day For Love' promotional offers. Indulge in a soothing 60-minute prenatal massage or unwind with a 60 minute rejuvenating postpartum massage, both for just $80. Or, secure 5 sessions for $325 at just $65 per session. You can also share precious moments with your little one with our Mommy & Me massage. Enjoy the 60 minutes of relaxation for $120 or book 5 sessions for $500. Or stay fit and connected with our Mommy & Me workout program, designed for moms with babies aged 3 months to 1 year. Join for $120 per month, one session per week. Doctors Hospital Rehab Services, Rebuilding Together!

Following his sermon in the series in Nehemiah, Tyler talks with Raphael about what got cut from the sermon for time's sake and being effective in God's calling on your life for the sake of rebuilding the kingdom. Sermon Passage: Nehemiah 11:1-12:47 If you have any questions about the sermon, be sure to fill out the form on the Church Center App.

Series: Nehemiah-Rebuilding Speaker: Raphael Mnkandhla Scripture: Nehemiah 11:1-12:47 Main Idea: God continues the work of renewal through called people.

May is Women's Health Month and we are kicking it off by celebrating some of the phenomenal women in our health system. Listen in as we chat with Dr. Kereen Sherwood-Wallace; Sherzel Smith and Dr. Ericka Thompson as we discuss their roles as leaders in the health system. Listen, subscribe & share! ********* This Mother's Day, treat Mom to a day of love and relaxation at Doctors Hospital's Rehab Enjoy our 'Day For Mom, Day For Love' promotional offers. Indulge in a soothing 60-minute prenatal massage or unwind with a 60 minute rejuvenating postpartum massage, both for just $80. Or, secure 5 sessions for $325 at just $65 per session. You can also share precious moments with your little one with our Mommy & Me massage. Enjoy the 60 minutes of relaxation for $120 or book 5 sessions for $500. Or stay fit and connected with our Mommy & Me workout program, designed for moms with babies aged 3 months to 1 year. Join for $120 per month, one session per week. Doctors Hospital Rehab Services, Rebuilding Together!

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From Rebuilding Together Philadelphia Stephani Seldin, President and CEO, and Jean Allen, Volunteer,  Board Member and recipient of a home rebuild, discussed the non-profit that seeks to repair homes and revitalize communities.  Each year, with the support of hundreds of volunteers and community partners, they provide repairs to at least 125 homeowners, over 2,100 homes since 1988 to make them safe, healthy and secure assets for the next generation.  Volunteers work along side professional builders to make homes safe for their owners, based on a 25-point check list of priorities that includes fixing exterior walls and rooves, removing mold and pests, kitchens, baths and laundry are vented, smoke and CO detectors are installed, carpeting removed and replaced with dust free flooring, fixing plumbing and heating, and installing grab bars where needed.    We discussed Philadelphia's housing, older homes, an older population, with a 25% poverty rate and 51% home ownership, many with title issues.  Stephanie explained there are over 27,000 homes without the basics of heat or running water and 25% of our children have asthma, affecting their health, their education and their parents ability to work.  Jean described the process, once homes are chosen through partnership with participating community development agencies, the hired contractors work with the homeowner to review the work, then volunteers and neighbors work together with them to complete the jobs.  The results, a liveable, safe home that not only increases the home's value but impacts the neighborhood with lower crime rates and a new sense of community. RTP believes that housing is a human right fundamental to survival, and homeownership gives a family the financial security of building equity (rather than paying rent) as well as the security of having a place to call your own.  It offers a stable environment to raise a family, a sense of pride, and a stake in the community.  Stephanie and Jean discussed the need for volunteers, individuals and groups or businesses to work at their three annual Block Builds or the Asthma Trigger Reduction program rebuilding days.  They also need participants and volunteers for their Saturday, May 8th annual 5k Run/2-mile Walk to help raise money for the home repairs that keep people safe in their homes. For more information about programming and volunteer opportunities go to RebuildingPhilly.org

