Weekend volunteers target Oak Cliff school, garden The Dallas Morning News Oak Cliff blog 11-16-2009
Here's an uplifting story about volunteers at Barbara Jordan Elementary School in Oak Cliff school and across the city on Saturday. All part of Justice Revival Dallas, a gathering last week that focused on homelessness, education and the common good.
Speaking of good work, Barbara Barbee, president of Friends of Oak Cliff Parks, tells us that about 65 volunteers cleaned up planting beds Saturday morning at Kiest Park. »read more
Volunteers put Justice Revival spirit to work in projects across Dallas The Dallas Morning News 11-15-2009
Classes were out Saturday, but Barbara Jordan Elementary School was humming with activity.
About 50 parents, students, neighborhood leaders and church volunteers spent the chilly autumn morning laying sod, planting bushes and preparing a community garden. The effort Saturday was one of 10 projects across Dallas that wrapped up Justice Revival. »read more
Churches unite to make a difference in Dallas WFAA Dallas ABC 11-13-2009
The question "What would Jesus do?" is more than a slogan on a wrist band. Now, hundreds of Dallas-area churches have an answer.
From neighborhoods all over the city, they are coming together to solve problems in needy schools and neighborhoods.
The Pinkston High School band is in the midst of a revival, and so is the school itself. But the deteriorating paint in the band room shows it could use some help.
That help is about to arrive, from churches as diverse as Sheron Patterson's Methodist congregation in Oak Cliff, and Ron Scates' Highland Park Presbyterian. »read more
Justice Revival calls churches to unify and serve The Baptist Standard 11-12-2009
Dallas-area churches are taking notice of the 5,800 homeless people and the 89 percent of Dallas high school seniors who are not college- or career-ready when they graduate. And they are setting aside differences to follow God’s command to help the least of these.
The Justice Revival is a faith-based event attempting to unite Christians across denominational lines, mobilizing churches to improve public schools and end chronic homelessness by creating permanent supportive housing. »read more
A Call for a Justice Revival from Dallas Market Hall Keeps the Faith Despite Low Turnout Dallas Observer blog 11-11-2009
It's not an uncommon scene: A Christian pop band plugs in and coos about Jesus's love to the faithful flock, which sways with arms raised to the heavens. Last night, that scene replayed itself in Dallas as Sojourners, the Washington D.C.-based social ministry, kicked off its Justice Revival event. The three-day gathering is the baby of Rev. Jim Wallis, a New York Times bestselling author, who started Sojourners and who, after publishing The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America last year, Wallis started the Justice Revival "movement." »read more
