Thank you to our 2013 sponsors!

(in)courage

(In)courage is about relationships with God and with others. You are all welcome to put your sandy feet up on the {virtual} beach house table and share your stories. Our heart is Jesus and knowing Him. We bring women together in this online space to laugh, cry, heal, and simply be real about who we are individually, and in the eyes of the Savior, Jesus.

Website: incourage.me
Twitter: @incourage
Facebook: facebook.com/incourage

Pure Charity

Pure Charity is a community of people like you. People who want to make a difference, using their influence and passion to change the world. With Pure Charity, you can discover, share, and fund non-profit projects that matter to you. Grow your giving power simply by making every day purchases at top retailers and brands, and by leveraging your online network. Pure Charity is like an affiliate program to increase your giving. Use your influence to inspire others to generosity, and multiply the good being done in the world. It’s a free, simple way to advance hope and inspire others to join a lifestyle of generosity.

Website: purecharity.com
Twitter: @purecharity
Facebook: facebook.com/purecharity

Mom’s Night Out

All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation . . . a long-needed moms’ night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation and food not served in a bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for three hours—what could go wrong? MOMS’ NIGHT OUT is an endearing true-to-life family comedy that celebrates the beautiful mess called parenting. Get ready to see your world on the big screen next year in MOMS’ NIGHT OUT, a new film from the directors of October Baby that stars Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Atkins, and Alex Kendrick.

Website: momsnightoutmovie.com
Facebook: facebook.com/momsnightoutmovie

Thomas Nelson

Website: thomasnelson.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/thomasnelsonfan
Twitter: @thomasnelson
Pinterest: pinterest.com/thomasnelson/

Sole Hope

Jiggers are small sand fleas that burrow into the bare feet of thousands of Ugandan children who often live their lives without adequate footwear and a misconception about the cause of jiggers. The result is infection, gangrene, paralysis, and occasionally amputation and even death.

A graphic, heartbreaking YouTube video exposed the truth about jiggers to Asher Collie. Her love of children and her desire to help others compelled her to start Sole Hope, a ministry who’s mission is “Offering HOPE, healthier lives, and freedom from foot-related diseases through education, jobs, and medical relief.“

Through medical and education, initiatives as well as training the art of shoemaking to many, Sole Hope is restoring HOPE to children and adults both physically and spiritually.

Website: solehope.com
Twitter: @solehope
Facebook: facebook.com/solehope
Pure Charity: purecharity.com/solehope
You Tube: youtube.com/solehope

Freeset

Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to women trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade. We make quality jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but our business is freedom! We would like to see the 10,000 sex workers in our neighborhood empowered with the choice of leaving a profession they never chose in the first place.

Website: freesetusa.com
Facebook: .facebook.com/freesetusa
Twitter: @freesetusa

Zondervan

Zondervan’s mission is to be the leader in Christian communications meeting the needs of people with resources that glorify Jesus Christ and promote biblical principles.

They stand on integrity, initiative, excellence, innovation, respect, and accountability as their core values. They believe in truth, honoring God, serving people, providing quality resources, are committed to change and celebrate creativity.

Website: zondervan.com
Twitter: @zondervan
Facebook: facebook.com/zondervan

Operation Christmas Child/Samaritan’s Purse

The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God’s desire for us to help those in desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers, “Go and do likewise.” Our emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. As we offer food, water, and temporary shelter, we meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild their lives. Operation Christmas Child is a program organized by Samaritan’s Purse to bring shoe boxes of gifts to needy children across the world.

Website: samaritanspurse.org/occ
Twitter: @occ_shoeboxes
Facebook: facebook.com/OCCshoeboxes

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry (FH) is a Christian organization serving the poor globally, since 1971. We reflect the love of Christ in short-term emergency relief and long-term work to end world hunger.

Website: fh.org
Facebook: facebook.com/foodforthehungry
Twitter: @food4thehungry

Revell

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books for everyday life.

Website: RevellBooks.com
Twitter: @RevellBooks
Facebook: facebook.com/revellbooks

brightpeak financial

brightpeak financial is a new division of Thrivent Financial, a hundred year old not-for-profit Christian membership organization. Our mission is the help young Christian families build financial strength & embrace the future with optimism.  Stronger families mean stronger communities because people who are more financially secure are also more generous and better able to help each other in times of need. Brightpeak’s mission is to provide you with the resources and tools you need to help you and those in your life feel confident about your money story. Check out brightpeakfinancial.com for free tips, e-books and other resources to help you live the life you’ve imagined.

