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Solidarity Intentional House – looking for roommates (the right fit)

Solidarity Staff — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:28:11 +0000

Solidarity has two houses in the Garnet neighborhood where we are looking for new roommates in our Intentional Houses.

There are two houses, a Guy’s house and a Girl’s house strategically placed within the neighborhood. We are looking for the right type of individual who wants to grow deeper with Jesus by living in the same community where they participate in the Kingdom. Please read the Intentional House Info Sheet for more information on what type of commitment we are looking at.

The crazy thing is that we are looking for people NOW. We are looking for these 3/4 individual to move in by March 1st. Please pray about it and see if this is something God is calling you into.

If you are at all interested, please contact Kevin Mo-Wong

Guys House: 1529 Wavertree Ln. Fullerton
* 2 rooms (8 x 10′ and 10 x 16′)
* $460 a mo (w/o utilities)
* $230 security deposit per room

Girls House: 3025 Garnet Ln. Apt D. Fullerton
* 1 bedroom/2 roommates (10 x 10′)
* $675 for the room (w/o utilities) or $337.50 per roommate

Gratitude Journals

Solidarity Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:35:21 +0000

As a community, we are attempting to be people who love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. This month at Solidarity we are going to practice loving God through the spirit of gratitude.

We want to be people who appreciate and remember the amazing things that God has done in our lives. In view of Israel’s journey out of Egypt and into the dessert, the Solidarity spiritual community will do our best to limit our own forgetfulness. As imperfect as we are, we will try to not act like spoiled children, nor be they type of people who feel entitled to God’s gifts.

We want to remember :: We want to be filled with gratitude :: We want to be like Jesus in this manner

Every day this month we are committing to record at least one way God blessed us today in our gratitude journals. Use your own journal, or just Email Kevin Mo-Wong and swing by the Hope International office to get one. Either way, please join in with us in this month as we intentionally try to shift our hearts to being more appreciative.

At the bottom of this blog post is a space to make comments. If there were any days that stood out to you recently, please share with the community and write them in the comment section. Once approved (aka, not spam) then it will be posted for all to see. Come back and check in on what is bringing out gratitude in others. Maybe this month we can be more gracious and appreciative to God simply because He deserves it. Then on Feb 26th, bring your journal to Celebration Service so we can all share celebrate as a community together.

Year End Appeal Letter 2011

Solidarity Staff — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:35:11 +0000

Dear Friend, Family & Partner,

I want to thank you so much for all of your love, prayers, support and partnership over the past year. Because of your participation in God’s Kingdom, through Solidarity, this has been an incredible year of growth for us and you have played such a significant role in that. We need your partnership to continue the amazing things that God has done and is doing in and through us. As you read, please pray and consider if you can make room in your giving this year for Solidarity which will impact the lives of hundreds of families in both Fullerton and Sao Paulo Brasil.

Sincerely,

Thomas Nixon

Executive Director

HOW WE’VE GROWN

PROGRAMS

This year we have started two new after school programs, one in the Maple neighborhood called Glimpse and the other at Richman Elementary School called Racing Gears. This adds another 170
students that we get to be in relationship with in the city of Fullerton.

STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

Over the last year we have added six new staff members to the Solidarity family bringing our total number of staff to 17. We have 116 volunteers that give their time weekly to our friends and
neighbors involved in our initiatives. We also have over 150 volunteers that serve for six weeks during the
summer in our SolFul (Summer of Love Fullerton) programs.

STUDENTS & FAMILIES

We are currently journeying with 335 students through daily and weekly CFRs
(context for relationships or programs). During the summer that number greatly increases to over 500 students who are involved in our SolFul programs.

It has been truly amazing to watch and be a part of this growth that God has continued to do in and through us. We need your partnership to sustain the growth and continue towards the mission that God has given us.

“We empower believers to be dynamic followers of Christ whose lifestyles marked by love will impact communities towards holistic transformation.”

Ever wonder how your gift impacts lives?
- Click here to read Adree’s story -

Click the image to learn more

This year we are looking to take 80 people up to The Oaks Winter Camp. Every year we have this small window of opportunity to get our students out of the barrio and experience a weekend fully dedicated to finding God without any of the distractions of the street. This weekend always pays huge dividends in the lives our students.

Solid Brasil will relaunch in 2012 with an exciting new vision. We need $10,000 to support this crucial initiative. Solid Brasil envisions marginalized communities (street kids, urban slum families, sexually exploited children and Bolivian immigrants) transformed through experiencing love, belonging and significance in Sao Paulo Brasil.

