Orlando Union Rescue Mission Update!

So so grateful for the time at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission! It is truly a very special place in the city. Can’t wait to return in June of this year for the first leg of the Home Tour. For those who gave to make it happen, please know that your gift was significant. We have a few pictures pasted below. Hopefully, there may be some video to follow in the upcoming days!

From there, we are on to the 127 Winter Retreat to be hosted at the YMCA’s Camp Weaver, March 3-5. You can click on the 127 Winter Retreat link in the main menu to learn more. We’ll have a full story about these days in the next few weeks. Three days to come around the wonder of Christ in you––> You in Christ––>You and Christ Hidden Together in God.

Also in the mix will be our hopes to build the teams that will be joining us on the three––possibly four––legs of Home Tour for the summer and winter of 2023.

In the meantime, we want to come back to a very real need. We desperately need some of our equipment replaced and or repaired. Specifically, we need:

two 18’ heavy duty crank stands––6 sticks of 11.48’ box truss––wireless mic system replaced––front lighting––new road box wheels!!!––road case parts––x2 power generators / inverters & x8 10/3 100’ extension cables––replenished mic cables––misc. odds and ends.... The total needed to make all this happen is $20,00.00 on the low end––$25,000.00 on the high.

It was 2007 when we last updated or truly repaired our touring equipment––It has become a desperate need. Will you pray about helping us? Feel free to contact us through the contact email or listed phone on this site with questions. If you simply want to give now; you may do so through the DONATE link at the bottom of this page or mail a check to 121Inc: P.O. Box 26, Wallburg, NC 27373.

UPDATED!!! Christmas at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission December 29-31

For the past month, Scott has been daily posting pleas for help with this venture on Facebook. A few weeks ago, the need stood at $9000. Today, thanks to gifts in kind, unexpected discounts, and a few financial gifts, the amount needed to make this happen is now $4500!!!!

To that end, we are taking the time and space here to invite your support and help for this particular leg of the Children’s Home Tour. However, before that, let me tell you a little bit out the Orlando Union Rescue Mission (O.U.R.M.) Operating out of inner-city Orlando, Florida, O.U.R.M. serves in an environment that is, by-in-large, hidden from public view. Amidst deteriorating, residential low-income housing, strip clubs, adult stores, dilapidated store fronts, and unmanicured sidewalks, this Christ-centered lighthouse brings the rescue of Jesus to a very hard place 24/7.

While, like most rescue missions, they offer daily meals, clothing, and general support to the community’s homeless population, O.U.R.M. has taken things a step further. They have also invested in and offer long- term housing for single mothers and fathers in need. In addition to this, education, encompassing Biblical discipleship and financial life skills are offered as well. In short, O.U.R.M. is looking to give a hand-up versus the proverbial hand-out. At present, they are housing 180+ adults and children on campus.

In view of this, we can’t express our gratitude and excitement at the opportunity to bring the Home Tour to O.U.R.M! While not technically a Children’s Home, their mission is an all-too-familiar one for us. To that end, we are asking for your help. As we have in the past, when going in December, we are coming to share the gospel and to throw as extravagant a Christmas party as we can for these precious souls.

And for that, we will need your help. Our team will be arriving on December 28 to load in, with the first of our five worship gatherings to begin on Thursday December 29 culminating in a New Year’s Eve Christmas celebration on the evening of the 31st complete with personalized Christmas gifts for every soul (180 +) in residence at O.U.R.M.

Each adult will receive a 121 t-shirt, 127 winter hat, CSB compact leather bound Bible, and rechargeable led flashlight. All children, ages 9 and under will receive the Jesus Storybook Bible. All Children and teens will receive a 121 t-shirt, 127 winter hat, CSB compact leather bound Bible, and a handheld retro nintendo game console; constituting a $50 value gift for each resident. In addition, every gift will be individually wrapped with personally labeled tags and hand-written Christmas cards. (The gifts mentioned are pictured below.)

Would you consider making an early Christmas gift to 121 to help us purchase these presents for O.U.R.M? If we act early, we have the opportunity to purchase these items in bulk and to have them wrapped before departing NC on December 28. Again, the cost per person is $50, however, every bit counts and for every dollar given, we are so grateful. The total need is estimated to be between $8500 & $9000 depending on residential census at the time of our going (As UPDATED above, the need is now $4500!!!!). As always, you can give in the following two ways: Online: simply click on the Donate button below and be sure to designate your gift (Christmas Gifts) in the space provided during the check-out process OR by check, written to 121 ˆnc. and mailed to P.O. Box 26, Wallburg, NC 27373. Again, be sure to designate Christmas gifts on the memo line.

As always, thanks so much for helping us bring the rescue of Jesus to hard places.

121 team

Introducing the Circle Journey

No doubt, many have likely looked through the things we do over the years and thought them to be a rather disconnected hodgepodge of good things. In truth, we have often looked at these seemingly disconnected dots feeling the same. We believe The Circle Journey is the long-awaited unifier of all our ventures.

Without repeating the vision and description to be found on the Circle Journey page, we want to express our hopeful excitement here and ask you to begin to pray. We have long been intense disciples and disciplers at heart. Having done life and traveled far with students through the years, we have learned the value of intimate community and the power it breathes into nurturing young believers into the image of Christ.

In the upcoming weeks and months, there will be many opportunities for those who may have a heart to move the Circle Journey forward. We are going to need willing employers to provide part-time work for our Walkers which will respect our demanding schedules; We are going to need a house to lodge Walkers; We are going to need our touring and studio equipment replaced yesterday!!! It’s becoming rather urgent; We are going to need folks who will be willing to provide scholarships (where and when needed) for Walkers who need the help; We’re going to need favor with the Sentinel Group (more on that in an upcoming post); Favor with the Children’s Homes we visit; We are going to need the talents of videographers, sound technicians, and editors; and likely so much more….

What we are asking now is for friends to pray and to engage. At present, our first team of Circle Walkers has the potential to be completed. We may only have 2 to 3 spots available! This means we have the chance to launch the first class of the Circle Journey on December 27th of 2022 with a trip to a GA Children’s home for a gospel-centric Christmas blowout celebration! But before we can confidently make the launch official––all of the details mentioned above will need to fall into place. It’s a tall order. But! we know it is nothing more than a light lift for the Father. Our hope is that many of you will join us in someway for the adventure!!!

Thanks so much for reading and supporting!

If you have any questions or would like to connect about the Circle Journey to help and/or simply learn more, you can reach us through the contact page, and we’ll get back with you as soon as we can.

(coffees, breakfast / lunch dives, even zooms, are all welcome!)

Scott Reid

121 inc.