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Stories Worth Reading This Summer

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:June 13, 2026
• Post category:Furniture Ministry/Help Center/Household Starter Kit/Impact Story/Layette Kit/Love INC Needs/Love Stories/Mental Health/Ministries/New Hope Minstry/Relational Ministry/Thrift Boutique/Transformational Ministry
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Stories of Hope, Support, and Enduring Life Transformation Time has a way of moving faster each year, and as the seasons speed past, it’s easy to miss emails, blogs and…

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The Helpers: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:April 17, 2026
• Post category:Furniture Ministry/Help Center/Household Starter Kit/Impact Story/Love Stories/Ministries/New Hope Minstry/Thrift Boutique
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Across Lake County, ordinary people are doing something extraordinary. They’re showing up — week after week, year after year — to love their neighbors In the Name of Christ. These…

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A Year of God at Work: The Local Church in Action

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:December 15, 2025
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There’s nothing more powerful than churches working together as the body of Christ. This year, we watched this truth come alive in countless ways through the stories, partnerships, and people…

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Loved Twice Thrift Boutique: More Than a Thrift Store

• Post author:Tiffany Self
• Post published:October 19, 2025
• Post category:Love INC Needs/Love Stories/Thrift Boutique/Thrift Shoppe
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When you step through the doors of Loved Twice Thrift Boutique in Gurnee, you notice there’s something different about this store. Whether the clean and organized space, the encouraging Christian…

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What If Your Next Act of Service Led to Your Next Great Friendship?

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:August 14, 2025
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What if volunteering didn’t just change someone else’s life, but changed yours, too? What if it gave you something more than a good feeling or a few hours well spent?…

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A Front Row View to God’s Greatness

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:November 17, 2021
• Post category:Love Stories/Prayer/Relational Ministry/Thrift Boutique/Thrift Shoppe

Loved Twice Thrift Boutique is more than just a thrift store. Yes, it is a place where donated items get new life in a new home. But, it is also…

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Top 20 of 2020

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:February 26, 2021
• Post category:Love Stories/Ministries/Relational Ministry/Thrift Boutique

Yes, yes... we know that February is almost over. But it is never too late to look back at God's goodness and provision in the past, is it?!?Despite the pandemic…

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