This year we have 3 neighborhoods with after school programs in them with 275 students in all. This is not including the 500 that we have for summer programming. Help us continue to give amazing support and deep relationships to these students and families in Fullerton.

THANK YOU!!

Prayer Vigil For Immigration

Solidarity Staff — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:34:54 +0000

Solidarity’s Sabbatical week

Solidarity Staff — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:13:41 +0000

Solidarity’s

Sabbatical Week

(Aug 15th-19th)

This is a week, intentionally set aside every year, that the Solidarity staff stops working and puts all of their efforts toward pursuing God. All offices, emails, and CFRs (programs) are purposely shut down this week. Each of the staff are chasing after God in their own manner. You can join in on the journey too by participating in the Sabbatical Formation Piece.

If you need anything you can email us at partner@solidarityrising.org or or call the Solidarity phone line (714.924.4186) and someone will get back to you the week of Aug 22nd.

DREAM Sabbath

Solidarity Staff — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:05:52 +0000

To bring the DREAM Sabbath to your church, please click HERE.
To read more about the DREAM Act, please click HERE.
To watch the story of a DREAM Student, please click HERE.

www.solidarityrising.org :: 714.924.4186 :: bethanyanderson@solidarityrising.org

Immigration Documentary and Discussion

Solidarity Staff — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:44:53 +0000

This Friday June, 10th at 7:00pm RockHarbor is partnering with Solidarity to host a documentary and discussion about immigration and our role as Christians to respond to increasingly controversial issue. We will be watching Tony & Janina’s American Wedding, a powerful documentary that gets to the heart of the broken U.S. immigration system. This story of deportation breaks down stereotypes and opens up the conversation about the human rights violations that our immigrant brothers and sisters suffer inside our borders. The issue of immigration has quickly become a very hot topic amongst political parties meanwhile families live in tension and are being torn apart due to unlawful raids, students are denied access to financial aid, and many are being abused and manipulated on their journey towards new hope. In all of this we want to look past what our political parties agree or disagree with and look at this issue through the heart of Jesus. Join us as we learn how this issue affects real people’s lives, what our faith has to say about immigration, and what you can do to make a difference and seek reconciliation and hope for our undocumented brothers and sister.

Welcome to the BRAND NEW www.solidarityrising.org

Solidarity Staff — Fri, 06 May 2011 22:15:55 +0000

After much work and deliberation,
Solidarity has completely redone the main website.

Our friends at Primate Design (www.primatedesign.com) created the website and over the past few weeks the Staff have thrown hours and hours into the website establishing a brand new look and feel that are seen throughout all our media and publications. Warm and rich in diversity, our new website is full of pertinent information including updated program content, new stories of transformation and lots of fun photos and imagery. We envision our new website to be a central hub of all our communication, upcoming events and easy ways for you to get involved.

Check it out today!

A Solidarity Celebration Service (9/25/11)

Solidarity Staff — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:46:28 +0000

The last weekend of every other month, Solidarity and Sojourners Community Church comes together on a Sunday morning to remember the things God has been doing in each community. These Sundays are set apart to be a time of story telling, of remembrance, and a time of celebration.

Where: Sojourners Community Church
When: Sunday, Sept 25th, 2011
Time: 10a – 11:30a and then lunch following the celebration service
Address: 1690 N Placentia Ave. Fullerton, CA
Special Notes: There will be children’s ministry during service, please bring the whole family.

Also, usually after the service we go to Rosa’s Pizza in Placentia (116 N. Bradford Ave. Placentia, CA) to share lunch together. Come hungry because we will be ordering a Big Mamas 28″ Pizza. It is a monster of a meal. If you come remember to BRING CASH to pitch in for the Pizza.

Solidarity Good Friday Service

Solidarity Staff — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:39:14 +0000

On Good Friday we are teaming up with the same three communities (Sojourners Community Church, The Gathering, and Serrano Hills Church) that we gathered with last year. Last year we went through the stations of the cross. We were up in the chapel in the sky and walked through all the stations as we remembered what happen just 2000+ years ago. This year it will be a little different. We are doing a Taize service. Jason Phillips describes a Taize service as, “a contemplative night of worship and prayer using classical instruments and choir. You don’t want to miss this.”

What: Good Friday Service

When: Friday, April 22nd

Time: 6:00 – 7:30p

Where: American Legion Hall

Address: 143 South Lemon Street Orange, CA 92866 (A Map)

Extra Notes: Child care will be provided.