Good evening all,

Attached is a copy of the ideas and decisions we threw around at the brainstorming meeting Monday night along with the mission statement we constructed. If you have any other suggestions, email them to me and we will see how we can integrate them.

Thanks to ALL who came out today! Angela told me we had about 60-70 people show up for food and supplies today. A lot of old faces and a lot of new faces. Next weekend, I will be in Panama City Beach with the youth (pray for us-especially the adults!) and Angela will be in Japan!! All that to say, we will need another great force of help.

Today, our Church Vision meeting went great. We set a few new goals and hope to implement them soon. I encourage you to keep an eye out for them and get involved.

Thanks again for all of your support.

Jenny

Thank you all for your great support in making soup and chili for this past weekend. It was all gobbled up quickly! It was very windy and rainy (I don’t think any of us walked away dry) but the crowd still came.

We will need loads of help on Saturday, January 30. Angela will be going to Japan (and I am super jealous!) and I will be chaperoning for Meltdown with the youth group. If you could make it then, it would be much appreciated!

If you aren’t already, please pray for the people in Haiti-natives, workers, and missionaries. Several United Methodist missionaries have died in the earthquake, so I imagine other denominations have lost loved ones there, too. Many have lost loved ones and aid is slow in coming because of all of the damage.

Hope to see you all Saturday.

We had a great day Saturday! Several people showed up to help, which was a welcoming sight in this cold weather. At God’s nudging, Angie made chicken noodle soup and we took out our usual sandwiches. We also met a couple who came with a bag of gloves to give out. They are planning on meeting us again next week with some chili. Everyone really appreciated the soup and many said it was the best they’ve ever had! God moved mightily Saturday! We prayed that everyone would have a warm place to stay that night and just after everyone got their food, the director of the Waterfront Rescue Mission came and said that EVERYONE could stay there for the night-even if they had been previously banned! That was almost an immediate answer to prayers!!

 

 

We are having a planning meeting on JANUARY 18 at 6:30 pm. I have attached a few questions for you to think about. If you come to the meeting we will discuss these questions. If you can’t make it to the meeting you can still contribute. Just answer the questions and share any ideas you have for bettering our ministry. You can email these to me and we will take them into account at the meeting.

CLICK HERE FOR QUESTIONS

 

 

Thanks for all you do through prayers or actions!

 

Jenny

We had a great turn out . . . thank you all very much for the great job you did!   Mariam & Levi, Michelle, Solon & Kylie, Mary & Robert, Me & Dallam, Zina, Shane & Brooke headed out from Pace.  Jim met us at City Hall and did a great job on trash detail . . . thank you very much!  And Pam did an awesome job of making sandwiches   We took out a ton of supplies and were pretty much wiped out of what we took (still have some things back at the church).  Had lots of people show up to be fed, then I had made up 15 lunches to hand out in front of the mission (I feel guilty just giving to Jack) and could have used about 5 more!!!  They were so appreciative . . . standing in line on a cold, windy winter day is tough enough, but when you’re hungry . . . I can’t even imagine! 

 There were lots of “Happy New Years!” greetings and everyone’s spirits seemed to be upbeat . . .  which is totally amazing to me when they are facing a week of 20 degree weather at night!!!

We gave out 36 backpacks today! Many of our regulars were at the First Baptist Church of Pensacola’s BBQ. We hope we see many more next week.

If you are interested in helping out, meet us at the church at 11:00 on December 27.

Sorry the blog has been lacking lately. Life has been coming fast!

We are still going steady with our food distribution. We are averaging about 45-55 people each Saturday. Please keep us in your prayers. After the new year, we will brainstorm on how to add more evangelism into our day. Stay tuned for times and info on that meeting.

TOMORROW we will distribute our backpacks! Our church has been VERY generous in giving us backpacks and supplies. THANK YOU!!

 This past Saturday, we didn’t have many people show up. There was a hot meal going uptown, so many of them were up there.

 

This Saturday we will need loads of help! Many of our workers will be out of town or traveling back from holiday travels. If you can please come and help us out or if you know of anyone that would like to help forward this to them.

 

I hope all of you have a wonderful time of fellowship with your friends and family this Thanksgiving!

 

Jenny

 

This Saturday we went out and fed about 55-60 people. Since Angela, our counter, wasn’t there, and I completely forgot to count, that’s just a rough estimate.

 

If anyone is interested, TUESDAY NIGHT at the WATERFRONT RESCUE MISSION they are having a candle vigil for the homeless who have died in the area. This starts at 6:00 and should last an hour. I can’t go because I’m working that night, but if anyone else would like to go, it would be great to have a representative. The director of Waterfront spoke to me about it and said we could even stand up and talk about what we do. I wasn’t too keen on that, but if you go and want to, you totally can.

 

We have ordered backpacks for people to stuff for our Christmas gifts to the homeless. They were shipped yesterday by UPS and should be arriving sometime this week. We only have 48, so get yours soon!

 

I think that’s all the news I have today, hope to see everyone Saturday! We’ll meet at 11:15 to prepare the food.

Last Saturday we served 45 people. Tomorrow is another supply day! Yay! We’ll meet at the church at 11:15 and half of us will make sandwiches and get the food ready, while the rest works on getting supplies out the door.

 

We will be ordering backpacks for people to pick up for our Operation Give a Pack. When they come in, we’ll let you know, and they will be available for pick up at the office and during the services on Sunday.

 

Hope to see you all at 11:15 tomorrow!

CVS has blankets on sale 4 for $10! This is a great deal! Pick som up at the CVS conveniently located across the street from the church.

Walgreens, also across the street, has hoodies on sale for $4.99!!