Topic: Charity

Help Loaves and Fishes to serve the hungry in our community

By Bill Larson | September 8, 2009 |

Loaves and Fishes, is a community kitchen which provides  free meals to 150-200 needy people a day, six days a week. They will be holding their annual fundraiser on October 17th, offering the community a Louisiana Cajun Dinner that includes: Cajun rice, gumbo, beans, jambalaya and breads, with pecan pralines for dessert. Tickets are priced at a $15 donation per person for the event.

They are looking for individuals and businesses to help sponsor this years event. If you, or your business can help either with a cash sponsorship, or by taking care of one or more of the items needed from the list below, you will be making a big difference! Loaves and Fishes is a 501(c3) non-profit so all donations are tax deductible.

Contact Susan Chapman via email or via phone  at 931-645-9020 to offer your assistance, or for ticketing information.

Volunteers prepare trays of bread for heating and serving

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Building foundations: A lifetime process

By Rev. Charles Moreland | March 16, 2008 |

Instructions, prescriptions and specifications for a self-satisfying and successful life can be found in numerous sources including psychological books, television programs, charitable organizations, an avalanche of self-help books and in the scriptures of faith and religion in our society.

One pedagogical story credited to Jesus recently the devotional in The Upper Room [2.22.07] from Matthew’s Gospel. Paraphrasing it , Harold, the author, said:

“Jesus tells the story of two men who built their homes on different foundations. When the storms and floods came, the house built on rock stood solid. The other one, built on a foundation of sand, was swept down the river with the flood.”

In the Clarksville/Montgomery County community we see new housing springing up like the flowers in May. The housing market, though slow for the seller, is still on the move. Surprisingly, new houses are the same prices as pre-owned. Whatever the age of the home, I currently wish I had a larger house and yard. It would required to have a foundation that passed rigorous standards for safety and durability. These standards are rigorously enforced, since we rarely hear of a defective foundation, except when there is a sinkhole. «Read the rest of this article»

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St. Jude Program features Korean Choir

November 1, 2006 |

“No child will be turned away for an inability to pay.That’s been the motto of St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital since its inception.

On Sunday, November 12, from 3-4 P.M., a representative of St. Jude’s Childre’s Hospital will speak about the hospital’s commitment to treatment and research of childhood cancers. The program, which is open to the public, will include music and songs performed by the First Presbyterian Church Korean Choir. «Read the rest of this article»

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