investis a special offering Southside created to help organizations spread the Word and love of God globally. Throughout the coming weeks we will be giving the Southside family the opportunity to invest their money in seven organizations who help Brownwood and Texas. We hope you will not only support this program with your finances, but also with prayers and other resources. Prayer guides and applicable literature will be available during and after this season’s offering in the magazine rack outside the office.
During the Blitz in 1939, when German planes bombarded English soil, many people in Britain lost their homes; and, subsequently, their ability to cook meals for themselves. The Women's Volunteer Service for Civil Defense responded to this emergency by preparing and delivering meals to their disadvantaged neighbors. These women also brought refreshments in canteens to servicemen during World War II. The canteens came to be known as "Meals on Wheels." Thus, the first organized nutrition program was born.
Following the war, the United States embarked on its own experimental meal program. What began as a single small program serving seven seniors has grown into thousands of local home-delivered and congregate meal programs that serve millions of elderly, disabled, or at-risk persons across the country.
Brownwood's Meals on Wheels program delivers 64 meals every weekday, costing over $1,000 a week to pay for food. The Red Cross has organized eleven churches throughout Brownwood and Early to rotate weekly to distribute the meals. The daily delivery consists of one nutritionally balanced hot meal to eat at lunch time; if this program did not exist, many seniors would not receive the nutrition needed to survive.
$300
Mary Hill Davis Missions Offering
Since 1910, Texans have collected an offering for missions needs in Texas. In 1935, the Texas Offering was named for Mary Hill Davis, president of the Women’s Missionary Union of Texas and a tireless supporter of Texas missions. The MHDO advances Texas missionary efforts to help people come to know Christ through various channels and programs.
$1,000
Doers Ministry
Doers Ministry, founded by Paul and Gail Doerschuk, is dedicated to feeding people both spiritually and physically, by seeing all people the way Jesus sees us. They coordinate and run several projects at Sunset Terrace, including a Bible Study, worship services, as well as packing and passing out around 200 sack lunches every Saturday. The Doers Ministry has other projects to help those in need, such as A Pack For Every Back - collecting new school supplies every fall for children -- and helping to maintain a food closet.
$1,600
Christian Women's Job Corps
Christian Women’s Job Corps provides a Christian context in which women in need are equipped for life and employment. Women receive training in life skills and job readiness, and each ministry is customized to meet the needs of the participants and their community.
$500
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan Ministries works to meet the basic spiritual and physical needs of families and individuals in Brown county. They provide perishable and non-perishable food items, clothing, and Bibles to those requiring assistance.
$600
Pregnancy Care Center
Pregnancy Care Center is a non-profit organization committed to helping women with unplanned pregnancies make practical, life choices for them and their unborn children. The Care Center is dedicated to educating men and women about pregnancy, sexual health and becoming productive citizens. PCC provides pregnancy tests, counseling, adoption help, baby care classes, coupons for baby items and support for expectant and new mothers.
$500
Hope Home
Hope Home Ministry exists to share truth and love with hurting young women that their lives may be transformed and that they may find freedom in Christ. They operate a faith-based transitional home free of charge for young women who are being released from juvenile facilities, who are transitioning out of foster care, or who need shelter due to difficult life circumstances.
