Please keep in our thoughts and prayers the many friends and family of Ev Hall, who died last Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack.  The memorial service was held Monday, July 23rd at

 

 

First Christian Church. 

 

 

 

GRANDE SALE MINISTRY

 

AUGUST 24th 12:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

 

AUGUST 25 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

AUGUST 26th 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

 

*     PLEASE check your attics, basements, garages, closets- We need your donations!

*     Sign up to help in the Lounge.

*     We can use help sorting in the store room after church on Sundays, as well as some Wednesdays and Saturday mornings. 

*     We need a truck to bring furniture to the church.

*     We need people to distribute flyers to the neighborhood.

*     We also need your praise and prayer for the blessings this ministry brings to us, the neighborhood, and missions here and around the world.

*     All proceeds go to Missions through BMF

 

-Please call Judy Anderson if interested in helping.

 

 

Disciples Make Impact Through Local Community Outreach
July 21, 2007 - Disciples News Service - Fort Worth, Texas

Disciples are making their presence known in the Fort Worth community as part of a well-coordinated mission outreach program that helps kick off the 2007 General Assembly. Nearly 100 Disciples have helped out at community food banks, homeless shelters, community gardens and mission centers since Wednesday.

General Minister and President Sharon E. Watkins was among those who spent time at the Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) on Friday helping to sort canned goods and other food items that will later be distributed among 300 nonprofit programs and agencies in and around Fort Worth

"Our theme for the Assembly is 'Share the Feast' and as Disciples we feel fortunate to help groups such as this food bank," said Watkins. "At places like this, we see wonderful ways that organizations are taking scarcity and translating it into abundance.

Tarrant rescues surplus food from becoming waste by accepting millions of pounds of it each year from the food industry. That food is then sorted and distributed to partner agencies that include church food pantries, senior citizen centers, emergency shelters, low-income child care centers, after-school programs and other social service centers. The result is providing groceries for an average of 35,000 families, in addition to food for more than 500,000 prepared meals and snacks served at agency sites.

"We are a clearinghouse," noted Bo Soderbergh, Executive Director at Tarrant. "Hunger remains a huge problem across this country, but we are a major provider to food for those who help address this issue."

Volunteers helped provide more than 60,000 hours of work at the food bank in 2005-2006. Many of those volunteers are connected with churches or church alliances.

Steve Martin, facilities manager at Tarrant and a member of a Disciples church, showcased the food bank's ability to keep meats and other perishable items in two story freezers and coolers. He also pointed out that the food bank now provides several programs aimed at ending chronic hunger and malnutrition, such as the TAFB Kids Cafe which offers prepared meals at after-school tutoring, mentoring and recreational programs.

TAFB also hopes to expand its BackPacks for Kids program which provides school backpacks of nonperishable food for children at high risk of hunger over the weekends when they are away from school meals.

Disciple volunteers will be out in the Fort Worth community again on Tuesday, July 24 and Wednesday, July 25. In the meantime, a variety of mission activities will take place inside the Fort Worth Convention Center. Disciples will leave canned good and other non-perishable food items in bins strategically placed around the exhibit hall. The food will be distributed to local food banks. "Survive the heat kits" also will be assembled from donated items such as toothbrushes, combs, socks, hats and caps, underwear and bottled water.