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Does God use shame to correct His children? One man asked Emerge volunteer, Kyle, that question after a message on forgiveness during an Emerge Life Event at Kirkland Prison in Columbia, SC. Their conversation turned to Hebrews 12 and how God disciplines His children for repentance and restoration, not hate and shame. It reflected the heart of the message: we, the Church, are called to restore one another with love, as our Lord does. Several men shared that they had been stud
The chickens were bigger this time. As Chaplain Ken, an ACA chaplain volunteer with Emerge, pulled into the driveway during his second visit to Brantley County Georgia, their pen was one of the first things he noticed. He was returning to visit a military veteran who had lost nearly everything in the fires except her chickens and parakeets. Seeing them again was a small but meaningful reminder that life continues to grow and move forward, even after devastating loss. She met
Jon helps keep things moving behind the scenes at Emerge. As a staff member working in administrative support, he doesn’t often get to meet the families or see the homes connected to his everyday work. That changed when he and his family attended the homecoming for Emerge’s first home rebuild in Buncombe County following Hurricane Helene. Alongside the director and other staff, Jon met the homeowners and saw the house in person for the first time. He got to see a different si
