Keeping Faith in our Care for the Homeless
Faith Based Charities verses Federal or HUD funded Homeless Care.
It is sad in our nation that these two entities for what they represent have never been able to meet in the middle or endorse each other in fullness. For instance a Faith Based Organization can only receive funding if it is willing to make all of its Faith Programs Optional. This includes something as simple as praying with a client or praying before a meal is served. Christian Organizations must compromise to meet federal codes. There is another problem involved in that the Federalization of Homeless care in any city creates another Government Mecca that empowers people to not pursue initiative to change. In other words Federal Homeless Care empowers or encourages people to remain homeless or basically to not have to change bad behaviors because the government is now fully involved in paying for their care and cannot empower them to change. Basically it creates another branch of welfare in a community. The Faith Based Organization however can challenge them through their Faith to pursue Hope and a Better life. One of the greatest problems is: “Where there is no vision the people perish“, or properly said where there is a lack of vision to change we remain the same and cannot rise to a greater potential that is rooted in the depths of all of us through our Faith. Faith empowers vision and perception of ones self. One weakens while one empowers. Please understand I am not opposed to care beyond measure to those who need it but I am opposed to the inability to share the meanings and purpose of life as proposed by our Creator in His Holy Word. Faith will create a deeper vision within the soul giving it hope to change. We cannot as a society afford to lose the very foundation upon which all things consist. So I challenge us today to realize we are on two paths in our community. The secular and the sacred. Not only to say that the Federalization of Homeless care will also deepen the burden of the states in the provision of its multiple Medicare programs especially for border cities. These are things we must consider. Government creates government, while Faith creates independence and freedom. It was Faith that caused pilgrims to seek a new country and a better life while leaving the comforts of Government. I challenge us all to look deep into the roots of our community and nation and ask ourselves do we want Faith to continue or do we desire the rise of a new kind of care and commitment in our community in the expansion of Federal Government controlling and developing homeless care. Which is greater Faith and its effect or the secular and its new society it will create in our community. Our Methods must match the Message. We must provide Faith, Hope and Love.
May God give us discernment as we face these issues in our community.
Brian
Serving is Simple
You may feel that there is nothing you can really do to help the homeless or the poor. Just remember something as simple as donating bottled water helps the homeless in our Summer Heat in our community. It may seem like something small but it is actually a blessing. Serving can be made simple with the homeless. Donating small items can mean a lot. We have now passed the 30,000 meals served mark for this year. You may want to think about donating canned vegatables to the shelter or organizing a canned food drive at your place of work, or talk to your childrens school. All of us working together can make a difference. Hope you have a great summer.
Brian
Homelessness and the Heat
Many Times as the Summer heat begins to beat down in our state and city many of the homeless become dehydrated and can suffer from heat stroke in our community. Last year I called the ambulance twice on individuals who came up to our Mission from the Arkansas River suffering from dehydration or heat sickness. This is why I ask that we all remember the hardness on those who are living on city sidewalks, concrete or asphalt. Cities are known to be hotter because of the concrete and buildings. And how hot it can become with temperatures drawing close to the century mark coming soon. Please remember to collect Bottled Water, Gatorade and other items. Go to our website: www.fscrm.org and look at our Summer Needs. Lets work to gether to keep people safe in the Heat, as we have already lost one homeless person this month as it begin to become hot. Thanks for all you do for the Community Rescue Mission. Your Charity at work in the Community you care for.
Brian
Honoring the Homeless
God Bless
Brian
Four Things Christ Commands
Things Christ tells us to Do
Matthew 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
I. Practice your Faith: No one lights a candle to put it under a bushel...you should not hide your Christianity. Jesus is saying here that if you are a believer then you aren’t to hide it from the world or people you are around or interact with. You are called light. Light exceeds darkness the Bible says and will always shine in dark places. Today I want to challenge you to let your Christian influence be felt by those around you. If the Bible says to love then I want you to love, if it says to forgive then I want you to forgive. We are to be Christ like to those in our community and in our part of the world. You cannot hide your Christian witness or its ability to influence others. People sometimes become Christians by seeing Christ in you. The Bible says that Christ is the hope of Glory…and Christ in you and working through you is to give hope to those around you. These three abide forever the Faith, Hope and Love. Today do you reflect Faith, do you reflect Hope and do you reflect Love to those who are around you and are hurting or in need. We don’t need more hate we need more love , care and commitment in the world. And we are to be the witnesses of the grace of God to those around us. I want to encourage you today to live for Christ and God and let others see his Grace in you and desire what you have. It doesn’t mean that you are perfect, or have it all together but that you are simply doing your best to do what Gods words tell us. We make mistakes but Gods word teaches us that if any man or person does sin and we confess our sins that he is faithful and just to forgive us all our transgressions or sins. Let God love through you and Christ reach out to you.
