World Water Day is a day of activism and awareness on March 22nd, focused on the plight of water crises around the globe. Jesus himself constantly used water as analogies to himself, the Spirit, and more, and how difficult to understand that Jesus offers living water, when water often leads to death and distruction.

4:10 Bridge and BigStuf camps have partnered together to sell Water 4 Kenya (H2O4K). They asked individual churches to commit to help raise money for water relieve in their mission villages in Kenya. Here’s a promotional video they played during the camps:

They also sold H2O4K water bottles during the camp sessions which also went towards the fund. For church leaders, I urge you to find more information about the water crisis around the globe and how you can get involved, and church members, talk to your leadership about it, and see what you can do. If you don’t partner with one of the organizations above, maybe seek ways to raise funds, through selling water during services or other creative methods.

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” - John 4.13-14

According to their calculation, $1 provides one year of clean drinking water per African, largely because one well can provide clean water for a whole village for years.  A clean well can greatly help the health of many, including the children.  If you are interested, click here to donate.

Here’s a video of their 2006 “Shoe Drop”:

They are currently planning a “Shoe Drop” in Africa and there’s only about a week left before they leave. Your purchase this week will help put shoes on a child in Africa.

There is currently one style of shoes, available in a wide array colors and striped patterns. The shoes are of simple canvas construction, with a design that was inspired by a traditional Argentine shoe.

To find out more about TOMS, click here.

Apparently, coffee in Rwanda is really, really good. One company is interested in helping to econically and socially reconcile the area by harvesting the coffee in Rwanda and selling it here in America. The Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee offers partnerships with churches, so that churches can be proactive about world change in something as small as offering coffee on Sundays. “This is not charity. Rwandans want to work, not receive a short-term handout. This is both a blessing and a hand up. Additional profits from sales provide widows with micro-loans, they become entrepreneurs, learn to be self-sufficient and tend to that spark that God has put in them.” (from here)