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Model 1: Sweat Equity In the introduction to the “sweat equity” model Edward F. Moncrief describes the beginnings of the Self Help Movement in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Utilizing the Self Help Model, 12 families work together to build their homes. No one moves in until the families have completed all their homes. With the Habitat model, the community, together with the family, provides the labor—the “sweat equity.” In those early days Ed Moncreif met Millard Fuller, Founder of Habitat for Humanity, when he took him on a tour through some five thousand homes built using the self help model. This chapter highlights Millard’s own spiritual journey. He was like Zacchaeus in the Bible, a wealthy man who gave up his riches to serve the poor. Millard then provides a brief overview of the scope of Habitat for Humanity’s work around the world. He then zeros in on Habitat’s partnership with Peachtree Presbyterian in Atlanta, which will have built 144 Habitat by the end of 2006. The chapter captures how this one congregation adopted Habitat as a model for their outreach, and the blessing this has been both for the church and for those they serve. The began to listen to the needs of the community, bridging that with the need of the church to get involved in a tangible way. Stories are told of changed lives, of those who served and those who were served. The chapter concludes with reflection on realities and the lessons learned.
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