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This author Bill Crews has created 23 entries.

Literacy is the miracle that can break the poverty-cycle

I’m sure you know how passionate I am about helping those who are caught in the poverty-cycle. That’s why I give meals to the homeless and basic healthcare to our needy guests.  It all happens thanks to your kindhearted support, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could prevent people falling into poverty in the first place? Together we can! The best way to do this is by giving struggling kids the literacy skills they need to succeed. That’s why I’m rolling out...

Help teach needy kids how to read.

Help make Easter miracles happen

Easter is a really important time of year for me. Not just because of its religious significance, but because it reminds me a better future is possible whenever we use our compassion to lift people out of despair. That’s exactly what your support enables me and my team to do every single day. Like the nutritious meals that stave off hunger in the homeless, or the basic healthcare that means our guests don’t get sick.  But what if we could prevent poverty...

Rev. Bill Crews' Christmas

My Christmas

As you can imagine, Christmas Day is really important to me. It’s both meaningful and spiritual and it makes me reflect on my own life. I have been giving Christmas lunches to the lonely and needy for 49 years. These people often feel left out, excluded and pushed to the fringes of society. But when they come to my big marquee in Ashfield on Christmas Day there’s a welcoming family waiting. It’s deeply moving not just for them, but for me...

The Exodus Foundation Christmas Appeal 2018.

Christmas miracles really do happen!

As I write this I’m sending you the warmest of Christmas blessings. You are part of my big extended family. A family of the rich and the poor. Of the extraordinary and the ordinary. A family of sharing, compassion and of loving kindness. When this family pulls together miracles happen – like our wonderful Christmas Day lunch for the homeless and needy. This year thousands of people will be there. The poor, the lonely and the destitute will come from everywhere....