We had our second Christmas planning meeting yesterday. It is amazing how time flies when you are having fun. We look forward to Christmas as a time to reach out to more people with the love of Christ; yet we fear the overwhelming responsibility that it brings.
We need more volunteers, people to adopt families, food, gifts, and funds than ever before. This year a couple of the non-profits that have had a Christmas gift program are changing their programs to fit their mission. Christmas is part of our mission and our promise.
We need your help to make Christmas a wonderful time of year for all involved. Please pray about where you might be able to help us.
Thank you and God Bless-
Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Harvest of Hope
Every day people walk into Christian HELP with needs and they walk out with hope. Hope of a new job, hope of financial security, hope for the future. Our employment counselors are mostly volunteers who give of their time to meet with, listen to, and pray with our clients. Under the direction of Harry Kunisch, the counselors give advice on job searches, and give leads for jobs. Sometimes they just provide someone to talk to.
Each year in October, we bring the stories of our clients to Calvary Assembly for our Harvest of Hope. This annual fundraiser, provides the much needed finances for our ministry. This event will also have a silent auction prior to the luncheon. We will have some great items to bid on like baskets, tickets to the space center, zoo, and wonderworks, and even an old fashioned popcorn machine.
If you would like to be part of this very special event, please call Jackie Normand at 407-834-4022. To donate items for our auction, please call Phyllis at 407-834-4022.
Your contributions help people to have a hand up.
God Bless-
Each year in October, we bring the stories of our clients to Calvary Assembly for our Harvest of Hope. This annual fundraiser, provides the much needed finances for our ministry. This event will also have a silent auction prior to the luncheon. We will have some great items to bid on like baskets, tickets to the space center, zoo, and wonderworks, and even an old fashioned popcorn machine.
If you would like to be part of this very special event, please call Jackie Normand at 407-834-4022. To donate items for our auction, please call Phyllis at 407-834-4022.
Your contributions help people to have a hand up.
God Bless-
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Being a Light
Phyllis, our Client Services Counselor asked me what our mission is. Not what our mission statement is, but our actual mission. My answer was to be a light in the community.
Christians for some reason get a bad reputation. I have called on churches to partner with them on areas we have mutual interests and many have opened their doors wide and said come on in. A few others have closed theirs tight and said that they were not interested. My question was- what are you not interested in? Helping others? I am not sure what that answer is.
Our mission is to help people who need a hand up. To help those who cannot help themselves. To show Christ's love to others. The bible says in Phillipians 2:7-8 "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, humbled himself..."
In order to be a light, we must humble ourselves. We need to meet people at the point of their pain. Share our testimonies and experiences to show that we understand. We pray for each person who walks through our doors. Some we can help with our services, others we need to send to other services.
Please join with us in our prayers that the body of Christ will be one. That we can all reach out and be lights in the community. That people will see Christ in us and say "I want what they have".
Scott Pucket, Pastor of Christ Kingdom Church, was a founder of project 24 in East Orlando. He said that their mission for the body of Christ was the NEED to see others succeed. I love that. Churches praying for other churches and getting together to help the community. What a blessing.
Let's change our thinking to less division, and more love. We need to see each other succeed in our walk with Christ in order to reach the lost for Him.
Christians for some reason get a bad reputation. I have called on churches to partner with them on areas we have mutual interests and many have opened their doors wide and said come on in. A few others have closed theirs tight and said that they were not interested. My question was- what are you not interested in? Helping others? I am not sure what that answer is.
Our mission is to help people who need a hand up. To help those who cannot help themselves. To show Christ's love to others. The bible says in Phillipians 2:7-8 "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, humbled himself..."
In order to be a light, we must humble ourselves. We need to meet people at the point of their pain. Share our testimonies and experiences to show that we understand. We pray for each person who walks through our doors. Some we can help with our services, others we need to send to other services.
Please join with us in our prayers that the body of Christ will be one. That we can all reach out and be lights in the community. That people will see Christ in us and say "I want what they have".
Scott Pucket, Pastor of Christ Kingdom Church, was a founder of project 24 in East Orlando. He said that their mission for the body of Christ was the NEED to see others succeed. I love that. Churches praying for other churches and getting together to help the community. What a blessing.
Let's change our thinking to less division, and more love. We need to see each other succeed in our walk with Christ in order to reach the lost for Him.
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