Introduction – Amanda Shepherd Amanda Shepherd is a real estate broker in Seattle-Tacoma with Compass. She's the recipient of the Tacoma-Pierce County Association of Realtors Rookie of the Year award in 2022, and is passionate about helping first time home buyers achieve their goals. When she's not working, she's volunteering at local organizations like Rebuilding Together, the South Sound, her local Chamber of Commerce, or exploring the best Pacific North West hiking trails with her 8 year old daughter, Dylan.   Home Buying Resources Navigating the world of home buying can be overwhelming, especially for first-time buyers. That's why we've compiled a list of valuable resources to guide you through the process seamlessly. ➡️ Referrals:

Welcome back to the show! In this episode, Steve discusses the importance of maintaining, improving, and often rebuilding communities as a real estate investor. In this case, he is speaking very literally about the rebuilding side of things. His special guest, Christine Holland (with RebuildingTogetherHouston.org), joins the show to talk about their unique mission of actually rebuilding homes for community members who are in danger of losing that very same home due to dire circumstances. If you're looking for a good cause to join or are just interested in what it would take to save a family's home literally, this is the episode for you! Please remember that Steve is always available via email. Just send your questions, comments, and concerns to AskSteve@TotalWealthAcademy.com today. 

Maurice shares excerpts from live training sessions where individuals and groups actively engage in the journey of restoring their marriages. With years of therapeutic experience, Maurice provides insightful guidance on navigating challenges, fostering empathy, and rebuilding trust. Learn how to create a safe and nurturing environment for both partners, while addressing issues of fear, insult, and control. Discover practical strategies to strengthen your relationship and increase mutual understanding. Maurice invites listeners to explore the Marriage Repair Workshops further, offering resources and support for those seeking to revitalize their marriages. Want to read more about this topic? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lifechangingservices.org/product/boundaries-in-marriage/⁠⁠ Rather Watch Something? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBh_e4TpdF4⁠⁠ Check out the Marriage Repair Workshop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lifechangingservices.org/marriage-repair/

Join us as we discover how the National Community Coalition Board navigated the complexities of the pandemic by connecting with non-profits, faith-based organizations, clinician networks, and more. Guests include LaShawn Hoffman, chair of the National Community Coalition Board, and co-chairs Nikia WhiteSpots and Silas Buchanan. We'll explore how NCRN expanded culturally appropriate tools to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in marginalized communities.  Become a Community Organization Partner: https://bit.ly/3NMMm24 Connect with LaShawn Hoffman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lashawn-m-hoffman-8810868/ Connect with Silas Buchanan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silas-buchanan-5145ab2/

Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview withDan Sargent. Dan Sargent has been with Rebuilding Together of the Triangle since 2008. Under his leadership, the budget has grown from $25,000 to $2.8 million. Dan is a licensed general contractor and has an MPA from the School of Government at UNC-CH. He lives in Chatham County with his wife Lyndee and their three daughters.

In this episode I chat with Juliet Taylor & Tim Abeska who each lost spouse to ALS. They met in a virtual support group for widow & widowers.   Realizing they lived in the same area and had common interests, they met for coffee and their relationship grew from there.  Today they encourage each other to love & honor their late spouse, enjoy life and be active ALS advocates to help end ALS.   Here, Juliet & Tim share about their late spouses, Jeff Sarnacki & Mary Ann Abeska.  We talk about how they are supporting each other's grief journey and what advice they have for others who are experiencing loss.  It's incredible that both Juliet & Tim have jumped back in to the ALS community as key advocates.  Together, they are the co-chairs of the I AM ALS Community Outreach Team, which helps bring others into our fight for a cure.  Juliet writes a beautiful column for ALS News Today. Listen in to this hopeful chat and share with a friend.  Thanks for listening.  Hugs, Lorri I am so incredibly grateful that you are here. It means the world to me! Thank you. Follow and see what's coming next: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn.

