Faith-Fully Podcast Hope Canon

Welcome Back to the Faith-Fully Podcast!   

On todays episode I had a conversation with my friend Jen Lewis who is the Founder + Executive Director of Purse & Clutch.  Jen shares her story of humble beginnings and the story behind her fashion brand Purse & Clutch.   

In Jen's Own Words........... 

As I spent more & more time in different cultures, I began to see the difference between a handout & long term development - and the important role that steady employment plays in ending generational poverty. 

After grad school, a friend of mine moved to India to help with an artisan group making handbags among other things. That’s when it really clicked for me – taking a traditional, indigenous art form, a skillset the men & women already had & connecting them with a market here in the States to provide long-term, sustainable employment. 

I sent them a $500 check in exchange for a shipment of block printed handbags. This became Purse & Clutch the boutique in 2011, which transformed into Purse & Clutch the brand in 2016 where we now directly employ artisans Mexico & Ethiopia to make our own designs. 

Connect with Purse & Clutch: 

Website: https://www.purseandclutch.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purseandclutch/ 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/purseandclutch

Shop Purse & Clutch and for all US orders use the discount code: "FAITHFULLY" to receive FREE SHIPPING!  Offer ends October 31, 2020.

Hi Friends,

On this episode of the Faith-Fully Podcast I had a conversation with Kirk Craig who is the Executive Director of Agape Development.  Kirk has been married to his wife Amanda for 18 years and they have 4 children.  Kirk shares the story of how he and Amanda served in Bolivia together and then came back home and in 2005 began their ministry Agape Development.  

Before Kirk and Amanda served in Bolivia, Amanda had served a summer in 1998 in Houston’s Greater Third Ward in between semesters of college.  After Kirk and Amanda came home God graciously provided partnership with David and Melissa Hill who had been faithfully serving as urban missionaries long before the Craig’s arrived. David and Melissa, along with their children, lived in the community and modeled the type of ministry Amanda had seen the summer that she served. With the capable guidance of a local board of directors, and the loving partnership of these families, God began to grow the Agape Community in the OST/South Union neighborhood.  Here is their story.

Walking In Faith,
Hope Canon

Connect with Kirk & Agape Development:

Email: kirk@agapedevelopment.org

LinkedIn: agape-development

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeDevelopment

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapedevelopment/

Website: agapedevelopment.org

On this episode I talked to my friends Jarrod and Sarah Portie and their neighbor John Aiken. JJ myself and our friend Jenni and her daughter Emma headed out to Lake Charles, La to help them out with the recovery of Category 4 Hurricane Laura. This is their stories that share what they went through and the needs that this community has to help recover, repair and rebuild their homes and lives. 

How You Can Help: 
https://gf.me/u/yu6z3y

Connect: 
Trinity Baptist Church (John Aiken)
https://tbclc.org

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Today my conversation is with Julie Beasley who is an advertisement writer.   We talk about her book H is for Harvey and her new book titled My Name Is A Hurricane? 

“My Name Is A Hurricane?” 

Tag along on a boy’s journey to find out if his mischievous ways are to blame for sharing his name with a hurricane. Can he change his name? Does he really want to? With fun rhymes and a touching message, this book reminds us that good things can come out of a bad situation like a hurricane—even when your name is the same. 

Available NOW where books are sold! 

Published by TCU Press part of the Texas A&M Texas Book Consortium 

Connect with Julie: 

Email: julieadgirl@gmail.com  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-b-07395b6/  

Facebook: www.facebook.com/julie.graybeasley and @hisforharvey page  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliegraybeasley/  

Twitter: @jlbeez 

Website: Juliebeasley.com (professional advertising copywriter and author website)  Hisforharvey.com (website for charity book about Hurricane Harvey) 

Hashtags: #hisforharvey #childrensbook #author #mynameisahurricane #hurricaneseason #hurricanes #Houstonstrong 

Welcome Back Friends!  I hope you are having a blessed week.  Today my guest is Keri Henry.  She is Houston born and raised. Left Houston for College at Texas A&M College Station, then to study Spanish abroad in Spain and South America. Moved back to Houston and has been here ever since.  Keri has worked in the corporate world, as a 2nd and 4th grade teacher, she attempted a food business, then worked as a freelance food stylist, and now works in the wine business and is doing public speaking and fundraising "on the side".

Keri Henry is someone who gets of the sofa and makes things happen.  When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, TX in 2017, Kerri lead a dispatch team and organized getting rescue boats to people in need throughout the city.  Her tenacity didn't stop there as one of Cajun Navy guys connected Keri to a warehouse in Houston that was a brewery and she worked on the relief side and helped organize a make shift distribution center .  After her relief efforts in her hometown she went on to help organize disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico and also in the California wildfires that same year.  Now with Covid 19 she made a choice to act again and has helped with donating, receiving donations and delivering care packages for medical workers throughout our great city of Houston, TX.  You are going to be inspired by Keri's story to take a leap of faith and make things happen!

Connect with Keri:

Email: kerifhenry@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Keri Henry
Instagram: @keri_henry
Website: www.kerihenry.com
#wineandbiteswithkeri

Who Is Keri Listening To?

Brene Brown - Dare to Lead
Allie Reeves
The Influencer Podcast
Mel Robbins
Atomic Habits

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Today my guests are Darin Griffiths and Jeny Cortez of STCH Ministries. Darin Griffiths been in ministry (Licensed, Ordained Bapt Minister) since 1986. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor/ Marriage & Family Therapist since 2005. Currently Darin is the Vice President of Family Counseling, oversee #28 of counselors in #15 different offices throughout So. TX.  Married for 28 years, he has 2 adult children living outside the home. Jeny Cortez is the Director of Development – primarily in the Houston and surrounding areas; their Development and Communications team consist of 8 people, throughout South Texas. She has been married for 21 years and has 2 boys (20 yr & 17 yrs).  You are going to enjoy this episode of the "Quarantine Talks" series as Jeny shares the story of STCH and Darin shares 5 tips and tools that we can take with us during this time in quarantine.  There is so much more as we dive into the conversation. 

Connect with STCH:  

Guest Name: Darin Griffiths MA-LPC-S; LMFT  

Email: dgriffiths@stchm.org  

Guest Name:  JENY CORTEZ  

Email:  jcortez@stchm.org  

LinkedIn:     www.linkedin.com/company/south-texas-childrens-home/  

Facebook  facebook.com/stchm ; STCH Ministries Family Counseling   

Instagram:  instagram.com/stch_ministries/  

VIMEO:  vimeo.com/stchm  

Twitter:    twitter.com/STCH_Ministries  

Website:  www.stchm.org 



Who Are You Listening To? 

Darin: Mercy Me 

Jeny: Need to Breathe, Hillsong & 80's Music 



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