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One Dollar

posted by Scot McKnight | 12:20am Wednesday December 3, 2008

JoshGuth2.jpgJoshua Guthrie, son of a friend of mine (George Guthrie), is a young man with a heart to help the poor find water. I’d encourage you to go to his site and donate a dollar. He is calling his vision “dollar for a drink” and is part of building water wells in Sudan. We’d love to see a good response from the Jesus Creed blog community … Joshua’s goal is $8000 by Christmas and he’s over half way.

It’s this simple: give up one drink; give one dollar; build one well.



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Glenn

posted December 3, 2008 at 9:15 am


Scott, Thankyou for pointing me to this. Joshua, what a great project. Count me in!



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Henriet Schapelhouman

posted December 3, 2008 at 1:33 pm


Hi Scot. Thanks for posting this idea. I’ll include Joshua’s project on my blog this week. It’s ideas like this and people’s participation that’s going to make a difference. If I just drink my tap water and donate the money I would have spent on bottled water – I could really help those who have no water. It’s so simple. Thanks again.



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George Guthrie

posted December 3, 2008 at 3:17 pm


Scot, thanks very much for showcasing Joshua’s project. Of course, I am very proud of him, thankful for his heart for God, and thankful that he has a heart for the disadvantaged. It seems an increasing number of teens are passionate about making a difference in the world, and we need to give them strong encouragement. Your post works to that end. Thanks much.



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Kenton

posted December 3, 2008 at 4:30 pm


And if you’re on facebook, join the facebook group too. Get your facebook friends to send in a dollar.



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Your Name

posted December 4, 2008 at 9:09 pm


How wonderful! What a true disciple of Jesus (Matt 25:35).



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PAMELA

posted December 9, 2008 at 11:47 am


this is time of given and even if it was not i still love giving for the Father gave His best to us and lest thing we can do is give a hand to others God keep you and this great project be bless, Pam



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Shannon

posted December 10, 2008 at 5:45 am


This is a wonderful idea! It takes many of these to make teh world a better place! Keep up the great ideas!



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