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Back to the Future
Mountain Spirit

It’s that time of year in Appalachia where friends begin to make social media posts begging for information about where to find ripe pawpaws. Private messages are exchanged and secret locations are disclosed. Timing is critical because the fresh...

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CAP in the News: Rockcastle Co. Thrift Store Prepares for "Santa Day"
CAP in the News

For some, the space under the tree will be empty. "There are a lot of families that struggle this time of year. You have a lot more bills because of cold weather...so we want to make sure that the children are able to get toys," says Sherri Barnett...

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Benny Mattis: How I Got Here
Blog, Volunteer Recruitment

“I kept asking God what I should do with my life, and God kept answering: ‘I dunno Greg, what do you want to do?’”  -Greg Wagner, CAP Alum As a kid raised in a more conservative corner of Massachusetts, stories of missionaries giving their...

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Community Partners
Mountain Spirit

A tornado destroyed the only food pantry in Magoffin County in 2012, and church member Ladale Stephens would say that was when God provided an opportunity for Water into Wine Food Pantry to fill the void. “I told them that our small church just...

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Preserving Heritage
Mountain Spirit

In the late part of the 1800s, among the African Americans in the mountains of Appalachia was a group that called London, Ky. home. In 1898, some of them came together to build a house of worship. It was named First Colored Baptist Church, but in...

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