Crosspointe Life Church asks volunteers to

Crosspointe Life Church encouraged members to help in their food distribution on Saturday. (Photo taken from Crosspointe Life Church’s Facebook page)

Crosspointe Life Church asked members to participate in their food distribution on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The church’s Facebook page noted they needed help preparing and giving out the food.

Food Ministry

According to the church’s community section, the Crosspoint Life Church holds food ministry every Tuesday and Thursday morning. They added that the registration starts at 10 a.m. The church explained that they give out food depending on what is available in the grocery stores.

As further explained, participants could come once a week. It means that if they arrived on Tuesday, they could not go on Thursday, as posted on the website.

Moreover, the church also announced that they are holding a fourth Saturday food drive. They said they have food drives throughout the year except for November and December.

Impact of Food

Kevin Harney from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership website revealed how his church changed through the food pantry ministry. He explained that this food ministry deals with people's spiritual and physical needs.

On the website, Harney said that their volunteers provide many individuals with conversations, prayer, and biblical truths to many individuals. As added on the website, most people came to them amidst the pandemic.

He reported that his church, Shoreline Church, has helped 10,156 individuals in need. This number includes 4,190 hungry kids, as noted on the website. Harney said their church improved its approach by giving a more efficient gospel-centered program.

Food for Evangelism

The same website emphasized that the Shoreline food pantry always focuses on Jesus but needs to intensify its goal. Harney and his team focused on providing both physical and spiritual hunger.

Harney’s team realized that people thought they were kind because their food pantry had provided so much food. But, they feel that their intentions in distributing food were not clear.

They said they should be more intentional in evangelizing the people they are reaching out to through the food ministry. The website noted that the team wants assurance to leave a spiritual impact on the people.

Besides, they mentioned that they want to spend their time and effort on making their outreach grow through the food ministry. The team is trying to do everything to have a spiritual discussion and prayer with anyone who came for food.

More importantly, Harney revealed that they discovered that majority of those who came to the pantry do not go to church.

Connecting People to Church

As part of their effort to demonstrate God’s love, Harney and his team offers information about their church services and other programs. They noted that it is their way for them to lead the people in a closer connection with God and His church.

They explained that in every bag of food, they include printed resources to invite people to come to church.

Volunteers are also equipped to interact with others as other members take care of the food.

The website emphasized that people coming to the food pantry feel blessed.