The Church at Work - Entries from May 2012

“Anne and Rob Rhoades dedicate many hours of their time to GRACE Transitional Housing. Much of what they do is behind the scenes, and they never demand praise or affirmation. All of the little things they do add up to a huge contribution. We truly could not do what we do without volunteers like them. They do the hard work of helping new residents move in and helping graduating residents transition to their new homes. GRACE is blessed to have Anne and Rob as part of our volunteer team.”
–Olivia Wedel, Transitional Housing Manager 

Last Saturday's Garage Sale at the Heritage Campus raised almost $500 towards the Family Mission Trip! Paul Bielss reports his experience from the day...

Sometimes I think that we could have made more money because we only got $5 for this or $2 for that or $25 for something big.  We also offered hope.  Hope that someone could use the items that we had for more years than the people that had them in the first place.  We had one recliner left when we were about to shut down.  A woman said that she really wanted it but didn’t even have any money to offer.  I told her to take it, if she would remember that God was providing for her.  I told her that she needed to pass on the good deed.  It is hard to make a $1,000 when you are trying to also help people.  I just hope that everybody sees it like I do. It helped us raise funds, but also helped the community.