For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:35–36 NIV
The GC Cincinnati West congregation is partnering with another nonprofit this winter. Blessing Bags of Love is a local outreach that helps individuals that are unsheltered and unhoused in the Cincinnati community.
On a wintry evening in January, members met other volunteers downtown to provide warm food, hot drinks, blankets, and sleeping bags. The night’s low was 5 below zero, so their neighbors were grateful for the items! GC Cincinnati West provided hot pizzas to 60 members of the community.
Let us join our voices and prayers with the global Church, praying for God’s kingdom to come in its fullness. We look forward with hope to new heavens and a new earth, where people will build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat (Isaiah 65:21–22). We pray for those suffering under predatory labor laws and decades of wage suppression that benefit the powerful, oppress the poor, and contribute to homelessness.
How will you love your neighbor this week?