In this episode I chat with Juliet Taylor & Tim Abeska who each lost their spouse to ALS. They met in a virtual support group for widow & widowers.   Realizing they lived in the same area and had common interests, they met for coffee and their relationship grew from there.  Today they encourage each other to love & honor their late spouse, enjoy life and be active ALS advocates to help end ALS.   Here, Juliet & Tim share about their late spouses, Jeff Sarnacki & Mary Ann Abeska.  We talk about how they are supporting each other's grief journey and what advice they have for others who are experiencing loss.  It's incredible that both Juliet & Tim have jumped back in to the ALS community as key advocates.  Together, they are the co-chairs of the I AM ALS Community Outreach Team, which helps bring others into our fight for a cure.  Juliet writes a beautiful column for ALS News Today.   Listen in to this hopeful chat and share with a friend.  Thanks for listening.  Hugs, LorriI am so incredibly grateful that you are here. It means the world to me! Thank you. Follow and see what's coming next: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn.

In this intimate discussion, four alumni participants of the Black Woman Leading Mid-Career (Samira Payne, Keira Braxton, Trenity Dobbey) and Early Career (Tiana Bryan-Okeke) programs  share their stories of conquering mindset matters and doing their heart work along their professional journeys.   Together, we explore mindset concepts that we navigate as leaders such as leaning into a growth mindset, overcoming negative thinking, challenging your internal saboteur, conquering fears, and aligning your “come from.” They share how they leaned into community and accessed collective healing to support them during this work, and their key takeaways from their experience in the Black Woman Leading program. Join us to reflect on your own journey, celebrate your growth, and build your own resolve as we explore the inner work that goes into being a thriving leader.   Guest Bios: ::Tiana Bryan-Okeke Living her life to the beat of Alien Superstar by Beyonce, Tiana Bryan-Okeke has created her own path. This CUNY Medgar Evers College alumnus has 5+ years of executive support allowing leaders across industries to focus on and execute their mission and vision.  While streamlining operations and building cohesive teams; Her passion for project management allows her to transform fragmented systems into interconnected workflows that break down silos across expanding initiatives. After joining the inaugural cohort for the BWL Early Career, she has aspirations to continue being luminous while sharing her talents to help others execute their strategic plans.  Connect with Tiana on LinkedIn.   ::Keira Braxton (formerly Brown) Keira, a native San Diegan, is a passionate and dedicated Human Resources professional with a wealth of experience in developing and implementing HR strategies that align with business goals. She is recognized as an experienced workshop facilitator and is known for her ability to translate complex concepts into practical advice that business leaders can use to build and maintain high-performing workforces. In addition to her work as a People Business Partner, Keira serves as a member of the DEI advisory board at Teradata where she provides guidance and recommendations on the company's DEI initiatives.  She also serves as chair for the community outreach, networking and events steering committee for the San Diego chapter of Teradata Alliance of Black employees (TABE). As a leader in the DEI space, Keira is committed to helping organizations create more inclusive workplaces where everyone feels valued and respected. Connect with Keira on LinkedIn.   ::Trenity Dobbey Trenity K. Dobbey, a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in social and human services, holds a Master's in Criminal Justice. Her journey began in corporate America, managing financial portfolios for major banks, before transitioning to a impactful role at the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center. There, she skillfully managed the citywide intake line for child abuse reports, showcasing exceptional skills in handling sensitive cases. Currently, at DFSS City of Chicago, Trenity oversees a diverse portfolio of 50+ agencies citywide, managing a $10 million annual budget within the Workforce Services Division. Her strategic vision and hands-on management style have left a lasting impact on the lives of Chicago residents. Building on her extensive professional and personal background, Trenity is an accomplished life coach. Drawing on her extensive experience, she offers practical guidance rooted in real-world expertise, uniquely positioning herself to drive transformative outcomes for individuals and organizations alike. Connect with Trenity on LinkedIn.   ::Samira Payne Samira is currently the Director of Community Revitalization and Network Education at Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit that supports safe and healthy housing in communities across the country. She participated in the Mid-Career Black Woman Leading Program in Fall 2023. Connect with Samira on LinkedIn.   Resources: Programs: We are now enrolling for the January 2024 sessions of our Mid-Career and Early Career leadership development programs.  Learn more at https://blackwomanleading.com/programs-overview/ Event: Join us for the Black Woman Leading LIVE! Conference +Retreat, May 13-16, 2024 in Virginia Beach! Learn more at bwlretreat.com Credits: Learn more about our consulting work with organizations at https://knightsconsultinggroup.com/ Email Laura: laura@knightsconsultinggroup.com Connect with Laura on LinkedIn Follow BWL on LinkedIn Instagram: @blackwomanleading Facebook: @blackwomanleading Podcast Music & Production: Marshall Knights  Graphics: Téa Campbell Listen and follow the podcast on all major platforms: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher iHeartRadio Audible Podbay

