Posts with the tag “missions”

Pic 1.  Meet Jonathan, on the left; he brings his friend Rome who is disabled and can't drive. They are both so thankful for everything we do as a church for them. People like this are what makes work...  Read More

Above Photo: Meet the Hensley’s! They are from Louisiana. A tree fell on their house. They headed our way because the power and water are out for some time! The Bread House was able to help them out w...  Read More

Picture #1: Mike and Helen on the left receive food for their daughter and her four kids in Navarre. Dennis (in red shirt) is raising four grandchildren.                     Week 71 Numbers        Bag...  Read More

When a group of us gathered at the church in the fall of 2018 to talk about what we believed children in our community needed and how Christ would want us to serve them, our focus was always “for the ...  Read More

With The Storm “Fred” heading our way, we had some rain and wind, so we brought the folks inside to fill out their menu forms.  Everything worked out great!ATTENTION:  Shelves are getting very low on ...  Read More

Week 69 Numbers        Bags Collected - 152        Bags Given Out - 202      Gift cards Given - 0      Members Served - 176    Total NumbersBags Collected - 19,934Bags Given Out - 18,253 (68.4 tons)Gi...  Read More

Week 68 Numbers        Bags Collected - 183        Bags Given Out - 173      Gift cards Given - 0      Members Served - 186    Total NumbersBags Collected - 19,782Bags Given Out - 18,051 (68 tons)Gift...  Read More

Heartfelt thanks to our generous church family for making last Sunday’s Back to School event possible. The Back-to-School Bash is one of the ways our SUMC Mission team reaches out to our community. Th...  Read More

A record this past week was 10 new families visiting the Bread House. The total number of family members was 46. We average between 7-10 new families each week! It is amazing that we still don’t see a...  Read More

Do you remember how exciting it was when you had brand new, sharpened pencils, all the colors a box of Crayola crayons could offer, fresh pens and a crisp supply of notebook paper to start out the sch...  Read More

Week 65The Bread House would like to spotlight a new volunteer who has made many contributions. 9-year-old Charlie Harrison attended Vacation Bible School at Shalimar United Methodist Church. Children...  Read More

Week 63Things are starting to increase at the Bread House. Numbers are up, and when we asked some of the visitors, they said they were concerned over the upcoming storm, so they wanted to have some fo...  Read More

Week 62 was interesting. We were slow Monday and Wednesday, then Friday hit, and it was standing room only. We had seven new visiting families and gave out 136 bags of food on Friday alone.Remember, t...  Read More

Meet Sharon and Joe! Sharon and Joe live in Shalimar. When they saw Bread House's impact on the community, they brought a truckload of items to be shared with those in need. We receive donations every...  Read More

After we close Blessings for Children each Wednesday, we inventory what has gone out and what needs to be restocked to be ready for the children Jesus will send us the next week. It's with a prayer, h...  Read More

Destin Harvest donations come in on Thursday! Big restock day for the Bread House! Through your donations and local purchases, we then augment what they deliver to give out a variety of items our gues...  Read More

Look at our new addition! Thanks to Dan Mank we have another full-size upright freezer. We used to have to haul stuff to the FLC kitchen if we had extra freezer items but now, we can keep everything i...  Read More

Week 58 Visitors to the Bread House on their bikes and wagon. Interesting, the lady on the right has a shirt that says, “Feed Me”!Week 58 NumbersBags Collected - 315Bags Given Out - 241Gift cards Give...  Read More

Thankfully, we do not have lice at the #10 2nd Street house where our Blessings for Children mission outreach serves, but we do have lice treatment kits, and they are one of the reasons our ministry b...  Read More

Week 55: It was an interesting week. We had a man who came in to receive food tell us he was moving and how this food pantry has helped him so much while he was down and out. He then proceeded to give...  Read More

We all need and have to do it – we let "numbers" enter into our lives. Businesses, schools, churches, and our own families have to operate and survive knowing the "numbers." It is how we pay the bills...  Read More

Week 54:  The Bread House had a steady stream of folks this week. We see our numbers drop somewhat with the stimulus checks out, but they are starting to pick back up. We continue to see new families ...  Read More

Below are two thank you letters from class members from REBOOT. This class is touching lives!......  Read More

Week 52:  On April 7, 2021, Shalimar United Methodist Church celebrated the 1st year anniversary of the Bread House.Dignitaries attending included: Shalimar Mayor Mark Franks, Senior Pastor of Shalima...  Read More

Week 51:By the time you read this, the Bread House will have celebrated its one-year anniversary! To review, we started in April of 2020, giving food out of the back of an SUV. All the food that was g...  Read More

(Picture above) We have two new volunteers at the Bread House! Meet Gloria and Laura! Vi, Barb, and Judy are pros and will train Gloria and Laura well!Week 50: This week we had a young mother who came...  Read More

For years, our church has used the Easter Lily Project as a way to honor or remember someone and help others in need at the same time. This year, proceeds will go to the following ministries: Blessing...  Read More

The little 3-year-old boy, with a smile bursting off his cheeks, came bounding through the Blessings for Children house doors. One hand was pulling his mother, and the other was holding out a dandelio...  Read More

Week 49: Early Monday morning, we had three individuals arrive at the Bread House around 8:45. We open at nine. They were hoping to get some food and get back home before going to work. Of course, we ...  Read More

Week 48: Another great week at the Bread House! We had our 10,000th recipient receive food from the Bread House! Congratulations, SUMC, on a job well done! It is through the countless hours of volunte...  Read More

Week 47: This week we had 23 new families visit us, representing 99 new individuals touched by the Bread House. A military spouse and mother come to the Bread House for the first time. She was very ex...  Read More

(Photo: We want to welcome our newest volunteer, Gloria (in the green shirt). She still works but has Fridays off and wants to help when she can! Thank you, Gloria!)Week 46: This week we had 26 new fa...  Read More

Week 45: This week we had 13 new families visit us, which represented 70 new individuals touched by the Bread House. One lady shared her appreciation for the Bread House when she shared with us that s...  Read More

The question often comes up about how the families that visit Blessings for Children at the #10 2nd St. house hear about our ministry. We have placed flyers across our community at places that support...  Read More

Week 43 was a light week for our visitors, but we had a lot of highlights! The previous Saturday, there was a huge Food Drop at the FORT Walton Beach Fairgrounds, which affected our visitors this week...  Read More

Week 42 was an exciting week for us. We had good crowds all week. But the excitement for this week was a surprise from our very own Children’s Preschool Program at SUMC, who brought in non-perishable ...  Read More

Expanding How We Bless OthersIf you have been reading these Blessings for Children articles, you probably know by now what services we share with the children who visit our ministry each week, but you...  Read More

Week 41 was interesting. We started with a holiday on Monday, and our numbers stayed low all week. We think it might be because some people received their stimulus checks and had money to buy food. Th...  Read More

Businesses think in terms of record sales. At the Bread House, we have distributed record numbers of bags of food to our community. Thankfully, we have received a huge amount of produce and frozen mea...  Read More

Let’s Play DID you KNOW!!!Who is the Bread House here to help?1. SUMC members and their families2. Neighbors to SUMC members3. Anyone who lives in Shalimar4. Anyone in need5. All the AboveDid you Know...  Read More