On the Sabbath of November 29, 2008 – members from Casey SDA Church raided their pantries and storage cupboards to find items that could be contributed to the “Lord’s Pantry”. This team effort saw almost 200 items of food and hair care products collected in a single Sabbath. The boys (Wills, Dom and Mitch) went to work at creating an inventory of the items received before packing them into “with compliments” boxes donated by our head elder, John St Mart. An impressive total of 20 boxes of food hampers were packed in preparation for the upcoming youth revival series (Dec 12 & 13) where they will be distributed by youth to those in need.
During this process, the ladies were hard at work hand crafting 300 small cards, rolling up prayers and placing them with a candle to form a “care” package. Special mention to Mrs Shirley Garley and Mrs Lorraine Robinson who helped to inspire the creative genius inside those who otherwise would not have discovered it. A few men (Alain, Fabian and Travis) brushed aside their masculinity and sat down with the ladies to extend the production line. Constant laughter from this group could only mean that they were having plenty of fun. Young helpers, Shanice and Hayley were eager to put their little hands to work on the delicate task at hand of making more cards.
Randy (another male) joined Lolo, Claudia in rolling up the small prayers then to be tied up with ribbon and placing 1 of 600 candles into packages. This production line seemed to be a determined bunch who got the job done, until of course we ran out of ribbon. Priscilla was a lone worker working on attaching small cards to candy canes – around 300 in total. A broken candy cane meant that it would soon be finding it’s way into someones mouth, most likely her 2 year old son, Ethans (who is also my adorable nephew).
Tables lined with gift bags began filling up as the completed “care” packages were placed in their temporary homes awaiting Sabbath Dec 13 when they would be distributed to the community.
These care packages include a prayer, a candle (symbolic of sharing the Light) and a card.
A break down: 300 care packages for Casey youth/members, 300 care packages for other youth groups, 300 candy canes for distribution in train stations, busy streets or shopping malls, 20 food hampers, 1000 leaflets for letter boxing.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped on Sabbath with getting this project working.
December 13 is a chance for us to serve the Lord by sharing His love through “simple service”.
“Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven.”
Casey Blogger – Caroline
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