Reminder: Shop Amazon and Support Deep Water at the same time!
As mentioned last week during the sermon…
SHOP AT AMAZON & SUPPORT DEEP WATER!
Don’t forget: you can designate a portion of your purchase price for all items to go to Deep Water with no additional cost to you!
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Deep Water if you designate us as your preferred charity.
You get the same products, same prices, same service. But when you register to support us, each time you shop, Deep Water receives a donation!
Amazon Smile will remember you chose to support us each time you return to www.smile.amazon.com. (You can change at any time if you choose to support another registered charity.) Bookmark and return to this link each time you shop on Amazon to ensure all your eligible purchases this Christmas season (and beyond) benefit Deep Water. To support us, click the banner to the left or this link. And make sure to select us as your charity! Thanks!
Socks & Underwear
While it rarely seems like a good Christmas present when young, it can make a big difference to those living on the streets. So, this Christmas, Deep Water Church is sponsoring a socks and underwear drive. We’re looking for warm socks and new packages of underwear (boxers, briefs or boxer-briefs) and long underwear in a variety of men’s sizes. Starting this Sunday, feel free to bring them in every week and we’ll begin distributing them immediately. If you’d prefer to just make a donation, you can do that here. and choose “Socks & Underwear” in the first block.
Helping the Homeless
As most of you know, we provide food, hygiene products and clothing (primarily for men) for the homeless year round. Each week, we have several homeless guys who come in to sort and organize donations. If you’d like to get involved and help people move forward, here are some ways to help:
Donate Clothes: We have a lot of clothing right now; but we always need used jeans, warm socks, sneakers and work-boots (size 9 1/2 thru 11). As you do your closet cleaning, think of us and we’ll pass things along. Specifically, we have a gentleman who works very hard when he can find work and needs work-boots in 9 or 9 1/2.
Hygiene Products: We maintain a supply of toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc. that helps those living on the streets to maintain a level of hygiene that helps them find employment, etc. We are always in need of razors and deodorant.
Pickup or Heat Sandwiches: We have volunteers pick up food during the day Monday thru Friday from WaWa and bring it to the church building. On Sundays, we heat sandwiches after church and pass them out at a place downtown. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we currently heat sandwiches in the morning and deliver them to The Interfaith Day Resource Center (where homeless people can shower, do laundry, get help getting an ID, get help finding jobs, etc.). Our biggest need is for help with pickups during the day on Mondays and Wednesdays. (It takes less than an hour.)
Salvation Army Lunch: Volunteers provide a meal and serve lunch at the Salvation Army downtown. We’re expanding from every other month to once a month and will need more volunteers to prepare and bring food.
To get involved or fund on, contact us, comment below or talk to me (Jeff) on Sunday.
#Meals4Kids – Meals for Burmese Refugees
Pray Like Jesus
Jesus taught us to pray:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need,
and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one. (Matthew 6:9-13)
It’s a simple prayer that many learn or hear as a child; but the meaning of the words are often missed or get drowned out among all the noise in life. Join us as we rediscover the power in those words. This week, we’ll begin the second week of exploring how to pray like Jesus taught His disciples to pray.
To catch up on the first week, listen here. Or, as with all messages, you can follow along as you subscribe in iTunes or thru RSS.