Hey everyone - I decided as we start our journey into the 60 days of service we needed a place to document everything we go through. This really is more then just something we are doing, its who we are. We are servants, followers of God, Reaching out to the lost and needy. Our first collections are for Project Blessing - Who are they and what do they do?
They are a ministry run solely by Life Church members providing household items to those moving from Homelessness to housing. Do we really understand how important that is? Imaging living on the streets due to job loss, foreclosure, illness, etc., its a hard spot to be living on the streets or in shelters packed in beds next to strangers. Finally through the help of a service you are able to get back on your feet and get a place to live. Imaging the excitement. Now picture moving into that apartment with the clothes off your back. Where do you sleep? Floor, what keeps you warm? Your hungry and want to cook some soup, how do you open the can? Cook the soup? Eat the soup? You want a shower but what do you wash with? What do you dry off with? I'm sure you get the picture - New place great but its a bit bleak in its emptiness. Now imagine you receive a box full of bedding, bathroom essentials, and kitchen items, along with a Bible. How blessed do you feel now? Do not minimize at all what collecting these items is doing. I mean great you get to dye Nellie + Julie's hair but think beyond that to the reward how helping others. Last year alone Project Blessing served 770 individuals (191 were children) that was 470 households. That's amazing and this year you are a part of that!! SO go on out there and collect these items (team contest end the 17th but we can continue collecting all year long!)
Items-
Kitchen - *Can opener *dish clothes+Towels *Dish Soap + Scrubbers * Glasses + Mugs * Plates *bowls *Pots+ Pans *Cooking utensils * Cutlery * flatware * 8 paper Towels
Bedroom - *sheet sets * pillows * Blankets
Bathroom- *bath towel * hand towels *Face Clothes *Shower curtain + rings *Deodorant *razors *Shampoo *Bar Soap *Toothbrushes + Paste * Toilet Paper
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