Thanksgiving Needs

The last month has held several bits of news and excitement, some personal and some for our community, but too many to get to in one post.  The most pertinent item is Thanksgiving!

From the beginning, we have been working together with local churches to provide meals for the families enrolled in Bear Necessities.  Grace River Church is new to the area but they have set themselves to serve the community from the beginning.  Over the summer they held outdoor (and indoor in the rain) movies with popcorn, cotton candy and many other fun activities for anyone who wanted to come.  If there's been a community event, they've had a table set up to greet people and offer a church family to them.  I've had the privilege of speaking with the pastor, Chris Highfill, and his sweet wife, Sarah, and they strike me as incredibly genuine and kind.  I believe that Grace River will be a great asset to this community… and they already are!

Grace River has a team of people who are working to provide Thanksgiving meals to our Bear Necessities families.  They are still receiving donations and welcome our already established Bear Necessities community to participate with them.  I explained to Chris that the Lord has brought together people with a heart for sharing Jesus through sharing food with local children and we're both excited about this partnership opportunity.

You don't have to attend Grace River to help but if you're looking for a church to try, they are currently meeting at John Weldon the second Sundays of the month at 10 a.m. but will begin meeting EVERY Sunday January 11, 2015.

If you've already got a church home but feel connected to the kids at John Weldon and Bear Necessities, this Thanksgiving thing is for you too!  Just because many of us go to different buildings on Sunday mornings to worship does not mean that we are not a part of the same church family.  The church belongs to Jesus and so, we're all one family through him!

I just love when we get the opportunity to be with family!


UPDATE: 11/15- VOLUNTEER POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED.  tHANK YOU!

Packing will take place NEXT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 AT 9 A.M. in the JW CAFETERIA.

You can contact me or Chris to help out:  dorinda_peyton@yahoo.com or Chris@graceriver.cc