Feed the Need Update [Guest post by Pastor Ivanildo]

Dear "Feed the Need' Participants,

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU. Because of you, we will be able to serve 350  families in our area this weekend! Jesus will be glorified and I hope you will be encouraged.

This morning the Outreach staff prayed for you and for the families you will be serving. We prayed for positive encounters with people where the light of the gospel would shine clearly through you no matter what the response will be. We believe God would desire to grant that request, for His glory.

Just some quick reminders as we approach this weekend:

1. If you are not delivering your box, make sure you bring it to the church office by Thursday, April 14, by 4:30 p.m.

2. If you are delivering, make sure you contact the family to schedule a delivery time.

3. Depending on when you are make your delivery, come to the church (rooms 162-164) either on Saturday, April 16, at 9:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. or on Sunday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m. You will receive a quick orientation and a package to include with your box, and collect the milk and the meat.

4. You DO NOT need to bring your box into the church when you come to orientation.

5. Please remember to bring $10.00 to help us cover the cost of the milk and meat. If you are writing a check, make it out to Wooster Grace Brethren Church and mark it "Feed the Need."

6. If you have any questions, please contact Jeana Harley at 330 264-9459 x129 or Juana Hernandez at 330 264-9459 x246 or send an e-mail: feedtheneed@woostergrace.org

Thank you again for touching the lives of needy people in our community with the Love of Christ!

Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade

Families to go without food this Easter--You can help!

110 families still need to be sponsored

Delivery dates: Sat Apr 16 & Sun Apr 17

Those who attend Wooster Grace, I want to ask you to strongly consider added one family to serve this Easter season with a box of food for Feed the Need.  This past Sunday, we had 120 families not sponsored. Today on Friday, 110 remain.

Please sign up this Sunday at one of the tables in our church to share food with one family in our community.  Spend up to $30 ($20 for food items and $10 donation for meat and milk) to gather the items needed to provide a box of food for a family in need.

Here are the steps:

1. Visit the Feed The Need table Tables set up in the lobby outside our worship services.
2. Select a family from our list. We deliver on Sat Apr 16 or Sun Apr 17 to all parts of Wayne County.
3. Fill out sponsorship card.  Complete the top and bottom portion of the card. The top part is for your reference. The bottom part is for our records. We want to make sure that everyone gets a box of food.
4. Pick up a box. Go shopping from our suggested list for an Easter meal.
5. Contact your sponsored family. Call to arrange a time to deliver the food box on April 16 or 17.  You may need to try at different times to catch the family.  If the number is disconnected, then contact the Feed the Need team to figure out how to get in touch with them.
6. Bring you box to the church on the day of your scheduled delivery. You will add a meat item and milk for your delivery day. 

For a list of the suggested items, check our website here.  

Hear Pastor Ivanildo share what Feed the Need is:

Pastor challenges church to feed the hungry

Feed the Need 2011

A challenge from Pastor Ivanildo to those wanting to make a difference in the lives of people in the Wayne County (OH) area:

As we get ready to celebrate Easter, I am coming to you to ask you to help our church share the message of hope in a practical way with people who are under resourced in our community.

Every year for the last 8 years our church has helped feed needy families in our community. This year, for some reason, our response has been slow so far. We still have 230 families who need to be sponsored by Sunday, April 9.

Would you please consider sponsoring a family and helping us serve a cup of cold water in Jesus' Name? Contact Juana at jhernandez@woostergrace.org to sponsor someone or if you have any questions.

Your help is much appreciated. Happy Easter!

Gratefully,

Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade

Did Jesus really say don't feed those who have nothing to eat?

Feed the Need 2010

Jesus said to have compassion and feed those who have nothing to eat (Mark 8:1-3). The people who came to him for teaching and hope were not those who were chronically hungry. These were families who came out and got hungry while hearing Jesus teach.  It was a meal.  That's what Feed the Need is all about--offering a meal in the name of Jesus with God's love empowered by the Holy Spirit!


How can I get involved with Feed the Need 2011?

You need to bring hope to those who need hope. The economy, your  neighborhood, and your  community need hope. One hunger fact, over 33 million Americans live in homes that experience periods of hunger or food insecurity.  In those homes, 13 million children experience hunger or food insecurity.  As one songwriter aptly reflected,

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.
Harry Nilsson

Read more:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/despair_3.html#ixzz1HAB97pum

Please sign up today by emailing Wooster Grace at feedtheneed@woostergrace.org.

Families exist in lives of quiet desperation. Each need hope. When you select a family to bless with a Feed the Need delivery, you can ignite a spark of hope in the lives of one family. Your brief visit could offer an new option for living. Your gift of food could build a heaven in hell's despair.

Please sign up today by emailing Wooster Grace at feedtheneed@woostergrace.org.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.William Blake

Read more:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/despair_4.html#ixzz1HADAY7bV

In Ohio over 700,000 people face food insecurity according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (2007-2008 study).  Food insecurity challenges six percent of Ohioans (2010 census).  Read more here.

So, follow Jesus' example. He had compassion on the people who had nothing to eat. He fed them (Mark 8:1-3). Please sign up today by emailing Wooster Grace at feedtheneed@woostergrace.org.

Pastor describes his solution to feed the hungry

What is Feed the Need 2011?

Pastor Ivanildo Trindade, pastor of Outreach at Wooster Grace (my supervisor) describes what Feed the Need does for our church and for our community.

Listen and/or Sign up by emailing Wooster Grace at feedtheneed@woostergrace.org.

Feed the Need 2010 Info

Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade

Associate Pastor of Outreach Ministries

posted this as an fyi. An opportunity to start thinking of helping families at Easter time. 

 Did you know that Approximately 500,000 children in Ohio are currently hungry or at-risk of hunger?*

Did you know that hungry children a) Have more health problems; b) Exhibit more disruptive behavior; c) Are more likely to be tardy or absent from school; d) Score lower on achievement tests?*

While we cannot by ourselves solve that problem, we can't think of a worse time to go hungry than at Easter. So for several years now Wooster Grace has donated a box of food to under resourced families in our community.

This ministry accomplishes three things: 1) it gives our people an opportunity to step outside the comforts of our neighborhoods and into a segment of our city where people have needs we never thought possible; 2) it allows us to encourage an entire family during a special time of the year when they ought not to feel alone; 3) it gives us an opportunity to share the resurrection story with every family to whom we donate a Feed the Need box.

Soon you will receive information through our church's bulletin about Feed the Need 2010. I am giving you a personal invitation to participate by sponsoring a family this year.

Here are some important dates you need to keep in mind:

• Display tables will be available in the church from February 21 through March 14.
• Feed the Need delivery dates: March 27 and March 28.
• Deadline to sponsor a family: March 14

Please prayerfully consider this worthy ministry and may God bless you and prosper the work of your hands for His glory. 

* Visit Ohio's Hunger Alliance Fund website for more info on the stats.