Better a small serving of vegetables with love
than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 15:17
Bobby was back with us this past Saturday! I almost busted a gut smiling just seeing him. He was ‘“out of commission” for a while. He lives with mental illness like so many others, and he finds love and a safe home among us. They always come back because they are always welcomed. Bobby has had an executor for his whole life and he is excited to not need one on the New Earth.
Last Week’s Update…stay connected!
Hi fam,
A pretty great day downtown. Thank you to Jesus for not dumping rain on us. More info below.
Logistics
Served: 100+
Last week's leaders: Bryan. Shout out to Nick and Jennifer Yang for loading and unloading
Next week's leaders: Ruth
Next week's preacher: Jeff
Gifts
Last week's: socks
Next week's: backpacks
Looking Ahead
VOX is on for this week
CrU will be here with us from UCONN
Service
Started off praying with Lisa in the morning and it was really good. We prayed specifically for “Big Mouth” and his healing. He remained down by the Wadsworth Saturday, louder and more emotional than before but he came quitely through our line and went back. As we were loading a firetruck with lights arrived as someone had called him in. I told them he had been around us and seems to be off his meds but he has been loud and not violent and they were thankful. We will advocate for every human being
I somehow read the wrong dates so lisa and I made 100 sandwiches and soup to add to the mac and cheese and 75 sandwiches made. This was good as we ran out of lunch bags, soup and mac and cheese.
I preached on the dishonest manager and how it was a call to the church to managed the gifts for Kingdom Profit since they were so good at dishonestley handling what they had been gifted by him for their gain.
LOTS of good faces to day! Bobby was with us, and MISS WONDERFUL TOO! She had kept away because "she is no longer a teenager and the walk is hard". Curtis came along, and Eric as well as a host of folks we haven’t seen in some time.
There was peace and marked joy today, which I was thankful. As I was leaving Bobby was head in his hands and when we started talking he had moist eyes..."you just don't know what it's like being a ward of the state your whole life. It's really hard."
I reminded him we are his family too. We are all many have around here. What an honor and privledge it is to be a part of this.
Peace,
b
From the Community Churches
I am so thankful for the breadth of our ministry! I hosted a huge team of 28 middle school students from Cornerstone Christian School midweek to pack up toothbrushes and razors, soap and utensils and a few hundred other things… and I may have jacked them up a bit which was not hard to do! So grateful for the passion of these kids for Jesus and the marginalized.
Then it was off to one of our assisted living facilities to sing and laugh, preach and come to the table. Often family is with us visiting and it is such a gift for them to be able to have church with spouses who can no longer stay safely at home.
That is true covenantal love and I have bore witness to it over the years… the other can give nothing back in return, it is one-sided because they are one flesh.
The Clairbridge Community Church @ Brookdale/Chatfield
The Community Church at Brookdale/Chatfield
The Farmington Station Community Church
The River Ridge Community Church
The West Hartford Health and Rehab Community Church
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