Website: brightpeakfinancial.com

D.C. Jacobson

D.C. Jacobson & Associates is a literary agency with a rich history of introducing fresh Christian voices to the world. Their relationships with publishers, editorial insight, and knowledge of the marketplace serves their authors well. DCJA’s diverse client list includes a number of past and current Allume speakers and attendees. Don Jacobson and Jenni Burke will co-present a workshop on book publishing and will be available for a limited number of meetings with prospective authors (sign-up sheet at their sponsor table). Also, swing by their table for a sneak-peak of SimpleMom Tsh Oxenreider’s upcoming book, Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World!

Website: www.dcjacobson.com

Twitter: @donjacobson, @jenni_burke

Mary & Martha

Meaningful Entertaining…made simple. That’s what we do at Mary & Martha. We demonstrate products and share tips that help you re-imagine what your home can be used for…a place where the perfect home isn’t the point…the people in it are.

Website: maryandmartha.com
Twitter: @MaryMarthaHome
Facebook: facebook.com/marymarthahome

Noonday Collection

Noonday Collection offers fashion forward accessories for you and your home handcrafted by artisans from around the world who receive a living wage for the work. Every item is handcrafted in style, with love, and creates a pathway out of poverty for the artisans. Proceeds also help place orphans in forever families.

Website: www.noondaycollection.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/noondaycollection
Twitter: @NoondayStyle

Gospel for Asia

Our ministry is about changing lives—both for this life and for eternity. We are committed as a family of believers to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with lost men, women and children throughout South Asia who have still not heard His precious name. We rejoice to see the mighty works of God as individual lives are transformed and whole villages experience the love of Christ. We join our hearts to be the hands and feet of Jesus, for such a time as this. Together, by His Spirit, we can reach this generation.

Our mission in life is to be devout followers of Christ and to fulfill the Great Commission among the unreached in Asia through training, sending out and assisting qualified laborers in partnership with the Body of Christ.

Website: www.gfa.org
Twitter: @GospelforAsia
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gospelforasia

Buck Denver Asks…What’s in the Bible?

What’s in the Bible? is the new DVD series from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. This kids’ Bible DVD series is designed to walk families through the whole Bible – Genesis through Revelation! It’s Bible 101 with a twist … a very FUN twist!  Your entire family will be laughing and learning their way through the Bible.

Website: whatsinthebible.com
Facebook: facebook.com/whatsinthebible
Twitter: @whatsinthebible

 

JellyTelly

JellyTelly is instant videos for Christian families–watch anytime & anywhere! Join us for games, full length videos, parent blogs, activities and more!  Watch the largest selection of Christian family programming for only $5 per month with a free 4 week trial!

Website: jellytelly.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jellytelly
Twitter: @jellytelly

The Seed Company

End. Bible. Poverty. {In this generation.}

Today there are more people in the world without a single verse of Scripture in their language than the entire population of the United States. That’s more than 2,000 people groups representing about 350 million people.

More than numbers, these are real people living in a type of poverty we don’t often consider: Bible Poverty. And this poverty is a big deal. It’s a social justice issue. The truths of Scripture are foundational for societal transformation; access to God’s Word empowers people with God’s perspective and His promises on social, economic and gender issues.

Through The Seed Company, you can connect with local Bible translators who are ending Bible poverty for their own people — one verse at a time. And prayer is at the core of this work. Your prayers prepare the way for hope — the Gospel message and the Word of God — to come to the Bibleless!

Today, this possibility is becoming a reality. Together with many partners, we can fulfill the Great Commission task of bringing God’s Word to every people group on Earth … in this generation!

Website: www.theseedcompany.org/
Twitter: @theseedcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theseedcompany

Icon Media Group

Icon Media Group is a boutique public relations firm run by a group of talented women who engage media on behalf of clients within the niches of family values, positive entertainment, social justice, and health and wellness. With extensive experience in storytelling through three decades of collective work in the publishing and news media worlds, the team at Icon understands how to create and market clients to the faith-based community better than almost anyone. Icon has managed publicity campaigns for more than 50 New York Times best-selling books, as well as hundreds of best-selling Christian titles and other film, entertainment, non-profit and local market projects. Icon is based in Nashville, with staff and partners located in Atlanta and LA.

Website: iconmediagroup.us (coming soon)

Just Love Coffee

Just Love Coffee Roasters is a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, based company which hand roasts organic, fairly traded coffees from around the world. Originally established to provide a turnkey fundraising solution for adopting families, Just Love Coffee Roasters supports various 501(c)(3) organizations and commits 5% of all profits to clean water initiatives. To learn more call 866.894.9463 or visit www.JustLoveCoffee.com.

Website: justlovecoffee.com
Facebook: facebook.com/justlovecoffee
Twitter: twitter.com/justlovecoffee

World Renew

Are you compelled by God’s deep passion for justice and mercy to join with communities around the world to rebuild hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation?

Us too.

