Convoy of Hope
I've always believed that God will bless National Community Church in proportion to how much we 1) give to missions and 2) care for the poor. And while we can always give more and care more I feel like these have always been part of our DNA. And I think it's one reason why God continues to bless us!
When we were a church of about fifty people we hosted a Convoy of Hope. We handed out nearly 50,000 pounds of groceries to about 5,000 people. And while we didn't experience a huge influx of people coming to church I learned a lesson. Here is it: if you are faithful in one place God will often bless you in another place. Or simply put: faithful here = blessing there!
On September 6, 2008 we will sponsor another Convoy of Hope. We have found tremendous favor. We're able to use RFK's stadium parking lot--about 26 acres! And we're hoping to serve 10,000 guests. But here is the cool thing. We'll have dozens and dozens of churches coming together to serve. And it's a beautiful reflection of this diverse entity called the kingdom of God.
Love to invite more local churches in the DC area to get involved. The next vision meeting is July 2nd at 19th Street Baptist. For me information, you can email us @ info@convoydc.org.
Or check out convoydc.org.
When we were a church of about fifty people we hosted a Convoy of Hope. We handed out nearly 50,000 pounds of groceries to about 5,000 people. And while we didn't experience a huge influx of people coming to church I learned a lesson. Here is it: if you are faithful in one place God will often bless you in another place. Or simply put: faithful here = blessing there!
On September 6, 2008 we will sponsor another Convoy of Hope. We have found tremendous favor. We're able to use RFK's stadium parking lot--about 26 acres! And we're hoping to serve 10,000 guests. But here is the cool thing. We'll have dozens and dozens of churches coming together to serve. And it's a beautiful reflection of this diverse entity called the kingdom of God.
Love to invite more local churches in the DC area to get involved. The next vision meeting is July 2nd at 19th Street Baptist. For me information, you can email us @ info@convoydc.org.
Or check out convoydc.org.
7 Comments:
Hey Mark,
I think you mean.. Sept. 6, 2008 not 2007?
NEAT vision!
I love reading stories like this. That is SO awesome NCC!
Our church is also partnering with Feed My Starving Children, Kids Against Hunger, and other churches across the Des Moines area for a similar event September 1 - 9. It's called Meals from the Heartland. Our goal is to pull 100,000 people together to make 15 million meals.
http://mealsfromtheheartland.org/
I believe last year we sent over a million meals to Haiti. It's cool to see God's vision for this grow and have The Church come together to make a difference.
We'll be praying for Convoy of Hope!
Grace and peace,
ECC
Good catch. Yeah. 2008. Just changed that. Living in the past :)
Mark
this starts my day with a smile... beautiful. thanks for reminding me that my own faithfulness results in blessings too... i can be faithful right where i am at and trust the Lord Himself will be blessed and honored!
Our church is participating in the DC event. Was so excited to see you are hosting it. I am bringing my daughter and we hope to have 75 volunteers. This is a great way to do missions at home. Thanks a million for opening a door for us to serve. We will be praying for a great day to bless everyone there.
Love it! Going to be an amazing day :)
Excellent to see this on your blog. I work at Convoy of Hope and I am helping to to plan an event for pastors in November. I am sure you'll be invited.
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