The weekend of November 23 – 25 was the first ever ONE Sabbath weekend, in the pilot of year of what we hope will become a major expression of the impact of people and communities of faith in the fight against extreme poverty and global disease.

ONE members across the country downloaded materials from our faith resource page ONE.org/faith and organized services and group activities in their houses of worship. A recap of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky is below.

Our ONE Sunday included a litany of prayers based on the MDGs, and a sermon wrapped around the ONE Campaign – available to listen at http://www.sermons.stmatt-ky.org/071125Trimble.m4a – at all 3 services. Declaration cards and bands were available to all, and we signed up 46 folks.

We also used ONE as a jump off point to promote a “simpler Christmas”, with resources from Heifer International, and Episcopal Relief and Development, as well as stations to make cards for soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital, making ornaments for families in the inner city, and making Christmas lists of what we’re going to give this year, instead of get.

I’ve included a few pictures. Wish they were better quality, but it’s a cell phone.

Thanks again, and Peace,

Rev. Jim Trimble

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

Louisville, KY