Very, very cool. Sustenance in the here and now with food, and sustenance
as chaplain for the firemen in the future. Good one.
Brad
Kathy Du Bois wrote:
>Last night, our church did something very brave, brave for us anyway and
>I wanted to share it with you. As you may recall, I have spoken before
>about how far behind our church is in its annual budget. We are more
>than $8,000 behind. In the past, the ladies would hold, what are called,
>"bean dinners," to supplement the income from the weekly offering in
>order to make ends meet. They would charge $6 per meal to the public.
>Greg and I had been praying that these meals would stop because we felt
>that they were enabling the community to see the church as a place to
>obtain a business transaction rather than grace. God answered our
>prayers and the dinners stopped about two years ago, partly because the
>people who were mainly involved in putting them on were getting too old
>and tired to keep them up. The idea of giving these dinners away, for
>free, was practically un heard of. Well, last night, our church took a
>huge step of faith and, despite our financial woes, everybody pitched in
>and we had a free dinner for the public. We didn't even allow a freewill
>offering to be taken. One lady even donated some plants to be given away
>as door prizes. Best of all, we invited our volunteer fire department
>to come as special guests and nine of them actually came. Greg made up
>little certificates of appreciation for them and presented them along
>with a little American flag during the dinner to thunderous applause.
>They were overwhelmed and the chief, who was present, has asked Greg to
>act as their chaplain. Most amazing of all, there was food left over!
>It was kind of like a re-inactment of the loaves and fishes. God is so
>awesome! I have never washed so many dishes in my life and enjoyed it so
>much!
>God bless America!
>Kathy
>
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