SOS has been blessed to partner with the Binghampton Development Corporation over the past ten years. This year we’re excited to wish them a happy ten-year anniversary! Here is a video featuring Ms. Kitty (a homeowner SOS has partnered with in the past) celebrating all the progress that has happened in Binghampton because of the [...]
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SOS114 is looking for some volunteers in Orange Mound. We will have several workdays over the next two weeks and would love to have you there– no experience needed! When? June 29 7:45-12:30pm, July 2-5 7:45am to 2:30pm, July 6 7:45am-12:30pm What? We will be doing mostly roofing– but no experience is needed at all! Where? Meet at Mount Moriah East [...]
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Here’s a great opportunity to serve Binghampton, enjoy great food and fellowship, and win great prizes! SOS Spring Clean and Binghampton Bayou Bash are NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 28. SOS Spring Clean The SOS Spring Clean is from 8:30 am to noon at the SOS building (2505 Poplar Ave.). We need all the help we can [...]
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Here is Marlon “Big Dog” Brown discussing one of the ways you can get involved in the change that is happening in Memphis. The SOS Academy is a one-year urban internship. If you’re nearing college graduation, consider spending a year learning growing, and working in a low-income neighborhood in Memphis. If that’s not you, please [...]
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Urban education is one of the biggest social justice issues of our day. It’s so big of an issue that you simply can’t be apathetic towards it. Memphis Teacher Residency is taking great strides to bring about change. MTR “is a Memphis-only non-profit organization whose mission is to recruit, equip and retain excellent teachers to [...]
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It’s official – the SOS Academy, class of 2012, has arrived and begun learning and serving our city. They’ll spend the next 11 months being challenged and discipled as they learn to love God and their neighbor in the inner city of Memphis, TN. Their year will be filled with some of the following: Living [...]
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Here’s a great story from Grayson Fleetwood (Team Leader, 2011) about the impact SOS has had in the lives of Binghampton residents: So today after class my professor asked if anyone would be willing to go and make copies of the textbook in the library because one of the students didn’t have her book yet, [...]
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SOS recently made the local news! WREG – News Channel 3 in Memphis – recently did a wonderful story on SOS’ work in Binghampton. Here’s the link to the story: SOS on WREG Great job to Ms. Vinson and some of our campers from New Jersey! And thanks to Markova Reed for doing a wonderful [...]
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We are in full swing now! See below for some updates from the first week and a half of camp at SOS: SOS114 in Orange Mound started this week with 3 groups: Austin Stone Community Church – Austin, TX Community Church Memphis – Memphis, TN Orange Mound Outreach Ministries (OMOM) – Memphis, TN SOS Binghampton is [...]
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If you didn’t make it to the SOS 25th Anniversary Celebration weekend, you missed a great party! Here are some highlights: Summer Staff Alumni Reunion Over 80 summer staff alumni representing every summer from 2000 – 2010 Central BBQ (BBQ nachos!) Staff Hottie of the decade (Wes Whitney was the winner!) Saturday Service Project Over [...]
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