{"id":309,"date":"2007-11-24T21:16:33","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T21:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/11\/project-127-goe.html"},"modified":"2007-11-24T21:16:33","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T21:16:33","slug":"project-127-goe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/11\/project-127-goe.html","title":{"rendered":"Project 127 goes to the White House!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week <a href=\"http:\/\/project127.com\">Project 127<\/a> was invited to the White House.&nbsp; Read about the why&#8217;s and what&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialpolicyandreligion.org\/homepage\/article.cfm?id=7333\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the pictures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0249.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0249_3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0249_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"187\" alt=\"Dscf0249_4\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0249_4.jpg\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Chris Padbury is the Executive Director of Project 127 and is doing a great job.&nbsp; We finalized 8 adoptions last week alone! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Dscf0230\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0230.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Dscf0260\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0260.jpg\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Barbara and I in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Chris and his wife Sarah along with Barbara and I.<a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Dscf0275\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0275.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0293.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"187\" alt=\"Dscf0293\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0293.jpg\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Dscf0320\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/11\/24\/dscf0320.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Check out all the food they gave us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Project 127 was invited to the White House.&nbsp; Read about the why&#8217;s and what&#8217;s here. 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