ABQ Connect Steve Reimann

Feed New Mexico Kids Executive Director, Tracy Rodden describes the sick feeling and sadness she experienced as a child when she had to go days without food. She directs our thoughts to school aged children 5-18 years of age who are food insecure, and she challenges our listeners to think about the lives of these students, and how they will grow up if we help them now!  Feed New Mexico Kids is a non-profit organization providing food for children on the weekends. Many school Districts around the country provide breakfast and lunch for students during the school week, but many students have nothing to eat on the weekends!  Tracy explains how easy it is for churches and businesses to “adopt” a neighborhood school and help provide food for children on the weekends. For Donations to the Feed New Mexico Kids “Power of Kindness” campaign, and to find more information about the ministry go to https://feednmkids.org/.

Kathy and Scott Thom are our guests for this episode of ABQ Connect. Four Pastors wives have come together to encourage women in ministry. On Saturday June 8, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, women in ministry are invited to attend the first “In Due Season-An Event for Women in Ministry, and a special day of encouragement. The event will be held at Cross Christian Fellowship located at 6721 Edith Blvd NE. Suite B in Albuquerque. The cost is $40 per person or $70 for two. Registration includes breakfast and lunch! Register at Events | Cross Christian Fellowship (crossfellowship.org). The event is being hosted by Sonia Montoya with Calvary Southwest Calvary Southwest, Kim Baca-David with Sunshine Church in Belen https://sunshinenm.org/, Terry Barela with Bosque Farms Calvary Chapel Light of the World Church | Calvary Church Light of the World | Bosque Farms (calvarylotw.org), and Kathy Thom with Cross Christian Fellowship https://crossfellowship.org.

 

Lifeline Global Ministries was founded because of a desire for restoration. More than a decade ago, they were invited into the Louisiana State Prison – commonly known as Angola. The inmates there were hungry for Biblical truth and were looking for tools to grow in their faith. From that initial visit grew what is now known as Lifeline Global.

Lifeline Global Ministries works to restore and equip incarcerated men and women to become godly parents so that the generational cycle of incarceration can be broken. 

They work to teach and shepherd incarcerated women and men into becoming the godly parents they are meant to be – that they can be through the transforming power of the Gospel. They work with prisons and penitentiaries, churches and communities, volunteer groups and individuals to equip, resource, and transform lives.

Mike Royals joins us to share the vision of the ministry.

Lifeline Global Ministries – Lifeline Global Ministries

New Mexico Donor Services (NMDS) serves two million people in the state of New Mexico. They are an exceptional team of professionals dedicated to saving and improving lives by connecting organ and tissue donations to the patients who need them. They strive to extend the reach of each generous donor’s gift to those who are always profoundly grateful for them.

 

Luis Hernandez joins us to discuss the work of NMDS.

 

Homepage – New Mexico Donor Services (donatelifenm.org)

Since 1979 Joni and Friends has committed to reaching and serving people with disabilities with practical help and the saving love of Jesus.

The Joni and Friends International Disability Center in Agoura Hills, California serves as the administrative hub for ministry programs around the world. With every wheelchair and Bible delivered, every retreat and respite event held, and every church mobilized to integrate and honor people with disabilities, Joni and Friends follows the call of Jesus found in Luke 14:

“Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.… Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full” (Luke 14:21, 23, NIV).

Mary Gray Purdue & Molly Bohannon of Joni and Friends New Mexico joins us.

New Mexico | Joni and Friends

 

John Moore Associates helps clients plan their finances according to biblical principles. They bring a servant’s heart to all they do, with caring, attentive, proactive, and responsive service to their clients and colleagues. They consistently find real solutions to clients’ challenges to optimize stewardship.

Brian Cochran of John Moore Associates joins us for his weekly financial update.

 

Managing wealth using Biblical Principles – John Moore Associates