II. Practice Forgiveness: It states that if you know there is a person or persons whom you have offended or perhaps they have offended you that you are to do your best to make peace with them. Forgiveness is essential for our hearts to be healed and feel healthy in our Christian walk. The bible teaches to practice or walk in forgiveness with men or others and then come to God. How many of you know God may not want to talk if he knows you have issues with forgiving others. Forgiveness is important to let others go for past harms or hurts. Open you heart to help others and yourself by forgetting the past and those things which are behind you. Today allow the Holy Spirit to influence you and do his work in your heart and reach out to your brother or sister for whom Christ died and offer them love and hope. You then are being Christ like and whether they receive this from you is their problem. You have fulfilled the royal laws of Christ in that you have loved and offered them forgiveness. You say you don’t know how. I understand that is why it must be Gods love working through you to them. God will help you and assist you in forgiving others. It was while Jesus was being crucified that he stated Father forgive them for they know not what they do. While being murdered he ask God to forgive those carrying out his execution. This is forgiveness. My friends if we expect Christ to forgive us then we also must practice mercy, judgment and truth. We must fulfill the more important aspects of Christianity and that is to forgive and practice what Christ preached and offers to us. We can be so hypocritical in that we say Lord forgive me, yet we wont forgive someone who owes us 20 dollars or more. It takes Christ to Love and to Forgive. We are to forgive Because God for Christ sake has forgive you. Do you forgive others…Do you know it was the work of God in the cross that offers you forgiveness. When God forgave you for your sins were you perfect or a sinner? We must practice mercy, love, truth, forgiveness, and proper judgment. There is no room for the wrath of man in Gods eternal Kingdom. Love God and those around you. Not only are we to forgive…
III. Practice Giving: give to him that asked thee. We are to carry the attributes of Gods kingdom in our hearts. God loves charity and practices charity every time he answers a prayer or does something for you. Today do you want to be like God and give. If God hadn’t given the Gift of his son then none of us would be here today? God has given his very best and daily gives to us our daily bread or food, shelter and basic needs. Charity is the art of God, and our good works are to glorify God and point people to Christ. Giving is the opposite of our society. Greed verses Giving. Greed is the heart of the wicked who shall stand before the throne of God for not helping the poor and needy but have been self centered in this life. They remembered not the poor or as Jesus said if you have done it unto the least of these you have done it unto me. Greed never meets the need…but Giving makes life worth living. Today let us all become more charitable in our consciousness and to those around us. That is why the bible says if you have two coats give to him who has none. We are to do what society will not do. That is to give hope , love and the things that others need. You see sometimes just the spiritual answer isn’t good enough. To say God loves you but it is within your power to Bless them with what they need and don’t that isn’t right. If you have the ability to help a person then do it. This is another one of the royal laws of Christ. Give to him that asketh thee. Give to him that asketh thee. Has anyone asked you for help and you could help but didn’t. Let our hearts become more generous. For the generous souls shall be made fat the scripture says. God loves a cheerful giver the Bible says. Do all things as unto the Lord. And you shall be blessed. God gives to the poor and needy and let us do the same as we have the ability. Let us Bless humanity in whatever way we can. It may be volunteering to sweep, mop, or help in the kitchen or whatever but we all can donate to a greater cause …this too is giving. Let us give because God did give to us the greatest gift of all even when we didn’t deserve it.
