cathy! Praise God! He is truely good isn't he? *smile*
Jenifer Barr.
Waiting for HIS soon return!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 4:16 PM
Subject: How our church celebrated 9:11 this year
> 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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