World Renew is working in 4,500 of the world’s poorest communities and we want to help you become part of the fight. Join us in international community development, disaster response, and justice education.

Website: worldrenew.net
Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/worldrenew
Facebook: https://twitter.com/worldrenew_net

Free the Girls

Free The Girls is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides job opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking in Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda and El Salvador.  We collect gently used bras and donate them to the women as starting inventory for their own business selling the bras.

Website: freethegirls.org
Facebook: facebook.com/freethegirls

The Growly Books

For centuries the bears of Haven have lived quiet lives, high in the mountains at the edge of the great Precipice. That all changes for a young cub named Growly when he receives a mysterious message. With just his backpack and glider, Growly sets out on a desperate journey to find his grandfather’s long lost friend . . . and to find a way back home. Begin, the first book in The Growly Books series, is available now, with Book Two coming this fall. Written by Phil & Erin Ulrich for the 8-12 year old reading level, it is also a captivating read aloud for younger children and will appeal to anyone who appreciates stories of adventure and friendship.

Website: thegrowlybooks.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thegrowlybooks
Twitter: @erinulrich

Everyday Icing

Everyday Icing is a Facebook (Yes, Facebook) based retailer that offers the sweetest jewelry and accessories at affordable prices. 10% of our profits go directly to Compassion International. We are cousins, Kimba and Jari, and the idea for a Facebook pop sale came to us over a cup of coffee. We’re both busy moms and it’s not always easy to get out and shop. Everyday Icing combines some of our favorite things…jewelry, friends and social media…and lets you shop from your living room with 7,500 friends.

Pop Up Sales are held every Monday night at 9pm eastern and throughout the week as new product arrives. Jewelry and accessories are presented in a flash-sale format with photos, prices and quantities.  Fans of the Facebook page are able to purchase our featured pieces by commenting “sold” on the picture of the pieces they want to purchase. The first people to comment before the available quantity sells-out “win” the posted item at the stated price. Customers are billed through Paypal and shipping is free.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/everydayicingauctions
Website: www.everydayicing.com

Preemptive Love Coalition

The mission of Preemptive Love Coalition is to eradicate the backlog of Iraqi children waiting in line for lifesaving heart surgery in pursuit of peace between communities at odds. We live and work in Iraq, bringing international heart surgery teams in to save little lives and to train local doctors and nurses until they are equipped to handle the tremendous backlog on their own.

Call it “settling accounts,” “settling to rights,” or the “restoration of friendly relations”–reconciliation is a big part of why we do what we do. We work to unravel the effects of evil that were wrought by Saddam Hussein’s genocidal campaigns, by years of sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shi’I Muslims, by ethnic struggles between Turks and Kurds, and by the Iraqi War.

We give people over “here” a tangible opportunity to save a life over “there” and to see “those” people as exactly that: people. Humans. Sons and daughters. We are all more than the images we receive from professional media. It’s not us helping them get over their differences. It’s us being reconciled with us.

Website: preemptivelove.org
Facebook: facebook.com/preemptivelove
Twitter: twitter.com/preemptivelove

Advocare

Joining team AdvoCare empowers individuals to explore their ultimate potential. When people try the products, the positive testimonials pour in: “I feel better than I have in years.” “My energy level is unbelievable.” “AdvoCare has changed my life.” AdvoCare focuses on wellness and provides an opportunity to enrich your life in the way that you choose.

Website: advocare.com/130623874

Twitter: @trulymj

The Exodus Road

The Exodus Road is a nonprofit coalition empowering rescue from sexual slavery. They support 30 undercover investigators in SE Asia and India and have actively empowered the rescue of nearly 200 victims of trafficking in the last year alone. Working to provide field teams with three key resources–funding for investigations, covert gear, and investigator training/support, their home office is located in Colorado. The Exodus Road was founded by Matt Parker, a former pastor who became deputized by local Asian police to engage in undercover investigative work, while he and his wife Laura and children lived in SE Asia. The two heartbeats of the organization are empowerment and collaboration.

 

Website: theexodusroad.com
Facebook: facebook.com/theexodusroad
Twitter: @theexodusroad

Website: www.bhpublishinggroup.com
Facebook: B&H Publishing Group
Twitter:  @BHPub

Blood:Water Mission

Blood:Water Mission is an equipping agency that partners with African grassroots organizations to address the HIV/AIDS and water crises.  They do this by identifying African’s hidden heroes and coming alongside their vision for change.  Through technical, financial and organizational support, they expand the reach and effectiveness of African civil society organizations and the communities they serve.

To learn more visit Blood:Water Mission:

Website: www.bloodwatermission.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bloodwater
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bloodwatermission
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/bloodwater
YouTube: www.youtube.com/bloodwatermission