Welcome back to another episode of the #squarepizzapod. This week, Greg is in conversation with Gary Officer, President & CEO of the Center for Workforce Inclusion.  CWI Labs is the largest and most experienced nonprofit dedicated exclusively to workplace inclusion and economic opportunity for low-income, older job seekers.In this episode: CWI Labs  Core aspects / programs of CWI Labs?AIThoughts on how it will affect work Professional BackgroundSuccessfully grew Rebuilding Together from an operating budget of $3.5 million to $23 millionWhat advice would he would give to other leads as they consider growth and fundraising? Affordable housing + Property valuesPromising solutions for affordable housingBio: Gary A. Officer is a seasoned social entrepreneur and Chief Executive. He is known for innovative, value-driven public-private partnerships that remove barriers to community development. In addition to founding CWI Labs, Gary is the President & CEO of the Center for Workforce Inclusion, the largest and most experienced nonprofit dedicated exclusively to workplace inclusion and economic opportunity for low-income, older job seekers.Gary previously served in senior executive positions at the Newseum and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C. From 2006-2013; he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Rebuilding Together, Inc., the nation's most extensive volunteer-based homeownership preservation nonprofit, and fourth-largest remodeler. Under his leadership, Rebuilding Together grew operating income seven-fold and created award-winning partnerships with blue-chip corporate brands to support of the organization's mission.Gary has served as President of the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF), the national foundation supporting credit union development in the United States. As an affiliate of the Credit Union National Association, NCUF promotes and manages credit union development and consumer savings programs on behalf of CUNA and the US credit union movement. The Foundation also manages the National Development Education Volunteer Program. During his three-year tenure, NCUF successfully grew a community investment fund providing grants, loans, and secondary capital, to credit unions and related organizations throughout the United States.Gary earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Political Science from the Manchester Metropolitan University and a Master of Science Msc (Econ) in International Relations from the London School of Economics. In 2012, he completed the Advanced Management and Leadership Program (OAMLP) at the Said Business School at Oxford University.Support the show

The Coffee Club from Tuesday October 24th, 2024.  Guests include Cassie Skalicky with Rebuilding Together and Tyler Specht from Theta Chi Fratenity in Fargo about their Halloween Haunted house to benefit the USO. 

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The Coffee Club from Thursday June 1st, 2023.  Guests include Andrea from Rebuilding Together and Big Game James McCarty. 

Rebuilding Together is rebuilding and repairing homes in Charlotte. Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Executive Director Beth Morrison and volunteer Skip Hudspeth.  

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Leonard Fournette On His Initiative, Tom Brady & The Big GameLeonard Fournette joins the show from radio row in Glendale to talk these subjects with us. He's joined by Caroline Blakely – President and CEO of Rebuilding Together.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: REBUILDINGTOGETHER.ORGEnjoy this highlight from the Sean Salisbury Show!

