To serve or not to serve

I blame my parents, but not like you might be thinking. Many blame their parents for anxieties and hang-ups…me I gladly blame them for serving. They worshiped God through a lifetime of serving others. They dragged, forced, demanded that their children be involved with serving others.


I remember our family being the first ones there and the last ones out; if there was something that had to be done the priest just had to ask; the answer was always “yes we can do that”. It didn’t matter what needed to be done we did it: nursing homes, mowing the church, painting, remodeling, and yes feeding people. My mother (Marge) often said her idea of heaven on earth would be to run a soup kitchen…constantly feeding people. We were taught early and often that the best way to serve God was to serve others. My dad would tell us boys that while we were mowing the cemetery that we were walking on the graves of saints and that it was an honor and privilege to take care of their grave sites. Plain and simple your life was meant to serve and to be a blessing to others.


The above serves as a backdrop for His Provision food ministry of which we are honored to be a part. His Provision food ministry does several things: 1st it meets the immediate physical needs of the people we serve. 2nd it provides service for the saints to do in a practical manner.


It is humbling to sit across the table with a family of 5 or a precious elderly saint on fixed income, the young mother with several children, the disabled - all in need, all looking for help. To me one of the real blessings is for those who help. Not all of the saints are called to preach but all are called to serve. His Provision provides a place where the saints can meet the physical needs of people in the community. Come and serve, you might be filling plastic bags with food, tearing down cardboard, running food to the cars that pull up, or maybe just holding hands with someone that needs comfort. Believe me we will find something for you to do.


Please join us this Thursday night at 5pm. Come and serve God by serving others


-Dr. David Osterbauer
Director His Provision Food Ministries

Last Thursday

The fourth Thursday of every month we have His Provision, our food distribution ministry. This past Thursday John Spraker spoke during the service and over 500 people in over 160 families received groceries. Not just a box of food, but bags of groceries, and anyone who has had to haul these groceries knows that there is a lot in those bags. Registration begins at 5:30pm with service starting at 6:30pm. Those that are helping out, we meet at the Food House and begin bagging the groceries while everyone is in service. It takes a lot of people to make the night happen, but we all pull together and have loads of fun while we work.

Here is a peek:




People listen as John speaks on Thursday night.



Lots of people help out during the night:



Lots of groceries to bag...



To move...



And to load into the cars.




-allison