Tag Archives: homeless

Jesus meets our needs

Posted on September 23, 2022 by He stirs up the people...

Last night was our church’s night to provide and serve dinner for folks in and around the Union Rescue Mission. We fed about 80 people and we had chapel service for about 50 people after dinner. We also took about … Continue reading →

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God’s unpredictable ways

Posted on June 29, 2018 by He stirs up the people...

Last night our church served somewhere close to 100 meals at the Union Rescue Mission in Cumberland, MD.  One of the people who was there serving was 10 year old Jayden, whom Carolyn brought.  Dinner was from 5-5:30.  When dinner … Continue reading →

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Follow and Become

Posted on February 12, 2018 by He stirs up the people...

Mark 1:17 caught my attention this morning.  Jesus is calling the first disciples and He says, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”  I guess it struck me because of some texting I had been doing … Continue reading →

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The best cabins on the cruise ship to hell

Posted on October 28, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

We act as if our possessions and social standing is the scorecard for how we are doing with God. Continue reading →

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People like that

Posted on October 10, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

There is a trail between Martin’s grocery store and Patrick’s Pub.  The downtown Martin’s has been the store I frequented most in the last 4+ years that I have lived in Short Gap.  I always saw people walking on that … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got Choices

Posted on October 10, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Today we fed people at the Union Rescue Mission in Cumberland, MD.  We had chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, country gravy, and plain old chicken gravy.  Lunchtime is a lot more laid back at the mission because people can come in … Continue reading →

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I hope you find what you need

Posted on September 10, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Our friend George Ortiz, who I blogged about a year ago, was broadcasting live on Facebook today.  Every Saturday he, his family, his church, and other servant volunteers feed hundreds of people in Providence, RI across the street from Rhode … Continue reading →

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Am I part of a brood of vipers?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by He stirs up the people...

I’m more like the sinners at the shelter in their Pitt-Ohio sweatshirts than the sinners in suits in the conference room at the Ramada. Continue reading →

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The front line

Posted on April 24, 2015 by He stirs up the people...

I read an email this morning from someone and they were talking about Haiti.  They said they longed to be on the front line.  To quote them, “…my mind racing with images of the children in my mind and the … Continue reading →

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Perhaps my best blog post ever

Posted on January 24, 2015 by He stirs up the people...

I wanted to title today’s blog “Homosexual High School Football Player has an Abortion”.  That way 1,000 people would read it, because when I blog about those three topics individually, the number of people who read my blog spikes.  It’s … Continue reading →

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