Food banks can’t meet growing demand

By Judy Keen, USA TODAY

Donations to many of the USA’s food banks are not keeping pace with growing demand as the sour economy forces more people to seek help, charitable organizations say.

USA Today

Thanksgiving Thoughts in Orange County, California

I have learned a lot this year about myself ….how truly selfish I really am and how I thought I was generous and giving.  My husband and I have been working with our young adults and teens on getting donations from the community by standing outside Albertson’s and Stater Bros collecting food. For those of you who don’t know we have an ongoing non profit food bank in Orange, California called You Are Special. We hand distribute approximately 300 Thanksgiving Dinners to low-income families plus we give out food weekly to those in need without questions asked.

Our youth and young adults who attend our Church, Covenant Life Christian Church, go to the local grocery stores and set up a display there and take donations from the community, food or finance. It works very well. This year they needed some help because they had the opportunity to go to another store and set up there in order to collect. They collect all items necessary for the Thanksgiving dinner such as stuffing, the turkey, potatoes, yams….all the items needed for the meal. This was the first time, my husband and I participated at this level.  We stood at the door handing out lists to people and they go in and purchase an item or two and bring it to our table where we distribute the items purchased to those in need. To my surprise, not every one wanted to participate. As they were approached by one of us, they would wave their hand and say “no, not interested” or “no, I give to my church” or “I gave to you yesterday” when in fact we weren’t there yesterday……there were those who gave out of their own need.

There was an elderly set of friends who received extra meals on wheels and asked if they could put in their extra food in our food bank but needed a turkey dinner themselves. We witnessed those in big, expensive, flashy cars who were a little irritated that we approached them, there was a young woman my daughters age, who said “holy smokes, you guys are everywhere” and walked into the store ripping up the flyer. I found how judgmental I was about those who seemed to be more prosperous or just plain rude but then some in their prosperity gave 4 and 5 turkeys and bags and bags of food. One woman offered to supply our food bank with fresh meat….the Lord knew this is what we are short on in our food bank. Some who even called themselves pagan but gave generously, a couple with  children and one on the way, gave out of their need. I realized that I had many times, waved my hand saying, “I give to my church” as well. I learned that freely I have received so freely give.

My husband and I realized that we should give to every cause we are approached with when it comes to food or the Salvation Army. I have so much to be thankful for. My seven children have a personal walk with the Lord, my husband and I love our church and the ministry as well, we have cars and a home, yet there is more we can do and give. I challenge any of you reading this to give more generously than you have ever in the past. Like one woman said, “I will definatley give because who knows where I will be next year at this time”.

Women Priests….out to change the Church?

Attack of the Female Priests

Down on the Farm, a frenzy for free food

In a sign of bad economic times, more than 40,000 show up when a Weld family invites people to gather surplus produce.

By Allison Sherry

A frenzy for free food

Some people don’t believe this story but its true.

See for yourself

NYC Churches ordered to not house homeless

Churches ordered to not house homeless

Michigan Liberals Attack Christian Congregation

Be prepared……..

http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2008/11/10/13335/904

The Californication of the ObamaNation

By Eric Rauch—11/6/2008

While most people think they were casting their vote on Tuesday for political reasons, they were actually voting for cultural reasons. Although election seasons always spawn heavy words and light action, rarely have both campaigns offered so very little policy and so very much empty rhetoric. It goes to show that every rule has an exception:  Apparently you can beat something with nothing. This is not to say that nearly a billion dollars—the amount spent funding the Obama campaign—is nothing. That’s definitely something, only 699 billion short of an economic bailout in fact. But that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s not the money that gave us the ObamaNation (has a nice one-term ring to it, doesn’t it?), though it certainly helped. No, what really put Obama in the White House is what the Red Hot Chili Peppers have termed “Californication:”[1] i.e. the Madison Avenue, hard-sell, skin-deep, image conscious, materialistic veneer that passes for substance in a flash, pop, bling, ready-in-seconds, soundbite world.

http://www.americanvision.org/blog/?p=248

The Great Conservative Hypocrisy

By Joel McDurmon

We say that conservatives suffered a great defeat in this election. I strongly disagree: this country has not seen a genuine conservative candidate in the major parties for several decades (no, not even Reagan in practice). The problem is this: at the heart of conservativism lies a great compromise with the nastiest of moral enemies: covetousness and theft. These sins permeate every human heart, and they cross every political boundary. If the commandments of God Himself do not slow their spread into human choices (read: votes), then no stated principles of a political party will have much effect either.

http://www.americanvision.org/blog/?p=247

Did Palin Cost McCain in the race for Presidency?

You Decide

Was she caught up in pride?