What is RENEW?
A hands-on Second Life Community Event.
A Hands-On Second Life Community Event
RENEW
Nothing Wasted. Potential Revealed.
Gleaning Resources. Developing Potential. Building Hope. Come discover what furniture, materials, skills, businesses, and people can become when a community chooses not to waste their potential.
Until RENEWThe Fellowship at Bend21530 NE Butler Market Road, Bend, OR 97701Benefiting Furnish Hope
RENEW at a glance
Why does it exist?
Gleaning Resources. Developing Potential. Building Hope.
What can I do there?
Learn. Build. Create. Teach. Shop. Donate. Serve. Worship. Hear stories. Bid.
How can I help?
Bring what you have. Teach what you know. Build Hope.
One Community. One Remarkable Day.
What’s Happening at RENEW
Come ready to explore, try something, meet someone, and see second-life thinking at work across the entire event.
Second Life Challenge
See remarkable furniture transformations and reclaimed-material creations made before the event.
Hands-On Learning
Try tools, learn practical skills, and meet experienced craftspeople.
Furniture Assembly for Hope
Work together to assemble furniture that can serve families through Furnish Hope.
Restoration Education
Learn how to repair, refinish, and extend the life of what you already own.
Meet the Trades
Local contractors and businesses demonstrate what they do and share pathways into their fields.
RENEW Market
Shop local makers creating reclaimed, repurposed, and upcycled goods.
Furniture Donation
Offer quality tables and chairs, dressers, beds, couches, tools, and useful materials for review.
Worship + Second Life Stories
Hear stories of lives renewed through Jesus alongside worship throughout the day.
Kids + Family Activities
Find hands-on opportunities designed to welcome younger makers and their families.
Second Life Auction
Bid on selected pieces and help raise support for Furnish Hope; final auction details are coming soon.
Before we throw it away
Let’s ask what it could become.
RENEW is a hands-on Second Life Community Event where useful resources are reclaimed, practical potential is developed, and hope is built together.
Potential should not be wasted—not in furniture, not in materials, and not in people. RENEW brings neighbors, families, contractors, craftspeople, makers, businesses, mentors, volunteers, and stories of new life into one shared day.
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Four Movements Under RENEW
Reclaim. Restore. Reimagine. Repurpose.
RENEW is the banner over four connected movements that turn overlooked resources into useful things, shared skills, new possibilities, and hope.
See the value others overlook.
Bring quality furniture and useful materials out of storage, uncertainty, or neglect and give them a path toward a second life.
ReclaimSee the value others overlook.
Bring quality furniture and useful materials out of storage, uncertainty, or neglect and give them a path toward a second life.
RestoreRepair what is broken.
Learn practical skills through hands-on demonstrations, thoughtful repair, safe tool use, and patient craftsmanship.
ReimagineSee what could be.
Explore Second Life Challenge creations and discover repurposed, reclaimed, and upcycled goods in the RENEW Market.
RepurposePut what we’ve been given back to work.
Put restored furniture, reclaimed materials, developed skills, and new relationships back to work serving families and the wider community.
Developing Potential
What do you know that someone else needs an opportunity to learn?
RENEW brings local contractors, craftspeople, makers, artists, and business owners together with people who want to learn. Showcase a trade, demonstrate a skill, offer a hands-on experience, and introduce someone to a career or creative possibility they may never have considered.
Bring your trade. Bring your tools. Bring your experience. Teach someone what you know.Become a Business or Mentor
How You Can Be Part of RENEW
Bring what you have. Share what you know.
Choose the path that fits you. Each one opens a short, tailored way to take the next step.
Give
Donate furniture, materials, tools, supplies, auction items, or funding.
Start GivingBuild
Join the Second Life Challenge and create something incredible from something others might have overlooked.
Join the ChallengeTeach
Demonstrate a practical skill, mentor a builder, or invest what you know in someone else.
Offer a SkillSell
Apply to become a RENEW Market vendor with repurposed, reclaimed, upcycled, or handmade goods.
Apply as a VendorServe
Volunteer for setup, hospitality, donation intake, transportation, kids activities, cleanup, and more.
Find a TeamShare
Invite friends, family, churches, businesses, teams, and community groups to be part of the day.
Help Spread the WordThe Second Life Challenge
See potential. Build possibility.
Individuals and teams create a finished Reimagined Furniture or From Scratch / Reclaimed Materials entry before the event, then share it with the community.
Register
Choose a division and tell the RENEW team what you plan to create.
Create beforehand
Complete the project before RENEW using your own workspace, process, tools, and materials.
Deliver the finished entry
Bring the completed project to the event venue Friday, October 2. Check-in time and delivery instructions are coming soon.
Share it at RENEW
Entries will be presented to the community Saturday, October 3. Judging, prizes, and auction participation will be published when confirmed.
Give Furniture a Second Life
Useful things should not be wasted.
Quality furniture, tools, and building materials can become restored pieces, learning opportunities, auction items, and furnished homes.
Greatest needs
- Kitchen tables and chairs
- Dressers
- Beds
- Couches
- Tools and building materials
The RENEW Market
Made again. Made meaningful.
Meet makers and browse repurposed furniture, reclaimed materials, upcycled goods, and handmade pieces with a second-life story.
Benefiting Furnish Hope
Renewed things can restore dignity.
RENEW supports Furnish Hope by putting restored furniture, event proceeds, donated materials, and community skills back into service.
Finished furniture helps furnish homes.
Auction proceeds support the organization.
Donated materials return to community service.
Skills and relationships continue beyond the event.
Measurable results
Items donated—
Volunteers registered—
Families served—
Funds raised—
Please Pray With Us
Ask with us for renewal that lasts.
We believe the deepest second-life story is new life in Christ. Join us in praying for every person, family, mentor, volunteer, and relationship touched by RENEW.
Come Be Part of the Day
Let’s RENEW together.
Join us in Bend for a day of creativity, community, learning, worship, and impact.