When [Peter] saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me” (Matthew 14:30, ESV).
“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word” (John 17:6, ESV).
The HCC’s Serving S.P.R.O.U.T.S is our family outreach program helping to educate and motivate our younger generation in the importance of working hard, serving and giving.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV).
Our Serving S.P.R.O.U.T.S kids program encourages kids of all ages to get out into the community to earn $28.00 dollars a month to feed and clothe other kids. One new SPROUT family took our program and put his own little twist on how he and his dad would provide clothing for others in need.
We never know what new challenges we will face at the Harvest Compassion Center as we continue our mission of feeding and serving the community in the Phoenix area.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds (James 1:2, ESV).
“Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up” (Hosea 6:1, ESV).
Debbie, a HCC volunteer, had been putting off coming into the HCC for months. She just never got around to contacting the HCC to start volunteering. Life would get busy, things would come up and before too long she just never came in.
Arizona law provides a credit for cash contributions made to qualifying charities that provide help to the working poor, Mitchell Swaback Charities, Inc. (who fully funds and operates the Harvest Compassion Center) is one of these approved charities!
