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b.<br />

Seeds Coffee Company. Est. 2012.<br />

Utilizing coffee culture to cultivating community.<br />

From our direct sourcing to our customer relationships<br />

we refuse to compromise standards for profit.<br />

The Hub. Est. 2016.<br />

A collabrative co-working space.<br />

Created to inspire community & relationship within<br />

a culture of business & development.<br />

c.<br />

d.<br />

e.<br />

Tabitha’s Hands. Est. in 2014.<br />

A professional cleaning company, existing as an avenue<br />

to walk in greater intentionality with the women of our<br />

communities, while providing money for their families.<br />

A4One. Est. in 2015.<br />

Using coaching & athletics to reach marginalized<br />

communities of youth within Birmingham, AL & the<br />

country of Brazil.<br />

Sachai Tea Company. Est. in 2014.<br />

Leveraging tea as an avenue to bridge the gap of<br />

cultures & investing intentionally in the lives &<br />

communities of India.<br />

f.<br />

Purpose Place Thrift Market. Est. in 2016.<br />

Creating jobs & working opportunities of value &<br />

equality for people diagnosed with special needs.<br />

g.<br />

Taproot Landscaping. Est. in 2013.<br />

Using landscaping as a means to instill dignity within<br />

the lives of those soceity has deemed unworthy.<br />

h.<br />

The Donut Company. Est. 2014<br />

Working directly out of Leticia, Colombia.<br />

Using business to create refuge for the lost.


MINISTRY OF RECONCILATION<br />

This is a place where children grow up seeing their fathers murdered;<br />

their mothers strung out on drugs; their siblings thrown in jail…<br />

A place where friends sell drugs to eat;<br />

where sex is simply seen as a vacation from circumstance;<br />

where drugs & violence nullify any glimmer of hope that may still remain.<br />

Damned to this seemingly inescapable bondage,<br />

God has brought us here so that maybe even<br />

one would come to know His FREEDOM.<br />

OUR LIVES TODAY<br />

Summer Camp (Reclaim)<br />

Reclaim is a summer camp that we do at the local community center. This camp<br />

is dependent upon outside funding and has been extremely instrumental in us<br />

building lasting relationships with families as well as having avenues to teach the<br />

good news of Jesus and His kingdom to these amazing kids.<br />

Sunday’s at Memorial<br />

4 years ago we began going to Memorial Park in Titusville on Sunday afternoons<br />

to play sports with the kids in the neighborhood. Now, each week after we play,<br />

we invite everyone we can to one of our intentional homes in the neighborhood<br />

to cookout and have a big meal together.<br />

Our Homes<br />

15 of us have moved into 3 houses that we feel are strategically placed for the<br />

needs of the neighborhood around us. We literally embrace & feed & clothe the<br />

poor & we pour ourselves out that they might just find the Hope.<br />

FUTURE PROJECT<br />

Leonard’s Pizzaria<br />

Leonard’s Pizzaria will be a refuge. It’s a place where kids can come after school<br />

to play in the arcade, bowl with friends or have a meal as a family. A place where<br />

they’ll be surrounded with people committed to investing in their souls & fighting<br />

for them to see & know the hope of Jesus. We feel few other works compare in<br />

their importance to the existence of this space!<br />

The estimated need: $250K<br />

TITUSVILLE<br />

‘AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU DID IT TO ME.’


Knoxville, TN<br />

A group of men & women commited to the<br />

legal guardianship of 4 younger girls from<br />

the inner-city ghetto of Knoxville. Letting<br />

their lives & devotion be that which<br />

teaches others of the heart of God.<br />

Loas<br />

Mookie (american) & Ahn (a Loa man) live<br />

a life devoted to instilling value & dignity<br />

in the men, women & youth of this broken<br />

culture. They share & worship Christ,<br />

though it is illegal & they work to grow high<br />

quaility coffee so that they can bring greater<br />

value to their village & country.<br />

Amazonas<br />

A multifacited network exists here;<br />

much like in Birmingham. Everything from<br />

a home for kids that live on the streets, to a<br />

school for the indigenous of the Amazon<br />

Jungle, to a donut shop in the city of Leticia.<br />

Indonesia<br />

A group from our Birmingham community<br />

intends to move into the coffee region of<br />

Sumatra & commit themselves to working<br />

with the farmers, living in the community &<br />

sharing the hope that is in Christ. We are<br />

currently taking multiple extended<br />

trips a year to work there.<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

We have responded to the needs we see.<br />

We have devoted ourselves to one another<br />

& to the poorest communities within our city.<br />

Unity & Christ are our food & we build tirelessly<br />

because in this we find our rest.


PROJECT & SUPPORT NEEDS<br />

Knoxville, TN<br />

Daily needs for both foster care<br />

homes.<br />

The estimated need: $5K<br />

Loas<br />

Purchasing a coffee processing &<br />

storage space where they can<br />

clean & ship their coffee.<br />

The estimated need: $5K<br />

Amazonas<br />

Add an additional room on to<br />

Hosa’s house (One of the ladies<br />

who runs the orphanage).<br />

The estimated need: $1K<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

Purchasing & restoring an<br />

inner-city restaurant (Leonard’s<br />

Pizzaria) to create a refuge for the<br />

youth & their families.<br />

The estimated need: $250K<br />

Knoxville, TN<br />

Salary support for the director of<br />

foster homes.<br />

The estimated need: $10K<br />

Amazonas<br />

Funding for our Indigenous leaders<br />

who are planting churches<br />

throughout the Javari Valley<br />

The estimated need: $12K<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

Support for the operational needs<br />

of our network headquarters.<br />

The estimated need: $15K<br />

Indonesia<br />

Plane tickets & travel support.<br />

Lodging & transportation durring<br />

this years visit & 3 month trip that<br />

the team plans to take next year.<br />

The estimated need: $10K<br />

NETWORK


ALL WE ASK<br />

You see the work of our hands. You hear the cries of the needy.<br />

We are those who have leveraged our lives for them.<br />

Now we come to you asking that you would partner with us;<br />

Either beside us in the dirt of this work<br />

or by your giving of what you have<br />

that what we do may continue!<br />

If you see our lives & our labor<br />

& you believe in what we’ve<br />

committed ourselves to, then<br />

we want to ask you<br />

for your help.<br />

We are workers in a field<br />

Planting & watering<br />

in obediance to our Father<br />

That when the King returns<br />

we may be found as those who<br />

gave up everything<br />

to follow Him.


1. recurring<br />

Any amount given monthly has powerful impact, as it<br />

is something we can depend on and stratagize around.<br />

If you desire to make a monthly commitment to our work,<br />

you can set up an automatic donation by following this link.<br />

commonthread.org/donate<br />

2. one time<br />

If you want to give a one-time donation<br />

simply follow this link & you won’t<br />

have to write us a check.<br />

commonthread.org/donate<br />

3. check<br />

This is for those of you<br />

who aren't too fond of the<br />

whole new-age online payment<br />

way of doing things.<br />

Check Details —<br />

COMMON THREAD<br />

174 Oxmoor Rd.<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

35209<br />

Common Thread is a registered 501C3<br />

For more information regarding legalities & donations,<br />

please contact us directly or visit us online: commonthread.org<br />

METHODS OF GENEROSITY


COMMONTHREAD.ORG

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