Fight Human Trafficking and Slavery

We are building awareness and engaging Calvary in the battle to end slavery in our time. The DVD At the End of Slavery is now available at  www.attheendofslavery.org to be purchased and shown in homes or small groups.

Justice Group

Like William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the British politician who led the movement to abolish slavery nearly 200 years ago, we are soldiers for Christ who can help in the cause to abolish modern day slavery. History is on our side, but most importantly, God is on our side. Join the Justice Group every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Fireside Room. We're reading Just Courage, God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian, by Gary Haugen.

Coffee Sales

Through Feb 21, Calvary’s Justice Group will sell Veronica’s Cup Coffee in order to raise money for Veronica’s House (VH), a safe house for children rescued from the streets of Lima, Peru. VH was started a year ago by a woman named Lucy who invited street children to safely sleep in her office building at night to protect them from the vulnerability of trafficking and even death; six hundred children came! Lucy began VH and with the help of Not For Sale, a campaign that equips and mobilizes people to re-abolish global slavery, are working to raise $100,000 to build a safe house in Lima for these children. Four dollars from each $12 bag of Veronica’s Cup Coffee sold, will be donated to VH towards their new aftercare facility.

5 Reasons to Buy Veronica’s Cup Coffee:

1. Help build a safe home for Veronica’s House
2. Help the Not For Sale Campaign and their fight for freedom
3. Help the coffee farmers in Peru
4. Get the sweet satisfaction of knowing we are doing something that not only benefits ending slavery, but it directly helps children by giving them a Christ-centered home
5. Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee (delicious, fair trade, carbon neutral coffee that is a sweet, medium Peruvian blend!)

Stop by the table in the Lobby before or after 2nd service. For more information visit http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/international-projects/peru/ or email Patty Brown – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

10 Things you can do to fight human trafficking and Slavery

1. Pray: pray for the children, women, and men trapped in slavery of all kinds. Pray that help and justice will come quickly.
2. Buy Fair Trade/Slave Free products.
3. Host a screening of At the End of Slavery in your home. For details, see www.attheendofslavery.org.
4. Join the Justice Group that meets here on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
5. Sign the abolition pledge to Senators Klobuchar and Franken (Located in the Fellowship Hall).
6. Sign up for the Just 50 Campaign, IJM's monthly support team (Located in the Fellowship Hall).
7. Learn more about modern slavery; go to www.ijm.org or www.notforsalecampaign.org.
8. Begin the practice of being a responsible consumer; go to  www.chainstorereaction.com and find out what your favorite brand is doing about the issue.
9. Join the Underground at: http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/news/category/theunderground/.
10. Just do something! See 1 through 9.