A Tremendous Opportunity.....And We Need YOUR Help!!!

The Dirty Roots Revolution is pleased to welcome the high school youth group from the United Methodist Church in Columbia City, Indiana.

The group, consisting of about 20 students, six church volunteers, and 4 DRR volunteers, will spend a week carrying out a variety of service projects and learning about a variety of causes/issues.
We are being joined in this endeavor by Project Restore, Lots of Drops, and International Crisis Aid – three non-profit organizations doing work that we believe in and support every chance we get. Please see the bottom of this note for more info on each of them…

This is a tremendous opportunity for everyone involved. For the students, they’ll learn a lot and have the opportunity to make a difference with and for these groups in a tangible way. For the groups, they’ll have a new audience to share their mission with and they’ll benefit from some free labor for the week.
For the Dirty Roots Revolution it is a chance to share our message with a new audience. It is also a great way to test what may be a big part of our ministry as we move into the future.

A couple of physical needs have presented themselves as part of this endeavor. Would you please consider helping us with them?

1) One of the days we will stage a “water walk” for the kids. Access to clean water is one of the most pressing issues in our world today. 1 out of every 6 people on this earth lack access to clean drinking water. Thousands of them die each day from preventable diseases they caught from their water. A large percentage of the global population, are forced to walk a few miles to access water (not necessarily even clean water) and bring it back to their home. So…one day, everyone in our group will walk a mile with two empty gallon-sized milk jugs. We’ll reach the Mississippi River after the mile walk, fill the jugs with water, and walk back to our “home base”, each carrying two gallons of water. The event is carried out mostly silently, so participants can reflect on what the event represents
OUR NEED: We need MANY, MANY gallon-sized milk jugs (empty and clean, please).

2) We are FINALLY ready to renovate the garage at the home of DRR Director Ryan Mifflin. This garage space is already being used for DRR storage, but the renovation will allow us to have a more organized and useful space. We’ll keep all of the supplies for our weekly Homeless Outreach there, as well as all of our office supplies. We have a very generous supporter of the DRR who has donated time and materials to design and build shelving in the garage. The youth group will join us in Greenville for one day of their trip to help us with the renovation.
OUR NEED: We need several Rubbermaid-style storage totes to adequately organize our Homeless Outreach supplies.

If you can help with either of these needs, please bring your contributions to 615 East Oak St. by Sunday evening, July 4th.

We would GREATLY appreciate your prayers in association with this event. Please pray for a good week for everyone involved…Please pray for safety for everyone involved (including safe travels for the group from Indiana)…Please pray for the various ministries involved in the event – that they would be blessed by their involvement…Please pray for all of the participants – that their lives would be impacted as God wants…And please pray for what this event may mean for the DRR (again, endeavors like this could be an area we focus on as part of our future).

WE’D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR NEXT “REVOLUTION THROUGH COMMUNITY “ EVENT ON THUSDAY, JULY 8TH AT 7 P.M. IN THE GREENVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH FAMILY LIFE CENTER. THAT EVENT WILL SERVE AS THE CONCLUSION TO OUR WEEK-LONG MISSION EVENT. WE’LL SHARE STORIES FROM THE WEEK AND MUCH MORE…..WE’LL HAVE MORE INFO COMING SOON.

INFO ON THE MINISTRIES HELPING US WITH THIS EVENT:

LOTS OF DROPS (www.LotsOfDrops.org)
Catherine Weyers is a Dirty Roots Revolution volunteer from the original days of the group. During her senior year at Greenville College, she compiled this website as the culmination of her departmental honors research on the Church’s response to the international water crisis. She became interested in this topic when she heard the statistic that every 10-15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness. As a soon-to-be medical student, she began to see the treatment and prevention of water-related diseases to be one of the most primitive and wide-scale opportunities in the medical field. Through time in the Scriptures, particularly in Matthew 25, the prophets, and throughout the gospels, she began to be challenged by God’s imperative that His people take care of those less fortunate than themselves. She hopes that by visiting this site, you are challenged by the staggering statistics and stories, and that you take the opportunity to be involved in the life-changing opportunity to provide life-giving water.

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID (www.CrisisAid.org)
International Crisis Aid's mission is to assist in sustaining life, bring encouragement to those suffering and collaborate with other relief organizations in bringing necessary foods, materials and medicines to people in times of crisis, particularly where life and death situations exist. Additionally, we attempt to bring public awareness to these situations and to solicit citizen involvement whenever and wherever possible. All assistance and resources are traditionally secured in the country of need when possible, so as to develop relations with the local business people and foster a true spirit of cooperation. Demonstrating God's love and care for people is our highest and most cherished goal. To accomplish this vision we will continue to target our efforts in "no-go zones" where other organizations cannot or will not go. Frequently this means taking on escalated risks. We feel that these risks are a small price to pay in a game where the stakes are so high: literally, life and death.

