We are planning on having a dinner April 17th. The location and times will be announced later but it will be somewhere in Bedford City because that would be more centrally located. The purpose of this dinner is to introduce this ministry to the families of our deployed, Bedford, troops of Company A. If successful I would like to reproduce this dinner in Farmville, Danville, and Christiansburg. What we need to make this successful is, of course, for the families of Company A to be there. But we also need church support from our local churches. If we could get two or three representatives from churches who are willing to reach out to these families that would be fantastic. The third thing we need, which should also be the first thing, prayer support. We need prayer warriors who are willing to bathe this ministry in prayer. We cannot divulge the names of these families due to privacy reasons but we can pray for them as a group.
Keep the date April 17, 2010 on your calendar and pray for God's anointing on this ministry.
God Bless,
Mike
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Operation Homefront Support
This is a project to raise the awareness in our communities that we have families of deployed military troops who may need help. With the increased use of National Guardsmen and Reserves the new military bases are our local communities. Many of these families do not have the opportunity to be located near an active military base. We, the community, need to recognize this and make ourselves available to assist these families while their loved ones are away.
It is also my desire that this be an opportunity for the Christian community to show the love of Jesus Christ by supporting our neighbors.
I want to see a network of churches and businesses who are willing to support these families by helping to meet special needs as they arise. For example, if a pipe freezes, is there anyone in that local community willing to go and help fix it for free or at a reduced rate? Does the family need help with childcare, yard work, major or minor repairs to house or car? These are things we take for granted but when a husband is away on deployment the wife is left alone to take care of these things. This then puts a burden on the deployed soldier who may not be able to complete his mission because his mind is on the homefront. By helping, we can ease his mind knowing that his family is being taken care of while he is serving our country.
Are you willing to step up and help support our hometown heroes, the families of our deployed troops? John F. Kennedy once made this profound statement, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." What are you willing to do for the families of those who have answered the call of duty?
It is also my desire that this be an opportunity for the Christian community to show the love of Jesus Christ by supporting our neighbors.
I want to see a network of churches and businesses who are willing to support these families by helping to meet special needs as they arise. For example, if a pipe freezes, is there anyone in that local community willing to go and help fix it for free or at a reduced rate? Does the family need help with childcare, yard work, major or minor repairs to house or car? These are things we take for granted but when a husband is away on deployment the wife is left alone to take care of these things. This then puts a burden on the deployed soldier who may not be able to complete his mission because his mind is on the homefront. By helping, we can ease his mind knowing that his family is being taken care of while he is serving our country.
Are you willing to step up and help support our hometown heroes, the families of our deployed troops? John F. Kennedy once made this profound statement, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." What are you willing to do for the families of those who have answered the call of duty?
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