OurCalling vs Go Collectives

You are driving when you see a homeless person on the side of the road. You want to help. You reach for your phone and open the OurCalling Homeless Service app. You click on “Identify” and quickly snap a picture, notifying outreach workers who will follow up with the individual. You want to do more, so you engage in conversation and begin helping the person by using the app and sharing what local services are available. Before you know it, you have just helped a complete stranger take a step in the right direction. Through the OurCalling Homeless Service app you are able to search for resources in every city throughout the country. Looking for the closest shelter, food pantry, domestic violence center or addiction recovery resource? This app will guide you. This app is funded by donations from people like you and helps homeless individuals all across the country. Click on the “Donate” button in the app and make an immediate impact. The data in this app is crowdsourced - Help more people by using the “Submit” feature to add a new resource. Features: • Gain access to the largest database of service providers for the homeless. • Search in any city and numerous categories (shelter, domestic violence, medical clinic, food pantry, rehab, etc...) • View listings on a map or sort the list by distance from your current location. · Share resource information to pass on a referral. · Offline access for services when you mark them as Favorite. • Report updates on resources in your area. • Report a homeless camp location. • Reporting for camp locations in Dallas, TX will be visited by OurCalling's Search and Rescue teams.

Every believer is called to go and make disciples. The Go Collectives app is where The Austin Stone partners and attenders connect with others to pursue mission through their work, in the city, and among the nations. You were not made to go alone. Inside the app, you will find Collectives, groups of Christ-followers pursuing one of three strategic mission fields – Work, City, or Nations – gathered by local congregations and as a whole church. This is your place to get connected, share stories, and be equipped for mission. What you can do inside the app: •Connect with others that share your mission field at your congregation •Grow through courses that expand missional imagination •Participate with others in your collective at service events, trainings, prayer gatherings, and more •Read God Stories from disciples living on mission, and share your own story of God at work •Ask questions, receive pastoral care, and connect directly with missional leaders This app exists to help joyfully devoted disciples go on mission together. God has called you to be salt and light where you work, where you live, and among the nations he loves. God has done far more at The Austin Stone than anyone could have asked or imagined. He is not finished. Open the app. Find your Collective. Go.