This year the Mission House Church will help to provide toys for the families living in the California Studio Inn in Santa Ana.
Last year we were very blessed to have Cartoon Network donate a ton of toys for the kids, along with items purchased by our own house church family.
This year we have the blessing of partnering with a few 4th grade elementary classes locally as well as Cartoon Network (thanks again), and our own house church family, of course.
We're also planning to pass out the toys alongside another church in Orange County that will provide 50 meals to 50 families in the motel.
On Sunday, December 21st, we'll pass out the gifts, pray for the families and help distribute the food alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ, and local school children.
Praise God for everyone who had helped, planned, donated, and wrapped to make this all possible!
To me, this is what Christmas is really all about.
Shalom,
kg
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
This Saturday - Motel Ministry
This Saturday (11/22/08) our house church will serve the people living in the California Studio Inn in Santa Ana by passing out free groceries, praying for them as they have need, hosting a bounce house and game time for the children, and spending time listening to them as friends.
My wife and our 2 boys have been serving at this same motel now for over 7 years. It's become a monthly habit for us to go and serve there. We've seen some of the same faces over the years. Some have died. Some have moved to better places. Others have moved to worse situations or simply relocated to other motels.
We've made new friends and we're in the process of learning to love everyone we come into contact with here.
Even though we've been doing this a long time, I pray it will never become a habit for us. I never want to just go through the motions. Instead, I pray that God would always keep this ministry about Jesus and about serving and loving the people who live here.
Our ministry isn't flashy. It's not "big". It's nothing to marvel at. It is simple and humble and very straight-forward. Hopefully the people we serve here know that we love them, and that Jesus loves them, more than anything else.
If nothing else, we have the opportunity to see Jesus in the eyes of these people in real need as we give them something to eat and pray for their families, their relationships, their finances, and their dreams and hopes.
I always feel that we could do more...that it's never enough, really. But our only job is to serve and to be obedient to God as He leads us, and mainly to practice loving others as Christ loved us.
Peace,
Keith
My wife and our 2 boys have been serving at this same motel now for over 7 years. It's become a monthly habit for us to go and serve there. We've seen some of the same faces over the years. Some have died. Some have moved to better places. Others have moved to worse situations or simply relocated to other motels.
We've made new friends and we're in the process of learning to love everyone we come into contact with here.
Even though we've been doing this a long time, I pray it will never become a habit for us. I never want to just go through the motions. Instead, I pray that God would always keep this ministry about Jesus and about serving and loving the people who live here.
Our ministry isn't flashy. It's not "big". It's nothing to marvel at. It is simple and humble and very straight-forward. Hopefully the people we serve here know that we love them, and that Jesus loves them, more than anything else.
If nothing else, we have the opportunity to see Jesus in the eyes of these people in real need as we give them something to eat and pray for their families, their relationships, their finances, and their dreams and hopes.
I always feel that we could do more...that it's never enough, really. But our only job is to serve and to be obedient to God as He leads us, and mainly to practice loving others as Christ loved us.
Peace,
Keith
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