Greetings!
Can you believe we’re already in 2022? Where did 2021 go? I was expecting it to feel like a 2020 repeat, but it really wasn’t in how fast it flew by! 2021 was a whirlwind and a lot of new and exciting things happened in the life of the missions of our church. We have had so much to celebrate with the continuation of our Weekend Food Program, Wonderful Night, Good Neighbor Day, and through our continued partnerships with ACE Ministries in Jamaica, Wellroot Family Services, One Race, Synergy School in Barcelona, and the North Gwinnett Co-op. We also added a partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library by facilitating their Book Mobile going into the neighborhoods we serve and by the creation of our year round food and hygiene pantry in the lobby of the Buford-Sugar Hill branch. We started offering low-cost English as a Second Language classes on our campus as well in 2021. God always does more than we can ever imagine!
Last Sunday, Pastor Minho announced our total Christmas offering received in the amount of $175,100. The number of meals we will serve, services we will provide, and lives we’ll touch for His glory as a result are astounding. Serving our neighbors is just one way we show God’s love to them and show our love to God at the same time. I don’t know about you, but I am really excited to see what God is going to do and how He is going to move in 2022! I also absolutely cannot wait to show Him how much we love Him by loving His people well.
So let’s:
- Feed some hungry children;
- Sit with a friend when they’re grieving;
- Give an unhoused neighbor warm socks during this cold winter;
- Speak words of encouragement to the grocery store cashier juggling a backed-up line;
- Wave that car into your lane even when you’re stuck in traffic and in a hurry yourself.
Who’s with me?
In His service,
Sarah Hobbs
Manager of Missions
