Roughly two weeks ago, 12 Americans, a Canadian, and a Brit arrived in a new country. They represented different religions, world views, and occupations. With ages spanning a range of 60 years, they would converge on a little-known village in Nicaragua called Las Peñitas. Just over a week later, both the village and the 14 […]
Photos from Nepal, Haiti, Nicaragua, Thailand and Peru are among the 17 finalists in the Fuller Center Global Builders’ annual photo contest, and contest organizers would like your help in selecting the winner. The final two will be revealed on Friday, December 16 for the deciding round of voting. Click here to see the finalists […]
When Hurricane Katrina struck more than a decade ago, the home of Nancy Watling and her family desperately needed repairs. As more than 10 years came and went, conditions only became worse. But thanks to a partnership between First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Springs, Miss., and The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders, the Watling family has […]
(Spartanburg Herald Journal) Beaudell Gilliam hoped that her husband would soon be able to get over his physical ailments enough to repair the leaking roof of the home that they had shared for 58 years. She hoped that they could quit catching rain drops in buckets throughout the house and that they could remove the […]
Global Opportunities See the world and form relationships with people around the world. Our Global Builders program sends work teams on affordable short-term trips to places like Armenia, Bolivia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. No required language or construction skills. Most sites accept both youth (14+) and adults. Learn more […]
Service-learning enhances the learning environment for students. It also greatly benefits organizations like ourselves who are trying to make the world a better place. We value engaging with the next generation of thinkers and doers, and offer ourselves as community partners to universities and high schools across the country. We facilitate students and faculty taking […]
We believe that living our faith in Jesus is about more than choosing the right songs to sing on Sunday morning. It’s about getting out into the community and our world to let our light shine! We help church and school groups go out and do some shining, offering two types of Christian mission trips: […]
Reflections by: Kirk Lyman-Barner, Director of U.S. Field Operations The older I get, the more I find myself appreciating older stuff. One of those things is an old Latin phrase In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas which means "unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things." It is […]
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