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Preparations are beginning for holiday food
baskets |
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October 30, 2014 |
by Pastor Brent Dehlbom
Holiday Food Baskets are back again this year!
Well, here is another chance to be blessed!
Again this Thanksgiving and Christmas, the
Ministerial Association will be providing food
baskets for those in our community who are in
need.
Acts 20:35 (NKJV): “I have shown you in every
way, by laboring like this, that you must
support the weak. And remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to
give than to receive.”
The Association partners with local churches,
businesses, families, and individuals to raise
money and collect food for the annual project.
Last year, donations made it possible to provide
about 160 baskets which nearly 500 people in our
community, who would otherwise not have had the
opportunity, enjoyed with a traditional turkey
dinner with all of the trimmings during these
holidays!
Applications for the baskets will be available
at the Community Action Partnership (Food Bank)
and though local pastors. All applications must
be turned in to the Community Action Patnership
by the 19th of November for the Thanksgiving
Baskets and by the 17th of December for the
Christmas Baskets.
Please see the lists provided at your local
church or the food bank for food items needed
and dates for collection.
Non-perishable foods can be dropped off at any
of the local churches where you have found these
announcements. If you would like to donate money
to provide turkeys, please bring your donations
to CURVES on McCall Street next to Beck's
Furniture, or you may mail donations to Boundary
County Ministerial Association, P.O. Box 722,
Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805.
Frozen pumpkin pies (in gallon zip lock bags)
and frozen turkeys can be dropped off at St
Ann’s Catholic Church on Monday Morning the 24th
of November by 9:00 a.m. to be included in the
food baskets.
The Holiday Food Basket program is just one of
the ways in which the Ministerial Association
provides assistance to those in need. Emergency
food, gas, and shelter as well as help with rent
and utility payments are other ways the
association assists those in need or who have
limited incomes. So any help you feel called to
provide will be greatly appreciated!
We will be packing boxes on Monday, November 24
at St. Ann’s Catholic Church beginning at 8:45
a.m. Recipients can pick up their baskets
between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Unclaimed baskets will be taken to the Senior
Center and Restorium for their use.
Pastor Brent Dehlbom of the United Methodist
Church is heading up the project this year as
Pastor Carol Stickney and Deacon Joe and
Lorraine Nicholas have all moved out of the
area. We thank each of them for their years of
faithful service!
Please join us in whatever way you feel called!
We need people to bake pies, pack and deliver
boxes, gather donations, and help organize
workers! If you would like to volunteer or have
questions please contact Pastor Brent Dehlbom at
the United Methodist Church at 208-267-2343 or
at Brent.Dehlbom@gmail.com or on his cell at
208-946-3419.
Thank you and blessings to you all!
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