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Throughout this Lent season, IOCC has brought you weekly staff reflections on service and special Lenten recipes. If you missed ...

Service can be a smile, a favor, a hygiene kit, a hot meal, advice—I feel inclined to serve others because the word itself cannot be defined by one single thing. A simple thank you ...

In my years at IOCC, I’ve personally met scores of people whose world has fallen apart—through natural disasters and through disasters made by man. Family, home, job, savings, ...

Growing up, I was involved in every aspect of Church life—youth groups, choir, oratorical contests—but it wasn’t until I was 16 and attended an Orthodox summer camp in Greece ...

I was living abroad in the mid-1980s, when there was a terrible famine in my home country, Ethiopia. My dad worked for the UN’s World Food Program, and we lived in Haiti and Jamaica while I was in high school. During ...

A young man once came to work for IOCC from a simple peasant family. He knew what it was to be poor and was determined to help others. He thought ...

Can't get enough of brussels sprouts? Try this delicious Date-Glazed Brussels Sprouts recipe by Angela during Lent!

Service to me means working for the Kingdom of God whenever and wherever I am needed. My role as a servant is ever changing, always challenging, and forever rewarding. Service at its best always ...