Time for a Change…

Outreach Opportunity    We are going to pass out 9-volt batteries next week at Walmart and Kmart to remind people to check their smoke detector batteries when they move their clocks back on November 1st for the end of daylight saving time.   It’s simple…over 40,000 times so far this year we have done small things with great love to show God’s love in a practical way… Ready to join us?  Anyone who loves the Lord is welcome to join up with SIL.  If you are willing to help distribute the batteries on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (October 26-30), please click the email link and someone will contact you to discuss details.

New CAM Website!!

Our friends at CAM,Inc (Coordinated Assistance Ministries) have launched their new website. We are placing a permanent link on our page so you can get involved. (http://caminchopeforhomeless.org/home)

The Mission of Coordinated Assistance Ministries is to unify the assistance ministries of the religious community, show God’s love, meet needs not being met by community agencies, and cooperate with social service agencies in meeting the needs of our community.

CAM, Inc. exists through generous donations of churches, organizations, and individuals of our wonderful community. Their service area includes Howard, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Miami and Tipton Counties.

Each year CAM serves over a thousand individuals and families. Their doors are open each week day as a Day Shelter. Those in need may come in for a cup of coffee, a donut and fellowship. Clients needing help can see the Supervisor who assesses their needs and helps them in accessing government and private assistance programs

SIL works with CAM, Inc. in many outreaches including the Transportation Outreach and Jobs Task Force. We are placing a permanent link on the our page so you can get involved.

CAM, Inc. fills a very critical niche. Some of the reasons a person would need CAM include:

Keeping family housing
Finding place to live
Finding jobs that sustain families (Jobs Program link on this site)
Phones and Message center for receiving phone calls for work or housing
Providing a Safe address
Payee assistance
Transportation
Help filling out papers
Lost ID
Hygiene kits
Bicycles for a job
Waiting for appointments with other agencies
Medicine and Nursing assistance
Help with drug & alcohol addictions
Supporting persons in jail or hospital without any family….and much more.

We are lifted up when people show God’s love in a practical way.

Showing God’s Love in the Fight against Cancer

Serving in Love is providing support for the “Taking Care of Ourselves and Each Other: Mammogram Screening and African American Women” this Saturday at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. 

The purpose of this program is to add to your knowledge new education about the importance of breast cancer screening among African American women.  Health Care Professionals will be present to provide infromation and discuss the importance of screening.

SIL is participating by providing free refreshments for participants.   We are looking forward to more opportunities to work with our friends at Mt. Pisgah.

Heading toward Thanksgiving

You Serving In Love (SIL) Team has a busy fall calendar. We are beginning the season by scattering seeds (not literally) and passing out free Tulip Bulbs.

 Team members will be at Zumba Classes at the Connection every week in October passing out Gift Kits to scatter more “seeds”.  We also have posted a video to remind us that we need to be the right soil for all these seeds.

We are also preparing to deliver 100 Thanksgiving Dinners on November 21st.   We are asking our neighbors to click on the email links to let us know of families who would appreciate the dinner.  We also are providing Thanksgiving Dinner for the CAM Center.  We’ll publish a list so you can donate, so keep coming back.

So feel free to stop by or stop in and see how you can become “Dirt” for all this seeding.

Meanwhile, the commuters and Jobs Vans have logged over 10,000 miles and more than 100 people have gotten jobs.  See the Transportation Link…

Our Global Missions Team left for Haiti today….Lift them up….Pray for them.

See you Sunday…