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Ashish Centre Donations

Ashish Centre Donations

For the past few years, we have helped the Ashish Centre by holding a Beanie Baby and candy cane donation drive. The children at the Ashish Centre love beanie babies and they actually help with calming the children through sensory touch. We would like to collect as...

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Merry Christmas from Ecuador

Merry Christmas from Ecuador

Last year, we partnered with Chris and Jenny Hoskins through our denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, to support their missionary work with pastoral care in Ecuador. If you'd like to learn more about the Hoskins, there are a few resources below. We just...

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Ashish Centre Curling Ribbon

Ashish Centre Curling Ribbon

For the last few years, we’ve collected beanie babies and candy canes to send to our global missions partner, the Ashish Centre. This year, their need is a little different. Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon is hard to come by in India, so we are making a large...

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Ecuador Update

Ecuador Update

Last year, Vox Veniae partnered with Chris and Jenny Hoskins through our denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, to support their missionary work with pastoral care in Ecuador. Below, they share an update on their life and work in Ecuador. If you'd like to...

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Hoskins Update

Hoskins Update

Last year, we partnered with Chris and Jenny Hoskins through our denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, to support their missionary work with pastoral care in Ecuador. The Hoskins are very close to their fundraising goal, and sent us this update to share. If...

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Learning from the Ashish Centre

As we continue the Christmas season, Rachel Lee and Carol Lee share about their experience at the Ashish Centre in Dehli, India and reflect on how faith and community can be strengthened in the context of disability and vulnerability. [Psalm 147] Reflection: How do we...

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Dhanyavaad

Dhanyavaad

Rachel and Carol are currently in Delhi visiting the Ashish Center, helping staff there prepare for their annual Christmas program and visiting the Seefeldt family. This is an update written by Rachel & Carol. Geeta prepped us by saying India is full of surprises....

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Lunch with the Hoskins [Dec 6]

Lunch with the Hoskins [Dec 6]

Our new ECC mission partners, Jenny & Chris Hoskins, will be with us at liturgy on December 6, before they journey to Ecuador. They'll tell us a little more about their work teaching pastoral care to ECC leaders, and after liturgy we invite you to join us for lunch at...

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Beanie Baby Drive

Beanie Baby Drive

For the second year, we are collecting candy canes and beanie babies for our partners at Ashish Center in Delhi to help them celebrate Christmas. They give the stuffed animals to students as presents and use the candy canes to tell the Christmas story. Please bring...

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India Update: I Love Delhi

India Update: I Love Delhi

Mick and Gideon are currently in Delhi visiting the Ashish Center, participating in an artist in residency program and visiting the Seefeldt family. This is an update written by Gideon. The theme for the art residency program is "I Love Delhi". Being the NYC of India,...

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