June 1st and 2nd, Fit-2-Serve will host a Feed My Starving Children Mobile Packing Event!

Six, 2-hour packing sessions are scheduled and we would love you to consider bringing your family, youth group, small group Bible study, athletic team, members of a school or community organization, etc... to join us. Our goal is to pack 100,000 meals and we anticipate needing 500 volunteers to accomplish that goal. You can register yourself or your team at: http://volunteer.fmsc.org/Register/mobilepack/event.aspx?event=1206-133

The packing session are as follows:

June 1st: 1:30-3:30 p.m., 4:00-6:00 p.m.

June 2nd: 8:30-10:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m., 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Each day, 18,000 children die from starvation or starvation related diseases. Throughout the Bible and specifically within the Gospels guidance can be found that encourages and directs us to put our faith into action. For example, in the Gospel of John in Chapter 21 verse 15, we read: “When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

In Greek, the word “feed” is translated to read GRAZE! Peter was directed by Jesus to graze His lambs. It is our belief that the organization Feed My Starving Children provides an opportunity to not only feed God’s starving children but simultaneously to GRAZE the children that come and pack the food. Early intervention through experiential education, can open doors for these young men and women to realize that they are not too young to serve and that they can begin putting their faith into action now. It is also our belief that by embedding this opportunity into the faith community and culture of Coles County that we will become increasingly mindful of the affluence of our own culture as God increasingly opens our hearts and minds to the economic disparities that exist in His world where 3.6 billion people (55%) of God’s children exist on less than $2 dollars a day.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AT bill.duey@fit-2-serve.net or 708-829-7324 AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND ALSO DISCUSS WITH YOU NEXT STEPS….

"The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood." John 1:14 MSG

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." John 1:14 KJV

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." John 1:14 NIV

"So the Word became human and made his home among us." John 1:14 NLT

Fit-2-Serve, Inc. is preparing a home in the neighborhood, specifically 1320 Lafayette Avenue in Mattoon, IL. As we celebrate the fact the Word became flesh, it is our hope to gather as the gifts of each person are acknowledged as we seek to cultivate well people in wholeness communities.  The programming that will transpire will be: 1) a series of book studies that incorporate concepts of service and leadership; 2) weekly Bible studies; 3) workshops that seek to foster physical, intellectual and spiritual wellness that embed the pedagogy of service learning and the promotion of inter-generational and inter-denominational learning.