IV. Practice the Path: Jesus said to enter into the strait or narrow gate. We are commanded here to make the right choice in life and to walk into the will of God for our salvation. Jesus is the door to heaven and we are commanded to walk through that door and down that path. Today have you chosen Christ as your path in life? Have you chosen Jesus as your salvation? Do you want to be redeemed and preserved from the wrath of God and his judgment? Then you need to step off the broad road that the majority travels and go down the narrow road that the minority travels. The pleasure of sin is for a season but eternal life is just that eternal. Jesus said he who comes to me will never thirst again. It is time for some of you to make a choice about life. And commit to Christ in Life and follow him. Jesus said Follow me and I will Make you…make you into a person you never knew before, a person who can give, and love, and forgive. Today I ask you to step off the path of destruction and step onto the path of life. Scripture says the steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord. Do you need Gods divine path in your life? Has your road left you weary and heart broken. Then today step into Christianity and the Faith of God and into His Son the Lord Jesus and you will be saved and experience salvation in a way never known. Get off the path of destruction and onto the path of construction and better yourselves, save yourselves. If you saw a warning or danger sign most of us would respect it. Today the cross of Christ is both your warning sign and your saving or salvation. You are warned of damnation in scripture and Christ is your savior. Today the straight and narrow is the way to go. Better you lives, your families, yourselves and spare yourself. And find hope and peace in Christ today. Can you do that? It is so simple. Today let us reach out to the throne of God and ask for his mercy and love…and you will be forgiven. Christ is your answer to your needs today and may he help us all to love him and follow him in our lives today. May His grace bless and change your lives today. And may all that God offers to you be found. May we all be blessed today in our Saviors grace.
Fresh Start Program and Progress
Brian
Sermon to the Homeless 2.14.10
Devotion to Community and God
Acts 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
I. Cornelius…his name alone tells you that he was a person that wasn’t in his environment. He was a soldier of the Roman Army in a land that they had occupied. He was stationed in Caesarea just north of Jerusalem in Israel. Here was a Roman in Israel. His belief since he was a child to be acquainted with all the gods of the Romans. He was taught a different religion all of his life. One that didn’t ever connect him to One true God…or as scripture states there is One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism….for the first time the worship of the Jewish people had intrigued him that there was one God to worship and that they had temples dedicated to this God. His spirit began to hunger and to thirst for the true God and his mind began to think is there more than what I have had? Have you ever wondered if there was more to life than what you have experienced? All his earthly needs were met, yet he still hungered for a deeper spiritual life, a yearning within that couldn’t be satisfied with the accomplishments politically in the Roman empire or in his own accomplishments. He asked himself the question …is there more….so he even did more… look at what he did.
II. He gave much alms or charity…out of his curious search for moral correctness and a relationship with God it made him a charitable man. He didn’t just tip the community he was generous with the community. Here he was a man that was linked to the Romans who collected taxes of the Jewish people giving more to the community out of his heart. He gave money that helped the poor, he gave money that helped build synagogues and Jewish temples he gave to the causes that he saw before him in his world that effected the people he was with and the ones he was involved with. His charity impacted his immediate community and the community viewed him as a different kind of Roman. Charity is a powerful gift to a community and it was out of his generosity that it even deepened his heart to know more about God….His compassion to the community created within him a desire to pray. Not only was he generous but he was also praying.
III. He prayed to God always…he was effected by what he saw in Jerusalem, he saw the oppression of the people by the government and his own people he identified with the suffering. The suffering caused him to seek God and a God that could do something for the people and the community. Compassion is a powerful thing that will even cause you to pray for those that are hurting. Cornelius saw suffering and began to pray. His prayers were to uplift the community. To help the world in its current conditions. I am sure he was a world thinker as he was in an empire with world domination and influence but he saw things differently through the eyes of compassion. Oh that the whole community could view the homeless situation as suffering and not certain individuals trying to figure out ways to remove and channel or pass laws to reduce it. The community that fails to assist the Lord is the community that fails. We must be Faith based , we must be charitable, we must seek to do the will of God without harm. You know you can be Faith Based and never say a word about Christ as some organizations have opted to received Federal money. He was an official of the government but he knew he didn’t have the answer alone so he prayed. He prayed for change, he prayed for hope, he prayed for more, he prayed that oppression of people would cease to exist…He was faithful to God yet there was more for him…notice because he was concerned what took place..
