Exciting Meals coming up

Nov. 28th – great meal – Breakfast/Brunch   An exciting menu:  Sausage Grits casserole,  Mexican casserole,  Sausage Crouton Casserole, Scrambled eggs, Biscuits, Gravy, Grits, Fruit and Breakfast Pastries.  This should be a great day.

Clothing distribution for Winter clothing.

Dec. 12th  – Santa will be there for “Pictures with Santa”.   The church choir will be performing during the meal.  The clothing distribution will be availabe for items needed before Christmas.  Menu will be:  Pinto Beans,  Turkey rice soup,  Sauerkraut,  Weiners , Cornbread and other sides.

Dec. 25th – CHRISTMAS DAY – Jesus’s Birthday Party.  Holiday Meal,  Christmas presents for children and adults, Love, Fellowship and a time to be together as Christ’s family.

Come and join us as a volunteer, donor or diner. 

This program is totally funded by free will offerings from our church members, community groups and individuals.  100% of the donations are used for the meals.  There are no overhead administrative costs.

 

More God Moments

During the meal on Nov. 14th one of our diners sat with some of our volunteers.  As she was leaving she said that she would “pray for us”.  What a wonderful statement that those we are ministering to are praying for us.

A family who needed firewood attended and we were able to connect them with a person who had firewood to give away.

God is amazing and I can’t wait to see how he will continue to work in this ministry.

Manna Meal Nov. 14, 2009

Another Amazing Day.  We served 165 meals to those in attendance, take out meals and volunteers.  We had two volunteer groups who had not attended before.  They were GREAT.  With a total of 20 new volunteers several of our regular volunteers took the day off.  The menu was:  Turkey,  Dressing,  Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans and Cranberry sauce.   We had volunteers who cooked “8″ turkeys.  We start serving at 11am  (we usually start early).  By 11:15 we had used FOUR pans of turkey.  I started to “worry”.  I should learn to relax as God provides.  We had plenty of turkey for everyone to be served and some leftovers. 

We feel that God is leading to expand the ministry to a weekly meal.  To be able to accomplish this we need more volunteers.  We will split our NUMC family into teams so some people from our church will be at each meal, but we need about 15 people to compliment our members. 

The next meals will be:   Nov. 28th,  Dec. 12th and a Special Meal on FRIDAY, Dec. 25th. – Christmas Day.  What a wonderful way to celebrate Christ’s birth than by mininstering to those who may not be as blessed as we are with family and friends to spend Christmas day with.  There will be a Toy distribution for the children as well as Hats/Gloves, etc. 

 

Record Day – Oct. 24th, 2009

We served a record number of diners today.  Christmas last year had more people, but a lot of the people were volunteers.  We served 84 people in the Community Center, provided 51 take out meals and had 25 volunteers.  That’s a total of 160 people.  Isn’t God Amazing.  We had just enough food. 

We saw a lot of new diners as well as volunteers.  Several people came for the clothing distribution and were not aware of the meal.  They were pleasantly surprised to receive a free meal also.  We also had several new volunteers.  I know they will be back.

The New Beginning – Free Clothing Ministry distributed a tremendous amount of clothes today.  That ministry is in need of children/baby clothes and coats.  Seasonal adult clothing is also needed.  We hope to distribute clothing again at the end of November.  Donations can be made to the church office M-F from 9am-noon and 1pm-3pm.

We hope to take the meal to a weekly meal in January 2010.  If you would like to get involved please contact this website of the church office at:  859-885-4481.  We expect the number of diners to double.  You will truly be blessed.

Manna Meal for Oct. 10, 2009

Another God filled day.  We served 110 meals.  We had new volunteers and new diners.  The menu of Vegetable Beef soup/Mixed Bean Pork stew,  Pimento cheese/Ham salad sandwiches,  Fruit salad/Three bean salad was well received.  On a chilly day the warm soup and conversation hit the spot.

The goal for weekly meals is for January 2010.  If you have not gotten involved in Manna and would like to,  you can contact either the church office:  859-885-4481, respond to this blog, e-mail me at:  MomAdele@aol.com or call me at 859-421-8974. 

God is definately leading the direction of this Ministry.  I pray that we are listening correctly.

Manna Birthday Celebration

A wonderful day.  We served 142 people.  We had 61 eat-in diners which is the most ever that does not include the volunteers.  We had numerous new faces and many came for the Free clothing.  What a blessing New Beginning (clothing ministry) has been to people.  Thanks to Brenda for heading up this ministry.

