No Tricks. . . Just Treats

This month I have chosen organizations that feed and shelter the homeless as the Ministry Matters project.  This is the time of the year when missions are gearing up to feed large crowds around Thanksgiving.  We have two missions in our area City Gospel Mission and Fairhaven Rescue Mission that we know about personally.   As a teenager, my youth pastor took our youth group to the City Gospel Mission so that we could participate in ministry there.  Later, this same youth pastor opened Fairhaven Rescue Mission. 

Although either of these rescue missions is worthy of donations, this month I will not specify that the donation be sent to either of these missions.  Perhaps you have a homeless shelter or rescue mission in your area that is in need of your support.  If that be the case, please leave me a comment stating that you will be sending a donation to the rescue mission of your choice and you will then be entered in the drawing for the following prizes:

One winner will receive the following:

• A 20 oz. jar candle by Empire Home.  The scent is called "Fall Festival" and it smells wonderfully cinnamon-y
• A 5.5 inch square, free-standing or wall-hanging wood plaque by P. Graham Dunn with Psalm 107:1 painted on it.
• A book by Cindy Sigler Dagnan entitled "Who got Peanut Butter on My Daily Planner?

In order to be eligible for the drawing, leave a comment stating that you will be sending a donation to a rescue mission of your choosing.  All submissions must be received by noon, Monday, October 25th.  I hope you'll join Pastor Dad and me by making a donation to an organization that shares a meal, a bed, and the love of Christ with those who would otherwise go without them.  And in so doing, you'll make someone very thankful this Thanksgiving!

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat:  I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:  I was a stranger, and ye took me in:  Naked, and ye clothed me:  I was sick, and ye visited me:  I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee?  or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?  or naked, and clothed thee?  Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."          Matthew 25:34-40