Community Tithe for June 2021
Marjorie Wray, RScP
“Love is to meet a person where they are in consciousness but to treat them as though their spiritual potential was actualized”
– Howard Thurman
As part of our commitment to promote a world that works for everyone, our Community Tithe for June is Christian Outreach in Action. They are located on Third St. in downtown Long Beach. They are supporting the homeless and housing insecure by providing meals, a food bank, clothing and household goods, diapers, and legal advice. This month we are supporting them with our tithe.
For several years we have been providing hot and/or cold lunches once or twice a month. Leona Rustin and Margie Johnson organize this effort. If you would like to get involved with Feeding the homeless and housing insecure please call the church office at 562 598-3325 or call Leona at 562 280-5511.
More about Christian Outreach in Action
Christian Outreach in Action is an independent, non-profit, non-denominational, multi-cultural center serving the Long Beach homeless and working poor for over 30 years. They are the largest provider of meals & food in the downtown Long Beach area.
Our Seal Beach Center Outreach Team has been participating with COA since November of 2012 serving lunches on the 1st Saturday of each month. Prior to COVID our Outreach Team would prepare and serve warm meals at the Long Beach site. But for a year now, the Team has been preparing sack lunches in their respective homes, delivering them to SBCSL and from there the 150 Sack Lunches, which include Pet
food, groceries, blankets, and toiletries, have been picked up by COA for distribution in Long Beach.
The extraordinary volunteers behind this program are steadfast and fun-loving and find their work satisfying and rewarding. We are grateful for their ongoing enthusiasm! If you are someone who is passionate about helping our less fortunate community or have a special talent or niche that you would like to share, call the SBCSL office for more information.
The extraordinary volunteers behind this program are steadfast and fun-loving and find their work satisfying and rewarding. We are grateful for their ongoing enthusiasm! Leona Rustin and Margie Johnson organize this effort.
If you would like to get involved with Feeding the homeless and housing insecure, please call the church office at 562 598-3325 or call Leona at 562 280-5511.
(Featured Photo used in the blog by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash)