{"id":1603,"date":"2012-09-16T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T12:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2012-09-16T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T12:56:10","slug":"sunday-brunch-loaves-and-fishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/sunday-brunch-loaves-and-fishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch! Loaves And Fishes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you ever volunteered for a food ministry through your church or some other organization?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, I took my seven-year-old son with me and we joined our church group in a ministry, feeding the homeless. We had breakfast sandwiches from McDonald’s, Chick Fil-A, and Burger King. Our group also served water, coffee and apples. Afterwards, my son asked me why we were doing this, and I told him about the scripture of the loaves and fishes. I felt that he needed to know that, as a Christian, we needed to help others because we’d be following Jesus’s example and this is what He’d want us to do.<\/p>\n

I’d never volunteered for this ministry before, but, I found that I enjoyed doing it and seeing others hungry, without food, was a sobering thought. Also, it was really upsetting to see children living on the street in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

I wondered if any of you have ever volunteered with a similar ministry before, either through your church or some other organization? If so, tell me a bit about your experience. Leave a comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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John 6:1-15 <\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>\u00a0Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),2<\/strong>\u00a0and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.3<\/strong>\u00a0Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.4<\/strong>\u00a0The Jewish Passover Festival was near.<\/em><\/p>\n

5<\/strong>\u00a0When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”6<\/strong>\u00a0He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

7<\/strong>\u00a0Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wagest to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”<\/em><\/p>\n

8<\/strong>\u00a0Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,9<\/strong>\u00a0“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”<\/em><\/p>\n

10<\/strong>\u00a0Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).11<\/strong>\u00a0Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.<\/em><\/p>\n

12<\/strong>\u00a0When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”13<\/strong>\u00a0So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.<\/em><\/p>\n

14<\/strong>\u00a0After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”15<\/strong>\u00a0Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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