Ministry Moment: Baby Bottle Boomerang - Trinity UMC, August 16, 2015
Good
morning. I am Keith Howell. My wife April and I have been involved
with the Pregnancy Center for quite a number of years, as many of you may
know.
The
Pregnancy Center ministers to young women who struggled with an unplanned
pregnancy in a culture that promotes abortion as the only choice.
They
also provide some clothing, diapers, and other necessities once the child
arrives.
Baby
Bottle Boomerang is a fundraiser where churches all across Floyd County
distribute empty baby bottles on Mothers Day in May. You fill them up with your spare change (or a check) and
return them to the church on Father’s Day in June.
The
first year, 2013, Trinity raised $1,648.99 and was number three of all of the
churches participating.
This
year you gave over $2,400.00! The total
raised from all churches this year is over $28,000!
This
year Trinity again is solidly in the top three churches in Baby Bottle
Boomerang donations! We may
be number one! The other two being
St Mary’s and First Pres.
I know
that the Kingdom of God is not competitive - BUT - that tells me something – it tells me that we beat the
Baptists! (I say that with all the love in my
heart.)
In
fact, when I picked up the empty bottles after church last week, two ladies stopped
me in the foyer to take an additional three bottles home to fill!
So
on behalf of Gail Silver and Yvonne Miller of the Pregnancy Center, I thank
you.
And
April and I thank God for you. We
thank Him for your kindness, and your willingness to yield to His Spirit! We praise Him to be in a congregation
with James 1:27 people with Matthew 25:40 hearts.
