LAUMC's new Changemaker Church Project is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, which aims to help Christian congregations nationwide strengthen their faith, build …
Changemaker Initiative Celebration Report
On January 26, 200 people gathered in Creekside to celebrate the first anniversary of The Changemaker Initiative. Changemaker Fellows shared their stories, their projects, and how their faith has been …
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Changemaker Celebration Dinner, Jan. 26
Once upon a time, a church in Los Altos risked something big for something good. It said “yes” to a partnership with a secular entrepreneurship organization to try something new, something unknown. It …
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The Village: Communicating with Teenagers, Oct. 14
Parents of middle and high schoolers are invited on Sunday, October 14, 7:00–8:30pm in the Resource Center to an engaging workshop with Susie Buchholz, PhD. She will lead an interactive session on …
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Changemaking Made Simple, Oct. 7–28
In this month’s sermon series, we are taking a comprehensive look at what it means to be compassion-driven changemakers and what it will mean for us to be a changemaker church. The pastors will …
Changemaker Initiative Update
Our Changemaker Fellows are pleased to share an update on The Changemaker Initiative. Our Ashoka partners, Anne Evans and Vipin Thekk, recently held another workshop with the Changemaker Fellows to …
Recap: Your Kids Can Thrive!
The Changemaker Initiative recently hosted our Ashoka partners for a public workshop to empower young people to thrive. More than 80 people—from LAUMC as well as schools and the larger …
Our Kids Can Thrive As Changemakers, Aug. 24
How can we help the young people we care about find their power? Their hope? Their possibility? The Changemaker Initiative invites you to a special evening workshop with our Ashoka partners on Friday, …
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Concert for Changemakers, April 28
“Why don’t we get the band back together?” LAUMC member and bass player Bill Hare asked late last year. He was referring to the band composed primarily of LAUMC members that did a series of informal …