IV. The Angel of the Lord…the Angel appears to him and tells him specifically to call for Peter, the Apostle unknown to him that at the same time the Lord spoke to Peter that three men would seek him to go to the house of Cornelius. This is truly a divine moment. The angel tells Cornelius that your giving and your prayers have come up before God as a memorial….that God himself recognizes such things and causes him to remember and pause about the person doing such things in the earth. The angel directs him to Peter and Peter in return goes and visit’s the household of Cornelius…Cornelius gathers all his household to listen to the words of Peter as Peter in obedience went to Cornelius home afraid and concerned because he wasn’t Jewish but was a Roman Soldier…but God had different plans….Peter began to open up and share with him what had happened to the Lord Jesus. How he was taken by wicked hands and by Herod and Pontius Pilot was tried , falsely accused and was crucified. Peter shared the Christian faith with Cornelius from the moment of its conception to the current events. As Cornelius listened the Holy Spirit entered his house and the Blessing of Christ came upon them and entered their hearts. There was a moment of joy and blessing a God moment in the life of Cornelius that God had honored his heart and sent his Apostle to guide him into a relationship with his Son the Lord Jesus. Cornelius received this truth this teaching this wonderful news and God confirmed it through his holy spirit. Oh that today we would all be open to the words of life and the love of Christ. This is a time that if God was fulfilling this promise in the days of the roman empire, he is still today fulfilling this promise in our times. For listen to this verse about the times of the Gentiles…(Cornelius was a gentile)… Luke 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled…(you know from that moment the Faith and Gentiles receiving it spread) listen to this verse: Romans 3: 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Cornelius was a Gentile, and his time had come…according to scripture he was the first convert recorded who was a gentile.. Our moment has come and it is time for us to cease the time of our salvation. May we all have an experience with God that leads us into a relationship with him.
The Lord Bless you today.
Sermon to the Homeless 1.31.09
The Greatness of Opposition
The Name of Jesus Forbidden
Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.” 18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Prayer for Boldness
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David[b] have said: ‘ Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the LORD and against His Christ.’[c]27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Sharing in All Things
32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
I. Unlearned and Uneducated Men…as we have discussed before Jesus as Gods word has said has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Jesus used ordinary men and women to follow him and proclaim his goodness and mercy. God uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary and Peter and John had left all to follow him and are now proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are facing persecution for their obedience and are facing the leadership of that community. God chose to use them to fulfill his will and his destiny and sometimes there is a price to be paid for your obedience to the Lord. Jesus said Blessed are those which are persecuted for my names sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. They were being persecuted for taking a stand for Christianity in a society that was being shook up in its beliefs. The leadership couldn’t understand the compassion and works of Christ and it revealed their hatred. Peter and John purely declared the will of God and were confronted for their works and their words. If you stand up for Jesus you will be persecuted…if you stand up for Jesus you will face opposition if you stand up for God you will be hurt as they were even thrown in jail for their beliefs and outspokenness for the Lord. Have you ever made a statement of your faith in public? Have you even ever shared your faith in private with another person? Here were ordinary men facing persecution and opposition for what they believed. We need to be led by their examples and declare the truth of Gods word both in private and in public…it is a witness to your Christian Testimony. If you stand up for Jesus people will be upset.
II. Let us threaten them that they speak no further in this Name…the leaders were concerned they were upset that people had the will to proclaim the name of Jesus. How could they not for it was him who was crucified and had died before there very eyes but had also appeared to them in private and in public saying Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel…sometimes when you want to do what is right there will be people that oppose you…sometimes when you know to say or declare the truth their will be opposition…sometimes when you want to share Gods love people will not receive it. Today don’t be afraid to stand up for righteousness and doing what is right in your lives. Today allow the Lord to be your protector and don’t be afraid to make a move for what is good for your life spiritually and morally. Say I need your help today Lord and your peace as I move forward and he will comfort you and enable you. Never be afraid to stand for the truth..for in doing so you stand for righteousness and the kingdom of God in your confession of your faith. Only good can come from your stand for God, in this case a man who hadn’t been able to walk for forty years was now able to walk and over 5000 people became converts of the Lord. The world cannot stand the truth and the light of God but we are to be proclaimers of his righteousness and his truth. It was a movement for the Lord and listen to what the world leaders did: ‘
Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the LORD and against His Christ
III. This opposition promoted prayer: The apostles as a result of this persecution and threat begin to pray. They prayed to the Lord declaring what the world and the leaders had done towards the holy one and declared behold Lord their threats and their wickedness and stretch forth thy hand that they servants may speak with all boldness…instead of caving in they prayed it in. Instead of quitting they asked God for more. Instead of being hurt they reached out to God in prayer and asked him to give them boldness to continue declaring the glorious works of Christ. This opposition sparked a prayer movement in asking God to do more. Behold Lord their threats! There are times we need to ask God to step in and be encouraged by him and our Faith to continue our works with the Lord. They asked that God would continue his wonderful works through the name of his Child Jesus. For it was in his name that this man found soundness that these 5000 people found peace with God and a relationship with him ….all things come through our relationship with Jesus for he is our Hope and peace and righteousness…all channels of Gods blessings come through the peace of God and His Christ..can you believe in him today and trust him for your needs to be met. Can you believe in him and believe he hears your prayers today and knows your needs in your life? Yes you can believe today and trust him for he cares for you… Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you…Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding and he will comfort and aid you in your current affliction. For God is our peace and our shield. Trust him and he will Love you eternally today. For the grace of our Lord Jesus was this that in his Love he became poor for our sakes that we through his poverty might be made rich in the faith of the foundations of the world and all the heavens. Declare and decree it today and you will believe it.
