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For the
3rd year RVCC NYI participated in World Vision's 30
Hour Famine on February 27th and 28thto raise money to feed
hungry people around the globe.
It's not
too late to help! We will be collecting money until March
15 to feed the hungry around the world.
If you
would like to sponsor a teen in the famine, email.
Thanks
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| What is the 30 Hour Famine?
The 30
Hour Famine is a World Vision program that allows young people
to make a significant impact on the problem of world hunger. By
pledging to go without food for 30 hours, participants not only
raise money to help alleviate this type of suffering, but also
gain an understanding of how it feels to experience hunger. It
is our hope that this experience, combined with a greater
awareness of the suffering taking place in many parts of the
world, will inspire young people to compassion and a greater
desire to make a difference in the lives of others.
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What
happened?
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The
theme of the Famine was Survivor. The teens were
divided into two tribes. The tribes were required to
choose a name for their tribe, elect a chieftain, design
and produce a flag, |
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write and perform an anthem. They were also asked to
produce a talent presentation. |
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various times during the event competitions resulted in
points being awarded to the teams. These
competitions were designed to show everyone how blessed we
are and |
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choices and situations others have to make to survive
everyday. |
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At
regular intervals throughout the event, the teens
participated in Bible studies and a concert of
intercessory prayer for requests made by RVCC's
congregation. |
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before midnight on Friday, we had a memorial service for
the 29,000 people that died that day from hunger and
hunger related illness. Following that we had a
29,000 second fast of words - nothing spoken for 8 hours
and 4 minutes. |
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night the participants slept in cardboard boxes in RVCC's
unheated gym (each tribe constructed their own village
with their boxes). Since the temperature went down
to 20° F,
it was pretty cold! |
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Saturday
morning, we collected food for a food drive. The
previous Wednesday, we had canvassed the neighborhood with
flyers inviting residents to participate in the food drive
by leaving food donations on their porches for |
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to pick up. Following
the food pick-up, the teens painted the rooms and hallway
on the second floor of the gym. |
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Early
Saturday evening, some of the parents joined us and we
went to see The Passion of the Christ. If you
haven't seen the film, no words expressed here will
capture the experience for you. We
then returned to the gym to "debrief" the
weekend and to discuss lessons learned and insights
gained. |
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we broke our fast. However, there were a few rules
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First,
we couldn't feed ourselves the first bite - we had to
serve someone else. Second, our first bite had to be
unimix. Unimix is the food that is given to
mal-nourished people. Most of |
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decided we didn't much care for unimix. |
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30 Hour Famine was an opportunity to help hungry people
around the world, but it was also a time to learn about
ourselves and others. It was a time to better
understand God's love and our call to emulate Jesus in
loving and serving others. |
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2002
Famine
2003
Famine
See the original 2004 page here
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