Church feeds community with food and spirit
Greater Tabernacle Worship Center, in conjunction with Beautiful Countenance non-profit, held a special evening service on Dec.16.
Greater Tabernacle Worship Center, in conjunction with Beautiful Countenance non-profit, held a special evening service on Dec.16. The purpose of the service was to feed the bodies and spirits of those in the community.
The organizers say they wanted to put this service together because it was the holiday season. The church invited residents from the Rolling Hills community and the Holly House.
“When we thought about this program, we thought what better way to celebrate Christmas and Jesus’ birth,” said Lanessa McCloud, event organizer.
“McCloud said her late grandmother, Apostle B.J. McCloud, always wanted to “adopt the community.”
“She just had a love and a passion for the community, so it was just something we decided to do to continue on her vision,” McCloud continued.
The church provided the visitors with grilled hotdogs, chips and sodas. They also invited the community to worship with them in the evening service.
“We are very happy to have the community come out and join us,” said Gwendolyn Robinson, event organizer. “We seek to further include them in all of our events as a whole community. We also seek to feed, clothe and be there as a church in general.”
Robinson says this is the first step in their efforts to reach out to the community. Going forward, the church plans to have events for the community around most of the major holidays of the year, such as Easter and during the summer months.
“We served the same community during Thanksgiving with a full meal, including turkey and all the dressings,” Robinson said. “Since they are our adopted family, we want to be there in every way possible, so this was just something light to let them know we were thinking of them.”
To get the word out, members of the church went door to door in the Rolling Hills community to invite the residents to the service.
Alvin Robinson, Greater Tabernacle member, assisted in the event by reaching out to sponsors for the event. Mr. Robinson wanted to give a special thank you to attorneys James Quander and Stacey Rubain and Kraft Cleaners for their donations for the event.
