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Thanksgiving Boxes 2015

by Thomas Frank | Dec 14, 2015 | 0 comments

Thank you to all the volunteers, donors and Safeway for making this Thanksgiving food box drive one of the most successful ever! We couldn’t have done it without all of your generosity and support. Here are some pictures of both the collection and distribution...

2013 Thanksgiving Box Distribution

by Thomas Frank | Nov 26, 2013 | 0 comments

This year marked another successful year for the West Linn Conference of St. Vincent de Paul. Over 300 deserving families received a Thanksgiving box! Our conference is the only one within the metro area that continues to meet the needs of our community during the...

Struggles in Suburbia

by Thomas Frank | Jun 28, 2012 | 1 comment

Working with St. Vincent de Paul, I meet families all over West Linn. These are families that one might not expect need a helping hand with food or utility assistance. Unfortunately, the economic recovery continues to lag behind and our neighbors continue the need...

St. Vincent de Paul Fundraiser

by Thomas Frank | Apr 26, 2012 | 0 comments

On Sunday, April 22, I participated in a fundraiser for our local conference of St. Vincent de Paul. Our local conference services the West Linn / Tualatin area. We give emergency food boxes to families, rent and utility assistance. Our primary funding sources are...

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Day 27 – The Birth of Moses
Exodus 1 1 These are the names of the Israelites who went with Jacob to Egypt, each of them went with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 In all, the descendants of Jacob numbered seventy persons. Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 Then Joseph died, and his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they became so […]
Day 26 – God Responds to Job
Genesis 49 1 Jacob called his sons and said, ‘Gather round, so that I can tell you what is in store for you in the final days. 2 Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father. 3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my vigour, and the first-fruit of my manhood, foremost in pride, foremost […]
Day 25 – Job’s Questioning
Genesis 47 1 So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, ‘My father and brothers have arrived from Canaan with their flocks and cattle and all their possessions. Here they are, in the region of Goshen.’ 2 He had taken five of his brothers, and he now presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh asked his brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’ and they […]
Day 24 – Tears of Joy
Genesis 45 1 Then Joseph could not control his feelings in front of all his retainers, and he exclaimed, ‘Let everyone leave me.’ No one therefore was present with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers, 2 but he wept so loudly that all the Egyptians heard, and the news reached Pharaoh’s palace. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I […]
Day 23 – Judah Changes
Genesis 43 1 But the famine in the country grew worse, 2 and when they had finished eating the supplies which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, ‘Go back and get us a little food.’ 3 ‘But’, Judah replied, ‘the man expressly warned us, “You will not be admitted to my presence unless your brother is with you.” 4 If you […]

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Thanksgiving Boxes 2015

2013 Thanksgiving Box Distribution

Struggles in Suburbia

St. Vincent de Paul Fundraiser

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