Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge

Thank you, Jesus!

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Tune-in tonight @ 7PM for a very special episode of The Patty-G Show with our very own Dr. Brian Sleeth! They talk all things Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge & The Purple Cow and how our mission is woven into enacting change within our community! Don't miss it!

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What’s the meaning behind the name “The Purple Cow” and the meaning behind the name of our parent organization, “The Christian Outreach Center”?

We get asked the first part of this question quite often. It comes from a business book of the same name and basically means “to be unique, to stand apart from the herd”. Plus, purple is a very Christ-centered and Baton Rouge color.

But there is meaning and purpose behind the other name as well. First, “Christian” means we take a distinctly Christian and biblical approach to how we both think about our work and how we do our work.

“Outreach” means that we don’t wait for people in need to come to us; we, like Christ, go into the midst of people’s need to offer help in both word and deed, as the hands and feet of Jesus.

Just this last Friday, we went door to door, as we often do, in an apartment complex in one of the more impoverished zip codes in Baton Rouge to offer our services of grocery assistance and our sustainability class (made up of both job readiness training and financial education).

On Saturday, we were in another part of north Baton Rouge to talk about our services. If you read John 1:1-18 in the Bible, this is exactly what Jesus did. He came to enter into our brokenness and suffering, and by doing outreach, this is what we do as well. We go to where the need is with both the gospel of hope and with very practical services to help people in difficult economic circumstances.

✨Announcement✨

📦The "Pick Up My Donation" platform scheduled maintenance has concluded. For those of you needing to schedule a large item or bulk pick-up you can fill out our 4 part form (below)

📦:https://www.pickupmydonation.com/step-one/?oid=549533&tid=549536

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3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek

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✨Announcement✨

📦Our "Pick Up My Donation" platform is currently down due to scheduled maintenance. For those of you who wish to have larger items picked up, please call The Purple Cow Jones Creek location📞(225) 751-3262 and we will coordinate the pick up of your donation(s).

🐮Donate.Shop.Transform💜
3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek

Come help us, help others! We accept volunteers every Wednesday morning!

💜Sign-Up: [email protected]
🐮Donate. Shop. Transform✨
3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek

✨Every thread tells a story within our organization. Hear about Brittney's experience working at our very own Christian Outreach Center and the impact it's made in her life 👇:

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3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek
💜Transform Lives
💻Learn How: https://christianoutreachcenterbr.com/

✨How can you help?✨

💜 - Round up all your gently used quality clothing, decor, shoes, electronics and furniture and donate to The Purple Cow in Baton Rouge or Denham.
✝ - Sign up to volunteer for one of our essential service programs at the COC. https://christianoutreachcenterbr.com/contact-us/
🛒 - Shop at any of the 3 Purple Cow locations.
💲- Give a monetary gift to our non-profit organization: http://tinyurl.com/Transform-Lives

✝You might have noticed that the COC & The Purple Cow got a new look, but at the end of the day our mission to help those less fortunate stays the same. Within our organization change happens everyday! Come help be a part of that change by shopping at any of our 3 boutiques or by donating your gently used quaility goods this weekend.

✨Donate Now: http://tinyurl.com/Monetary-Donation
🛒Shop Now: 3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek
💜Transform Lives

Every Wednesday, our GROCERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM helps 135 food-insecure households to stabilize so that they can then attend our job readiness and financial education classes. Thank you, Grace Life Fellowship, for volunteering!!!

✝We believe that our organization is the intersection of compassion and fasion! Why? Because with every purchase from any of The Purple Cow 🐮 boutiques and with every💲donation to the COC a life is changed in our local community.

✨Donate Now: http://tinyurl.com/Monetary-Donation
🛒Shop Now: 3651 Perkins | 2308 S. Range | 6586 Jones Creek
💜Transform Lives (like James 👇)

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Prayers to our local Louisiana communities from all of our team members at the Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge & The Purple Cow stores. (Please share 🙏)

Shelters available in Baton Rouge, surrounding areas during extreme cold Shelters are opening up for those who need a place to go during the extremely cold weather forecasted over the next couple of days.

Very thankful to the Baton Rouge Sigma Alumni chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. They passed out 50 breakfasts to our homeless population on their Founders Day for their 22 Acts of Service Day.

We are excited that our own James Carter is a part of this newest cohort!

We are delighted to announce the arrival of the newest Development Fellows cohort!

Twenty-five emerging development professionals have been chosen for our signature program, which is offered by the Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Excellence. The tuition-free program aims to enhance their effectiveness by providing essential fundraising skills.

Program workshops features local high-caliber experts and provide a fantastic opportunity for the fellows to improve their proficiency and build connections in the development field.

Congratulations to the selected fellows on this exciting journey ahead!

Today, we distributed 600 BAGS OF FRESH MEAT, FRESH PRODUCE, and ESSENTIAL FOOD STAPLES to impoverished households living in food deserts from Downtown Baton Rouge to Denham Springs. Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to help, including 100 Black Men.

100’s of GROCERY BAGS DELIVERED TODAY to food insecure households right here in the Greater Baton Rouge area, from Downtown to Denham Springs…all because of YOUR SUPPORT of The Purple Cow!

Each week, we deliver fresh meat, fresh produce, and other food staples to low income households. Then, we invite them to take our JOB READINESS and FINANCIAL EDUCATION classes to find a better job, earn more income, and become more stable.

So, that basket of items you buy…those bags you donate…THIS is what it does. Local store, local mission, local impact! Thank you!!

GET READY for GIVING TUESDAY on Nov 28!!! The Purple Cow is the BIGGEST SERVICE of our parent organization, The Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge.

We are a local, Christian nonprofit/ministry. We provide Essential Services and Sustainable Services to help people experiencing homelessness, living in poverty, and at risk of homelessness.

PLEASE DONATE TODAY:
https://christianoutreachcenterbr.networkforgood.com/projects/183670-2023

Have you ever stopped to ponder the question, “What does it mean to be poor?” If poverty is rooted in the brokenness of the four key relationships, then the answer becomes clear: we are all affected by poverty.

Because of the comprehensive nature of the fall, every human being experiences a form of poverty, a lack of fulfillment in the four key relationships—with God, ourselves, others, and creation.

We’re unable to be what we were created to be and miss out on the joy that God intended for these connections. We’re like “square pegs in a round hole,” not quite fitting because we were shaped for something else.

For some, brokenness in these four key relationships leads to material poverty. They lack sufficient resources to provide for basic physical needs for themselves and their families.

For others, these broken relationships manifest differently. In wealthier contexts, the struggle with workaholic tendencies reflects a poverty of stewardship, a disconnection from the rest of creation, strained relationships with others, stress-related physical and emotional issues, and spiritual weakness due to a lack of time for a relationship with their Creator.

The fall, as described in Christian theology, is not just a myth; it’s a reality that has profound implications for all of us. We are all broken, each in different ways. Poverty, in its many forms, is a consequence of this brokenness.

To address poverty effectively, we must acknowledge that it’s not merely about providing money or material resources. It’s about restoring the foundational relationships that have been marred by the fall.

Understanding the true nature of poverty is the first step towards combating it effectively. It’s about addressing the brokenness in these foundational relationships, not just filling a financial gap. Poverty alleviation efforts must extend beyond material assistance and work toward healing the deeper wounds that affect us all.