More than 20 churches in the Houston area showed Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth for free last week. The screenings were part of a national campaign to raise environmental awareness among Evangelicals. More than 1,000 churches plan on showing the film... Check out more on this article here.

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Hundreds of people descended on Liverpool Street station in London for the biggest ever turnout for the latest internet craze - mobile clubbing. Click here for complete details. Armed with MP3 players loaded with favorite tracks the "clubbers" arrived on the concourse just after 7pm last night. Students, business people and office workers danced in silence as they listened to their iPods among commuters listening to announcements about late trains. Do you think this craze will make it's way to the states anytime soon?

A Barna study finds most 20-somethings disengage from active participation in the Christian faith during their young adult years despite 61% being involved in a church as a teen. 50% of teens attend a church-related service or activity in a typical week and more than three-quarters discuss matters of faith with peers. However, only 20% of 20-somethings have maintained a level of spiritual activity consistent with their high school experiences. Just 33% of 20-somethings who are parents regularly take their kids to church, vs. 40% of parents in their 30s and 50% who are 40 or older. Most 20-somethings maintain outward allegiance to Christianity: 78% say they are Christians, vs. 83% of teens. 20-somethings are 70% more likely than older adults to strongly assert if they "cannot find a local church that will help them become more like Christ, they will find people and groups that will, and connect with them instead of a local church." They are also less likely to believe "a person's faith in God is meant to be developed by involvement in a local church." Much of the activity of young adults takes place outside congregations.

"For now I ask no more than the justice of eating." -Pablo Neruda, Chilean Poet & Nobel Prize Winner. World Food Day is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger. Events take place at local, state, national and international levels. Many different opportunities exist to get involved in World Food Day. More information and ideas can be found at by clicking here. Some simple ways to get involved are: -Learn more. Hunger is a multi-faceted problem, so there are many different ways to get to solutions. -Find out what is being done at different levels to provide food security for all. Review the list of National WFD USA Sponsors. Many of the organizations have local chapters or offices in your area. Contact them for additional information or ideas. -Talk with others about the issue of hunger and think of ways that you can involve the people your local community. -Try something. -Share your experience and ideas with others. An international teleconference will be broadcast live from Washington DC, Monday, October 16th, from noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. This year?s teleconference will examine the unique and potentially powerful role played by the hundreds of grassroots' based movements working for a world free of hunger.