Ham and Eggs and Jesus – Generous #12
A Queen Anne community group shared the joy of Easter with nearby low-income families when they delivered 35 boxes of groceries to a Lake City apartment complex earlier this month.
The families had signed up for groceries with Queen Anne-based CityTeam Ministries, a Christian organization already at work in the apartment community. Thanks to four full shopping carts of food donations from local grocers, and cash donations from store shoppers, each box contained enough to feed a family of four for three days, including some fixings for a traditional Easter meal, plus other household staples like soap and toilet paper.
But beyond leading the MicroMission food drive, the Queen Anne community group helped CityTeam put on its Easter celebration at the apartment, giving away sandwiches and clothing and sharing the true meaning behind spiral-cut ham and Easter eggs: new life through Jesus’ resurrection. Group members came away with plans to serve alongside CityTeam again in the future.
After the event, CityTeam passed on an email message of thanks from a resident who had been struggling with finances due to a recent illness: “It’s little things like these groceries that just let me know that the Lord is there and He provides in the most unexpected ways.”
MicroMissions are relational acts of service led by our community groups and funded by Mars Hill. Talk to your group leader to organize a project in your neighborhood.
