Trade As One

We’ve had not one, not two, but count ‘em, three events here at Trade as One these past couple weeks.

First, on August 30th, yours truly hopped on a plane out to Heartland Community Church to spend some time with the good people at PM, their “twentysomethings” ministry. It was a great night. Casey Bankord and I spent the evening talking about fair trade and about our role as consumers, and I got the chance to meet some really committed and earnest people. I’m really excited to see what comes out of PM, I met some great people who are excited to bring this idea to their communities, both inside and outside of the church. So all that to say we’re big fans of Heartland and of PM.

Secondly, we got to be a part of HOPElives at Mountain View Community Christian Church outside of Denver this last weekend. They spent a weekend highlighting some organizations they believe in, and some causes that they’ve gotten behind, and encouraged their congregation to get involved. Our partner on the MVCCC end was Brendan Yost, who led their team of volunteers. Orders are still coming in every day from Mountain View, and I hope we get many more chances to work with them.. Plus, any excuse to head out to Colorado is a good one, right?

And finally, we had one event right here in our own backyard. Centerpointe Presbyterian Church hosted us this last weekend, and we piloted our JustOne idea, which you’ll be hearing much more about these next few months. We had some great conversations, got some great feedback, and (i hope) shared an idea that will be in loads of churches this fall.

Next up: our good friends at Riverbend. We love them, and we can’t wait to get back to Austin.