Spirit of Acadiana: Christian Community Development
Relationships Key to Uplifting Poor Communities
Spirit of Acadiana: Christian Community Development Conference 07/16/21
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LAFAYETTE, La. â It s called a Christian Community Development class, and over the weekend here at Bayou Church folks have come together, all walks of life, to help move the needle, to realize that we are much better together than when we re apart. Leading the way, Dr. Jimmy Dorrell. The call is to get out of our place of safety and security and enter the pain, explains Dorrell. The word compassion comes from two latin words, enter the pain . And so the harder part for a lot of Christians who do care for the poor is how do you get up out of a place that is nice and easy, and go in the middle of the struggle of what does it mean to not have a meal for my kids today ?
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WACO David Daniels checks the peppers and tomatoes for bruises. The produce manager knows his customers won’t buy them if they don’t look perfect. But, that’s OK. He takes the few he finds, cuts them up and puts them in small individual containers in the refrigerated section to sell.
“I’ll make fruit cups or vegetable cups,” says Daniels, 73. “Mine is $1.25, HEB is $4.50. These won’t be here tomorrow. They sell so fast.”
There’s no waste at Jubilee Market. The one-of-a-kind, non-profit grocery store, just 10 minutes away from Baylor University in North Waco, has attracted the attention of city leaders from across the state looking for innovative ways to provide affordable and nutritious foods in low-income neighborhoods.
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