Who Are You Serving This Thanksgiving?

Who Are You Serving This Thanksgiving?

Holiday Service Opportunity: Feeding the Homeless in Atlanta...Taking Christianity Into the World

My wife and I were blessed to be able to serve at 7 Bridges to Recovery where we met Pastor 7 and his men! This Thanksgiving in 2009, we will be serving the homeless men and women of Atlanta as we bring a Thanksgiving feast and God's word to many people living under the bridges of the streets of Atlanta and some canned goods to the shelter. We will also be collecting jackets and sleeping bags to help keep those who cannot do for themselves warm this upcoming winter.

We are collecting any items that will assist in keeping our friends under the bridges warm. If you have blankets, sleeping bags, winters clothing, ANY ITEMS to keep the cold away, please let us know and we will either pick them up or you can bring them to us. If you want you and your family to be involved please contact John Dillard at 770 814 9304. Please note that this trip is Good for the Whole Family.
Thank you for caring and please pray for Pastor 7, his men and the ministry. To learn about his ministry visit http://www.7bridgestorecovery.org/home_page.html Below is a sample of his weekly e-mail to the world along with their needs. Pray to see what God might have you do to serve Him in your community:

Hey children of God! Sorry about the delay, we have been really busy. Here is the word of the week.

Seeds and Faith Galatians 6:7-10. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. -Galatians 6:7. I read a fable about a man who was browsing in a store when he made the shocking discovery that God was behind a sales counter. So the man walked over and asked, "What are You selling?" God replied, "What does your heart desire?" The man said, "I want happiness, peace of mind, and freedom from fear... for me and the whole world." God smiled and said, "I don't sell fruit here. Only seeds."

In Galatians 6, Paul stressed the importance of sowing seeds of God honoring behavior, for "whatever a man sows, the he will also reap" We can't expect the fruit of God's blessings if we don't see the importance of doing our part. I helps to follow the example of others who have sown good seed. Are you weary of the way you are? Ask God for his help, and begin sowing seeds of new actions and responses. In due season the Spirit will give the increase.

We're always sowing seeds in life by everything we do and say. So let's make sure the fruit we reap comes from the good we do each day. The seeds we sow today determine the kind of fruit we'll reap tomorrow.

Just to give everybody an update. I thank God for my new sister and brother in Christ that is furnishing Thanksgiving dinner. After we get through serving the women and children at the garden dinner, there will be at least 70 people going to serve under the bridges. Feel free to come and serve on Thanksgiving at the Garden and under the bridges. Just to let you know we are already planning the Christmas concert on December the 19th at 7 p.m. Here is a need list.

NEEDS:

1) Sanitation and cleaning supplies. 2)Commercial brooms and mops. 3)2 new commercial vacuum cleaners. 4)Another amp for our sound system. 5)Blankets and sleeping bags
6)3 new washer machines and dryers 7) 1 new refrigerator/freezer white for the apartment
8) All the number 10 cans of vegetables that we can get. 9) All the lunch meat that we can get. 10) Gas cards for the buses and vehicles. 11) A new bus 12) Two 5 gallon beverage containers 13) Toothbrushes and toothpaste 14)Paper plates and plastic forks
15)Last but not least monetary gifts are always a necessity at 7 bridges. 16) Washers and dryers 17) Refrigerators and freezers

Thank you for your prayers, love and support. Love always, 7.

GO JESUS GO JESUS GO!
LOVE,
Pastor 7 (Serving The Lost, the Last and the Least)

I know that most all viewers of this live outside the Metro Atlanta Area. For all of you I invite you to seek out service opportunities in your community to serve God and others this Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you seek to serve God, He will open doors and opportunities to serve Him, just as He presented us to serve Atlanta's Homeless, just a few weeks prior. Seek Him with All Your Heart and He will Direct and Answer His Desires for Your Life and the Desires of Your Heart.

John Dillard is an Christian Speaker/Author and Certified Public Accountant in Duluth, GA. To See how he takes Christ along with him to work visit http://www.hiscpa.com/  and for his latest book Overcoming Life's 9/11's: Job's Journey and a Voice of One: Nehemiah's Prayer visit http://www.john-dillard.com/  or call John Dillard CPA today at 770.814.9304 (All Rights Reserved) Dare to Attempt Something so Great for the Kingdom of God that it is doomed to failure, lest Christ be in it!