Tomorrow we will join together with Grace River Church to pack Thanksgiving meals for our families and I'm so excited to be doing so. I'll do my best to get some photos of the packing and post them. With Thanksgiving being next week, the kids only have school on Monday and Tuesday. That means that instead of a Wednesday deadline, we have a MONDAY DEADLINE for all our food. This is what is needed to serve our kids:
12 cans of soup
26 ravioli
28 easy mac envelopes
I also went ahead and counted for the following week since I know we'll all be busy enjoying family next weekend and stuffing our faces with turkey!
The following week's needs are:
28 beefaroni
28 easy mac envelopes
28 cans peas
Thanks to everyone that heeds the call to care for our community! I pray each of you is blessed by the Lord and grasps just how dearly you are loved by Him!
Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives. Titus 3:14
Friday, November 21, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Thanksgiving Update and This week's needs
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful response for the Thanksgiving meals. The volunteer positions filled quickly. Donations are still being received and may be made online (recommended) or mailed:
Grace River Church
This coming week we will need the following items to be able to fill the bags for our students:
Ritz cracker sleeves- 12
easy mac envelopes- 28
green beans 28
The earlier we can check this off the list, the sooner we can look at the next weekend as, with Thanksgiving, that will be a very short and busy week.
Grace River Church
PO BOX 1031
O'Fallon MO 63366
Online at
This coming week we will need the following items to be able to fill the bags for our students:
Ritz cracker sleeves- 12
easy mac envelopes- 28
green beans 28
The earlier we can check this off the list, the sooner we can look at the next weekend as, with Thanksgiving, that will be a very short and busy week.
Friday, November 14, 2014
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
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
Monday, October 27, 2014
A short week before Halloween...
This week Bear Necessities needs the following:
12 individual boxes of cereal
13 tuna
27 ritz cracker sleeves
4 easy mac envelopes
28 cans of corn
Since there is no school on Friday, the deadline for this week is no later than Wednesday morning. Thank you to everyone who helps and prays!
12 individual boxes of cereal
13 tuna
27 ritz cracker sleeves
4 easy mac envelopes
28 cans of corn
Since there is no school on Friday, the deadline for this week is no later than Wednesday morning. Thank you to everyone who helps and prays!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Needs for THIS WEEK
This week Bear Necessities needs
15 cans of tuna
21 cans of corn
We need everything for set up on Wednesday. Thanks!
15 cans of tuna
21 cans of corn
We need everything for set up on Wednesday. Thanks!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Back in the swing of things...
Hi Everyone!
This week we will be back in the swing of things at both schools. We have served kids at John Weldon the last two weeks and are scheduled to begin at the middle school on Friday.
As I've gone through the pantry, I wanted to share some important information. There are just a few items that we are low on and some that we have a HUGE surplus of, which we don't want because we don't want food to expire before we can get it to the kids. For this reason, if you're out purchasing for Bear Necessities, please only get the following items at this time:
beefaroni
ravioli
spaghetti o's
tuna
cake mix
icing
At this moment, we do not have needs in other areas but have little or none of these items. When other items run out, I will be sure to let everyone know.
This ministry is such a blessing for struggling families and it would not happen without each of you listening to the call from the Lord to take care of the kids he loves!
This week we will be back in the swing of things at both schools. We have served kids at John Weldon the last two weeks and are scheduled to begin at the middle school on Friday.
As I've gone through the pantry, I wanted to share some important information. There are just a few items that we are low on and some that we have a HUGE surplus of, which we don't want because we don't want food to expire before we can get it to the kids. For this reason, if you're out purchasing for Bear Necessities, please only get the following items at this time:
beefaroni
ravioli
spaghetti o's
tuna
cake mix
icing
At this moment, we do not have needs in other areas but have little or none of these items. When other items run out, I will be sure to let everyone know.
This ministry is such a blessing for struggling families and it would not happen without each of you listening to the call from the Lord to take care of the kids he loves!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
New School Year 2014-2015!
While we do not know yet how many students we will be serving, we do know that we will still serving in John Weldon and FHMS this month. There are a few things that we are just flat out of if you're out and about and want to pick some things up:
ravioli
beefaroni
corn
green beans
easy mac
We exhausted all of those over this summer but were able to serve those who needed it most each and every week! Now that the school year is upon us, we will surely increase our numbers from the summer and cannot do it without you!
ravioli
beefaroni
corn
green beans
easy mac
We exhausted all of those over this summer but were able to serve those who needed it most each and every week! Now that the school year is upon us, we will surely increase our numbers from the summer and cannot do it without you!
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