Episode 166   Today on “The Building Code,” Zach and Charley are talking to Joe Christensen, founder and owner of Cardinal Crest Homes in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe got an early start in construction by working on his family farm. He then earned a degree in construction management and a minor in business management from Brigham Young University. Today, Joe works closely with clients to make their dream homes a reality. Tune in to the full episode to hear more about the importance of managing your construction team with grace and how to prioritize giving back to your community.   How do you promote positivity with your construction team? “If you can't find satisfaction in your job, you're going to quit. You're going to move on. And I've seen that happen in our industry right now. Jobs are delayed, they're over budget and they're really difficult to get done. And if your boss is also yelling at you, why would you stay? I know we're passionate about construction, but you've got to find the silver lining. So, we try really hard to celebrate the small wins and try to not sweat the small stuff and move on. Correct it, but be like, ‘Okay, it's time to move on.' We try to have a lot of fun. And during closing days or the day after closings, we like to have lunches together. We take the team to lunch. I think it's important.”   What community work does your team do to bring them together? “We just did a charity event called Rebuilding Together. And they have a day where we're assigned a couple homes. They have a day or a couple weekends where you go, and you might be adding ADA ramps, doing new flooring, fixing up these people's homes because they can't do it themselves or can't afford to do it. And we want to make it something we do every year. Because it's something we do already. We know how to build. And it's nice to be able to rub shoulders with each other while we're helping out. It's such a big team building exercise.”     LINKS AND MORE Related content: Read their case study to see how Cardinal Crest Homes uses Buildertrend's construction management software to promote efficiency and build more than a dozen Kansas City custom homes per year, totaling upwards of $20 million. Listen to the last episode of “The Building Code” to hear more about what it takes to be a successful project manager and how building relationships is a key component. Subscribe here, and never miss an episode. Got podcast topic suggestions? Reach out to us at podcast@buildertrend.com. The Better Way, a podcast by Buildertrend: Looking to improve how your team plans projects with the top residential construction management platform this year? Pick up Buildertrend project planning pro tips on the newest season of “The Better Way, a podcast by Buildertrend.” Subscribe and stream all five bingeable episodes on your favorite listening app now. Follow us on social: Instagram Facebook Listen to “The Building Code” on YouTube! And be sure to head over to Facebook to join The Building Code Crew fan page for some fun discussions with fellow listeners.

“I had grandparents or grandmothers that were in their nineties and even 103 and it just seemed like, it's nice to be able to help folks that don't have the ability physically, maybe financially to live comfortably and safely. And so it seemed like a good, a good fit,” says Katie Pace of becoming executive director of an organization which has its mission to ensure safe and healthy housing for those with a crumbling infrastructure. The reporter for this episode produced by Chloe Cross is Chris Darche.

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Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Nicole Rowan, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Nashville, who highlights the nonprofit's efforts to restore, rebuild and perform essential repairs at homes of qualifying area residents. For more than 20 years, Rebuilding Together has served the Nashville community by helping to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods. During the interview, Nicole offers some history and context for the organization, and talks about some of the common repairs, which include floor repairs, accessibility modifications for seniors, plumbing work, electrical work, roof repair, and the addition or repair of exterior wheelchair ramps. Nicole talks about how homeowners qualify for their services, the important role that volunteers play with their efforts, and the impact their work has on the individuals and families served and the community, at large. Rebuilding Together is currently working in the Greater Bordeaux community, and during the interview, Nicole shares the news of which communities will be next. She also talks about how the community can get involved and support their efforts. Website:                https://www.rtnashville.org/Facebook:             https://www.facebook.com/RebuildingTogetherNashville/Twitter:                  https://twitter.com/rtnashville615

This week on Hope, Nevada we got to have a conversation with Katie Pace, of Rebuilding Together Northern Nevada Rebuilding Together online: rtnnv.org Phone Contact: 775-395-9808

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