In 2008, the Pew Hispanic Center estimated that 11.9 million undocumented immigrants were living in the United States. Seven million of these immigrants are from Mexico and four out of every five undocumented immigrants is from a Latin American country just south of our border. Traditionally, Mexican migrants came to the United States to work seasonal agricultural jobs, staying for around six to nine months out of the year and returning to Mexico for the rest of the time. They would migrate to the same major agricultural locations in the United States going either up the west coast of California, through the center of the country or along the southern border from Texas to Florida as crops changed throughout the year.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
A New Phase: The Church of the Word(s)
Church is Alive Readers,
We've got something new in the works, folks: we've started writing!
That's right, the Church is ALIVE team will now begin posting blog updates one-to-two times a week. Just like your videos, our aim is to report on different parts of the church that we think are alive today. In so doing, however, our hope to promote dialogue and discussion about the important issues that effect the modern church. We invite and encourage all readers to respond to articles by using the comments section below each article, although we would also encourage all responders to be respectful.
But it's not just us: YOU can be a writer too! Starting sometime in the next few weeks, we will begin accepting applications to be a Church is Alive blogger. Just like we accepted - and continue to accept - videos from all over the world showcasing how the church is alive, so too will we except your prose! So get your pens and typing fingers ready, folks - we want to hear from you!
This will be a phased process, so bear with us during the transition. The website will be updated and given a fresh facelift over the next few weeks, and there will be some restructuring as well. In other words, "pardon our dust."
Anyway, don't misunderstand: we still want your videos, so if you've got any - OR if you want to make a video in response to one of our articles - send it along!
We look forward to these new additions to the Church is ALIVE website, and we hope you will too!
much love,
Jack and the Church is ALIVE Team
We've got something new in the works, folks: we've started writing!
That's right, the Church is ALIVE team will now begin posting blog updates one-to-two times a week. Just like your videos, our aim is to report on different parts of the church that we think are alive today. In so doing, however, our hope to promote dialogue and discussion about the important issues that effect the modern church. We invite and encourage all readers to respond to articles by using the comments section below each article, although we would also encourage all responders to be respectful.
But it's not just us: YOU can be a writer too! Starting sometime in the next few weeks, we will begin accepting applications to be a Church is Alive blogger. Just like we accepted - and continue to accept - videos from all over the world showcasing how the church is alive, so too will we except your prose! So get your pens and typing fingers ready, folks - we want to hear from you!
This will be a phased process, so bear with us during the transition. The website will be updated and given a fresh facelift over the next few weeks, and there will be some restructuring as well. In other words, "pardon our dust."
Anyway, don't misunderstand: we still want your videos, so if you've got any - OR if you want to make a video in response to one of our articles - send it along!
We look forward to these new additions to the Church is ALIVE website, and we hope you will too!
much love,
Jack and the Church is ALIVE Team
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