Several dignitaries attended the meeting:  Judge Cassity, Mayor Myer, Rep. Damron and two Councilmen:  Doug Blackford and Frank Hubbard.  Representatives from:  First Southern Bank,  Jessamine Co. Beef Cattle Assoc. and Wilmore Free Methodist attended.  We also had plaques for Panera Bread, St. Luke Catholic Church and Nicholasville UMC. 

A wonderful PowerPoint commenorating the last year was prepared by Teri.  We celebrated with Cake and Ice Cream after the meal was served.  The menu for the meal was:  Chicken Pot Pie or Baked Spaghetti,  Green Beans and Cole Slaw.  The diners were able to take home some groceries which included potatoes.

We pray that more groups/individuals will become involved so we can expand the offering to a weekly meal.

Manna Meal – August 22nd

God is so good and opens up amazing opportunites if we just “Listen” and follow. 

We served 144 people today at the Manna Meal.  We ran out of the main dish:  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes/gravy and green beans, but we always keep Spaghetti and sauce ready so no one will go away hungry.  I guess next time I will have to make 40-50 lbs. of hamburger into meatloaf.  We used 30 lbs. for today’s dish.

New Beginning – Free Clothing Ministry kicked off during the Manna Meal.  A lot of new faces came specifically for the clothing.  One young girl had come with her mother.  After she went home she brought back two neighbor boys to get some clothes. 

One young man (about 7) was handed a loaf of Raisin Bread (donated from Panera Bread).  By looking at his face, he had gotten the best present ever.  He held the bread with such love and care. 

Our Praise Band was practicing and the early arrivals were clapping and singing along with the band.  We may think about music while we eat.  Volume would have to be reduced so conversation could take place. 

Mr. F. was there early again.  This time by 9am.  We give him a cup of coffee and talk with him inbetween setting things up.  He is 85 and walks to the meal each week. 

New volunteer groups are coming alongside.  We still need more groups/individuals to be able to expand to a weekly meal.  We pray we can accomplish this (of course through God) by November.

Manna Meal August 8, 2009

A great day for a Manna Meal.  The weather was rather hot, but no rain.  We had a lot fo new faces and some of our regulars did not attend.  We were distributing school supplies.  We really did not advertise.  Phone calls into the church office for help were informed of the distribution and our Hispanic Ministry was aware of the fact that we would be giving out school supplies. 

We planned on giving out 50 packages with backpacks for Kindergarten or First Grade students.  We gave out 34 units.  Additional units are available in the church office this week.  Leftover supplies will be stores and handed out at Christmas, since most students will need to replenish supplies by midyear.

Thank you for the generosity of our Congregation.  We had over $500 in monetary contributions and many people donated items to be used.  You are Wonderful and definately have the Heart of Jesus.

New Programs Beginning

God is continuing to bless this outreach.  Two new programs are beginning.  At the last meal we were able to have nonperishable grocery items for people to take home.  Our Youth are collecting food the first Sunday of each month.  Church goers simply set a bag beside their car and the youth collect the bags from the parking lot.  We had a good variety of items and diners were allowed to take one item from each category (soups, vegetables, boxed dinners, etc.) 

One gentleman (working) who has been having a very tough financial time has eaten with us twice now.  He took home a meal  for later in the week and at the last meal he was able to take home enough groceries to last him about a week.  What a blessing to him.  He was estatic.  He had a loaf of bread, peanut butter & jelly, canned salmon, canned vegetables, canned tuna, macaroni/cheese dinner, spaghetti & sauceand 2 cans of pasta meal.  You could see the relief on his face.

The last meal of August a Free Clothing Ministry will be started.  “New Beginning” has been accepting clothing donations from the congregation and community.  A wide variety of clothing and linens have been donated.  There is still a need for children’s clothing.

In addition to these two new continuing programs there is a drive to provide some school supplies for the first meal in August.  We have a group of children that come through our Hispanic Ministry that could definately benefit from some school supplies.  I know God will bless this program also.

Memorial Day Manna Meal

With it being a Holiday weekend we did not know if we would have a larger than normal crowd, or if people would be visiting family, etc.  Guess What ???  We had a record crowd with 137 meals served.  It was amazing.  Most people came during a 45 minute time frame, so it was very hectic, but enjoyable.  The entree of chicken pot pie was depleted.  The volunteers ate the backup menu of Spaghetti.  Regular attenders were there, but also several new faces.  It is amazing what God is doing.  A good number of the regular diners are older and simply enjoy the fellowship.  Several take home a meal for later in the week because they don’t cook.  Please continue to keep Manna in your prayers.  We hope to expand to weekly in the fall, but we need some additional volunteers to serve the meals to be able to accomplish this goal.