Fair Trade Market
Saturday, May 15 - Monday, May 17
On the weekend of May 15-17, Trinity Baptist Church will host a Fair Trade Market produced by Good News Goods and coordinated by Natalee Newell.
Good News Goods is the Fair Trade Initiative of the Christian Life Commission and affiliate of the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger. This initiative brings Fair Trade products to churches and universities all across Texas, and seeks to fight poverty through ethical purchasing. It provides an easy way for churches to engage in biblical justice and a forum to talk about the situations faced by those making the products—people who have experienced the affects of human trafficking (sex & labor trafficking), extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, and civil war.
Seldom do we know how the goods we purchase impact other people around the globe. Therefore, Good News Goods connects us to the people who make our products by sharing their story: purchasing bags and jewelry gives freedom, restoration, and purpose to sex-trafficked women in Thailand and Cambodia; Divine chocolate from Ghana alleviates the forced slavery of women and children working on cocoa bean farms; and coffee provides peace and prosperity to farmers in Uganda who have struggled with constant conflict and extreme poverty.
The goal of Good News Goods is to transition beyond simple charity to justice that not only breaks the cycle of poverty but plays a vital role in job creation, sustainable development, and the restoration of dignity and security to women, men, and children in the developing world.
This will be an opportunity to buy high quality products and take care of much needed holiday shopping, while at the same time, make a redemptive purchase by changing the lives of the poor across the world.
The Market will be available at TriPoint on Saturday, May 15, from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm; at the Mulberry campus on Sunday, May 16, from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; and at TriPoint from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Monday, May 17.
Volunteers are needed for this event. There will be sign-up sheets available in the Fanning Foyer on Sundays and a volunteer training session on Friday, May 14, at 3:00 pm at TriPoint.