StreetChurch

Tonight was another great night at Street Church! We had a nice gathering of brothers & sisters. Lori & Murph fixed the most outstanding meal for our friends. The menu was roast leg of lamb! with gravy, Lori’s famous tortelinni, brocolli and a great salad. Everyone was blessed by the great meal with many ranting and raving about having lamb. Lori’s idea was the easter theme “The Lamb of God.” Thanks Lori for your great meals!

David K. approached me tonight with the idea of having the Lord’s Supper as a celebration of Easter. He even brought the bread and grape juice! I was a little hesitant at first…I know how to participate but not really to lead people into that special celebration. It ended up that we gathered around the cleared off tables, place four bowls of grape juice on the table and broke some bread. Charles was kind enough to read the Lord’s Supper passage from the book of Matthew and we shared communion together. It was pretty cool and those who had stayed for Bible & prayer time seemed to be touched that they could participate in this special time.

We talked about the resurrection of Christ tonight. We looked at the book of Mark and also Luke! What a story of Jesus raising his hands, blessing his people as he ascended into heaven! I closed my eyes and tried to picture this in my mind. I can only imagine what it must have been like for his followers to actually see this with their own eyes!

It’s cold out on the streets again. We must put out another plea to our church family for blankets, jackets and sleeping bags.

I look forward to this time week after week. We will resume our study in the Old Testament and further understand where we came from!

Love to all and have a blessed Easter celebration! -Steph

I was blessed last night at Street Church; I still can’t get my mind off of what happened. I was very nervous last night, because Stephanie wanted me to speak; so I prayed to God to summon the courage and strength I needed to get started and I knew he would do the rest. That’s exactly what happened; Stephanie read a passage from her devotional and then let everyone know that she wasn’t feeling well, that was my queue to take over. I started ministering from the experiences I’ve had over the past 5 months and how it’s turned my life around, I talked about how this Easter is my first in a true relationship with Jesus Christ, also I talked about the friends who helped lead me back and supported me while rooting myself in faith. I couldn’t believe how clear and concise my speech was, I was so happy and I just knew the Lord was speaking through me. But that’s not all that happened!!! So get this, later in the evening 2 men showed up, and wanted to know if there was any food left. One of the men had ingested too much alcohol, and was very angry and belligerent. I felt I needed to do something, so I asked if I could get him some food, he said yes angrily, I told him I needed to give someone a ride and I would be right back. His answer was “Yeah Right!, sure you will” so I told him just give me 15 minutes, what do you have to loose, and with that I was on my way. I dropped off Turie and Dave at the bus stop and B-Lined for McDonalds. I got some hamburgers and fries and water. I arrived back at the train station in record time and distributed the food, then the young man who was angry looked at me with a surprised look, I gave him his food and blessed him, he asked me “why would you just go out and buy a stranger like , the scum of the earth, the leftover egg white on a dirty frying pan, why would you buy me anything?” The Lord placed my hand on his shoulder and said “because you are my brother, and I look at you through the eyes of the Lord, you needed help and I’m willing to give it no questions asked. His head dropped and he began to cry, he then stood up after a moment and hugged me saying “Thank you”. I think that was a perfect end to a perfect night. I couldn’t have asked for anything more.Praise be to God, thank you for all that blessings you have given. Thank you for helping me to help others, and giving me strength and courage to spread the good word.