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• Milwaukee Teen Challenge -- bucking the trend
  

  While other organizations struggled, the Milwaukee Teen Challenge doubled its capacity.

• Convoy of Hope aids Louisiana
  

  For the five-year anniversary of Katrina and to aid oil-spill victims, Convoy of Hope recently sent an outreach team and 40,000 pounds of groceries to Louisiana. Outreaches were held on three consecutive nights to serve hundreds of people.

• This week in AG history -- September 6, 1947
  

  Featured in this week's September 6, 1947, issue of the Pentecostal Evangel are articles by Samuel S. Scull, John Wright Follette, Ernest S. Williams, Seth C. Rees and others!

• Minister, missions visionary Dan Sheaffer dies
  

  Dr. Dan Sheaffer, the former pastor of Crossroads Cathedral (AG) in Oklahoma City, known for effectively raising millions for AG missions and AG higher education, passed away Thursday.

• Fisherman back on feet, thanks to Convoy, MAPS
  

  Jimmy Morgan, an oyster fisherman from Louisiana, had his house and boat destroyed by Katrina in 2005. Hundreds of church groups, MAPS teams, Convoy of Hope teams and volunteers headed to the region to help families like the Morgans get back on their feet.