Blessed to be a Blessing to Others

This morning in worship, Jesse talked about living our lives out of the overflow of our hearts. Simply put, we are blessed to be a blessing to others.

Jesse reminded us that lives are changed not by what we say or profess as much as by what we do. When we go on mission trips or do outreach, our actions speak volumes.

I am writing this to let you know that the missions team that went to South Dakota is not the only group of folks that has been living out of the overflow of their hearts the last couple of weeks.

Earlier this month, you were invited to participate in a hands on missions opportunity right here in Port Arthur. Encounters and UMW collected school supplies for two different projects. When we heard that all of the bags for United Methodist Women were taken and filled, we were elated. But it didn't stop there.

Working together we gathered more than 17 tubs of school supplies. In addition to these supplies, hundreds of dollars were donated to our little project. When it was all said and done, hundreds of folders, pens, pencils, spiral notebooks, packs of paper, highlighters, scissors, erasers, markers, map pencils, Kleenex, hand sanitizers, and the like were gathered together.

On Thursday, August 20th, Ken Burke and Russell Hall gathered with other Rotary Club members and Cedar Ridge staff to fill and hand out 72 back packs to families with financial need. The children helped ranged from Kindergarten to 5th grade. But we're not done yet.

This coming Wednesday, the remaining supplies will be taken to Sam Houston Elementary School and will help more than 150 teachers and students get the school year started on the right foot.

Your one simple Random Act of Kindness will impact more than 200 lives. We have truly been blessed to be a blessing to others!

Thank you for your continued faithfulness and support.

We are already planning for future Random Acts of Kindness. Keep an eye out here and in the newsletter for other opportunities to continue to live out of the overflow of God's grace.

Remember, the best is yet to come!

Russell