We are launching a nationwide homeless benefit ride titled “ Coast 2 Coast: A Mile In Their Shoes” from the Jacksonville Beach Pier, Jacksonville, Florida to the Santa Monica Pier, outside of Los Angeles, California. A journey of approximately 2,800 miles. Did I mention that I am doing this on a bicycle? The purpose of this benefit ride is:
- To raise awareness of the plight of our homeless, addicted, and hopeless brothers and sisters that many in society perceive as invisible and forgotten.
- To promote the documented effectiveness of the Christian Recovery effort to fight addictions, the leading cause of chronic homelessness.
- Remind the Body of Christ to get back to the basics of agentle, compassionate, and a caring attitude. This is the essence of living a “Saved Life”. Are you living it?
This awareness will be brought to many major cities, villages, and towns by public speaking and social media during the course of this trip, beginning on March 20th 2010. We are here to offer light to the lost, encouragement for the weary, and hope for the hurting. We are Saved Life, a registered non-profit organization.
My purpose for this journey is simple:
- I want to challenge people to summon the courage to “live out loud” their faith in God by showing true Christian compassion and gentleness for the less fortunate of society. This is at the heart of living a “Saved Life”!
- Encourage people to ask themselves, “Am I doing enough?”
- I want to better understand the life of the homeless in America, and to see, firsthand, how their needs are being met, directly and indirectly.
- To encourage Christians to “Live Out Loud” in whatever way that God is asking them too! Encourage them to let faith overcome their fears!
- To learn personally what it means to depend on Christ and experience pure contentment and confidence in Him to guide me on this journey of awakening.
- To raise money to support the fight against homelessness and promote Christian Recovery efforts worldwide. We would like to do this by implementing our Saved Life Organizational Plan on a Plantation in Georgia. Please check out our Vision for the Future links for a complete summary of the property.
Our mission as related to our stance on the Christian Recovery is as follows:
- To remind all in the recovery arena of the role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible have long played in the deliverance and healing of alcoholics, addicts, and those with other life-controlling problems and behaviors. Strong examples can be found in the evangelist-revivals, rescue missions, Salvation Army, YMCA, Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society, and many years later in the original Akron A.A. Christian Fellowship.
- God, His Son Jesus Christ and the Bible can play the same vital recovery role today among those who need, want, and are willing to receive God’s help.
- Christian leaders and those in the recovery arena (which includes the homeless, imprisoned, at-risk, veterans, active duty military, hospitalized, in treatment or rehabs, in therapy, and in churches, recovery fellowships, 12 Step fellowships, and Christian Recovery groups) need to be trained in their specific circles to learn, listen, publish, disseminate, host, support, and encourage men and women to rise up and move out in love and service just as the early Christians did as reported in the Book of Acts.
- We are raising funds to develop a comprehensive program to “plant” potential “Cities of Refuges” across our great country and possibly abroad.
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