PROJECT RESTORE (www.project-restore.org)
Project Restore helps relieve the suffering and oppression that overwhelms underprivileged individuals and communities. By focusing on four key issues, we promote self-sustainable, prosperous communities here and around the world. Our four areas of focus are Clean Water, Education, Hunger, and Healthcare.

PRAY FOR THE DRR

A wise man told us not too long ago that if you‟re doing any kind of missions work, you need to have someone praying for you every sin-gle day. So that’s our goal.

As the DRR has grown and as we strive to fulfill our mission, we have come up against more and more obstacles, struggles, and even what we could fairly call persecution. The Bible tells us that when we do God‟s work, we will come under attack. And while this is tough, we consider it a sign that we‟re on the right track. A blessing, even. Still, we need to continually be in prayer that God would pour His Spirit out on this ministry. Most of all, we want to make sure we never take the reins on this endeavor. We work daily to make sure they stay in HIS hands.

We’re asking all willing revolutionaries to pick a specific day to pray for the DRR. It can be one day per week, one per month, multiple days, or every single day. If you're willing, please visit our Facebook page and add a comment too our "PRAY FOR THE DRR" note on the page. Please post the day(s) you select in the comment section below. Again, feel free to post a single day of the week or a specific date of the month.

If you are not on Facebook, you can send us an email with the day/date of your choice and we'll add it. If you prefer to remain anonymous, but want to make a commitment, please email it to us and we'll add "Anonymous" with your date on the Facebook note.


Our Facebook note is located at:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=433790751022&id=94601137886

Our email address is: info@dirtyrootsrevolution.com

By posting this commitment publicly, we believe you will be sending an inspirational visual image for people who see this note and see the names and prayer commitments. We know it will be an inspiration to us. Above all, we know God will be glorified by it.

WHAT TO PRAY FOR:

Please pray for the leadership of the DRR. Our leadership consists of our director, Ryan Mifflin, and board members Chris Harnetiaux, Amber Mifflin, and Miranda Caulkins. Please lift them up by name.

Please pray for those we serve. This population mostly consists of homeless individuals in the St. Louis area, but also involves residents in the local nursing homes that we visit with through our Generations Project. Additionally, we serve people right here at home; by providing them with the knowledge that one person CAN make a difference in our world.

Pray that lives would be impacted and hearts would be changed as God sees fit.

Most of all, pray that He pour his Spirit out on this ministry and that His will be done.

OUR LIST OF PRAYER REQUESTS CHANGES ALL THE TIME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN PRAY FOR, PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@DIRTYROOTSREVOLUTION.COM AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO FILL YOU IN!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT!

JOIN US FOR A PRAYER VIGIL TO LIFT UP OIL SPILL CRISIS

REVOLUTIONARIES: This event has come together very quickly. Once the idea came up, all of the pieces fell into place and we felt it was important to move ahead with this. Given the short time frame, we need YOUR help in spreading the word. Please share this information with your churches, your family, your friends, and anyone else you'd want to invite. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PRINTABLE PDF FILE OF THE FLYER SHOWN BELOW, CONTACT ME AT INFO@DIRTYROOTSREVOLUTION.COM OR 618.267.5436.

Thank you,
Ryan Mifflin, Director


The Dirty Roots Revolution has announced a prayer vigil, held to offer prayers for the ongoing oil spill crisis in the Gulf Coast. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday evening, June 10th on the south lawn of the Bond County Courthouse.

Dirty Roots Revolution Director Ryan Mifflin explained, “This gathering is being held to lift up this devastating situation in prayer. We will pray for the affected environment and wildlife, for the workers who have become ill, those who have lost their livelihood, and for those involved in the cleanup.”

“This gathering will not be political in any way,” said Mifflin. “We won’t be laying blame, complaining about the situation, or discussing how anyone feels it should be handled. We believe it’s gone past the point of blame and arguing and we want to collectively be in prayer; that something would be done and whatever is done would be swift and effective. The impact from this disaster is huge.”

The prayer vigil is a non-denominational gathering and everyone is invited to attend.

“We promise to have the event concluded by 6:30, so folks have plenty of time to get a spot at the Municipal Band concert at the library at 7 p.m.,” said Mifflin.

For more information on the Dirty Roots Revolution’s oil spill prayer vigil contact Ryan Mifflin at info@dirtyrootsrevolution.com or 618.267.5436.

The Dirty Roots Revolution is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with the knowledge that one person CAN make a difference. The group conducts a weekly homeless outreach trip to St. Louis, a nursing home partnership project in Greenville, and many other events. To find out more, visit the Dirty Roots Revolution online at www.DirtyRootsRevolution.com or visit their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/DirtyRootsRevolution.