IV. This prayer and Faith created unity and philanthropy…their was a sharing of the people with each other….of their possessions their was a true love of God working and moving in the midst of the people. The movement had began and the spirit of real Christianity was birthed…caring sharing, prayer and faith. God was in their midst and doing a great work among the people…the Lord Blessed them and moved in them to believe and continue in Faith and good deeds…today what we need is a genuine experience with the Lord to help our hearts and to possess our souls…and it will change humanity and the way it operates in greed and in problems. The world stood against this but it was the most compassionate thing that ever began and they wanted it to stop…today we can be examples to the world and to Christ. We can trust him and he will move and love us eternally…May his Kingdom be established today in your hearts and give you peace in all that you do. May the grace and peace of God keep you and establish you in every good thing and in every good work..and may we be like them and proclaim, pray and be peaceful and caring and sharing…so help us by the Grace of God…Amen.
Do you know Christ today…do you have Faith today?
Hunger Hits Many Americans
1 in 8 get help at food banks
Children are hit particularly hard, according to the report by Feeding America, a network of 203 food banks nationwide. One in five children, 14 million, received food from soup kitchens, food pantries and other agencies, up from 9 million in 2005, the year of the group’s last major survey.
“This is a crisis,” says Vicki Escarra, president of Feeding America. “People need to understand that this is America, and we’re seeing this kind of need.” She says the report is her group’s most comprehensive study on emergency food distribution.
It comes as a record number of Americans are receiving food stamps — 33.7 million last year — and as President Obama, who has set a goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015, proposed in his budget Monday to add $1 billion annually to school-based food programs.
The report “reinforces what we know, which is that poverty and hardship are rising,” says Stacy Dean, director of food assistance policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which researches how public programs affect low- and middle-income people. She says some of the same people who get food stamps also go to soup kitchens or food pantries, because the government aid might not be enough.
The Agriculture Department reported in November that 14.6% of households didn’t have enough food at some time in 2008.
Feeding America based its report on 61,000 interviews with people seeking food aid and 37,000 surveys of food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters and other programs affiliated with Feeding America food banks.
More than a third of those interviewed said they had to choose between food and other necessities, including rent, utilities and health care. The average monthly income of households seeking help, $940, is below the $1,214 federal poverty level for a two-person household.
“Our system is overburdened,” Escarra says. She says companies, individuals and the federal government have increased donations, but food banks are still struggling to keep up with demand.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada served 124,200 people last year, four times as many as in 2005, spokeswoman Jocelyn Lantrip says.
“We’re a very hard-hit state,” Lantrip says, noting Nevada’s 13% unemployment rate. She says the food bank is able to meet demand largely because it got a new privately funded facility in July 2008 that tripled the bank’s size and expanded its ability to accept perishable food, much of it donated by grocery stores.
In Austin, the Capital Area Food Bank is holding more food drives and sending trucks to local grocery stores to pick up food about to expire, spokeswoman Kerri Qunell says.
She says the bank collected 3.3 million pounds of food last year, up from 1.8 million in 2008.
Qunell says most of her food bank’s clients have jobs but aren’t earning enough to make ends meet. Like Lantrip in Nevada, she sees more newcomers.
She recalls meeting a man in his early 60s who lined up for food at a mobile pantry. He told her that, in the past, “my wife and I were always the ones who helped.”
Unemployment and Homelessness
Let us remember this Holiday Season the Homeless, Jobless and less fortunate in our communities and country. As unemployment reaches a staggering 10% which means a tenth of our workforce is unemployed I am concerned that we will see a new increase in homelessness this coming Spring and Summer as people struggle to regain employment and economic security in our nation. Consider helping your local charities as they are the ones that will be there to help those in need in our nation.
Let us remember this Holiday Season the Homeless, Jobless and less fortunate in our communities and country. As unemployment reaches a staggering 10% which means a tenth of our workforce is unemployed I am concerned that we will see a new increase in homelessness this coming Spring and Summer as people struggle to regain employment and economic security in our nation. Consider helping your local charities as they are the ones that will be there to help those in need in our nation.
