Our Daily Bread
The Bread Angels score big!!! Pastor Ellen joined us for our Monday night bread run to the Cotton's Holsum Warehouse. We visited with our friends Jimmy and Johnny who work the night shift. There was an incredible amount of fresh bread and lots of sweet stuff just returned from the stores. We even got two cases of dinner rolls for our Thanksgiving feasts. For me, sorting and loading the loaves is an act of worship. Each package is a gift from God that He gives us to share with others. Ellen blessed us with her beautiful voice while we worked. We left plenty of food for the hog farmers, wished our friends a happy turkey day and headed off to make our deliveries. We stopped at Kim's Po-Boys and Seafood for gumbo and shrimp po-boys. Kim's family and Ellen shared memories about their evacuations from New Orleans floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Next stop, the Common Ground White House. Then to the Pool to fill the food pantry. The remainder goes to the van for homeless outreach. Our God supplies all our needs according to his riches in heaven!!
ELEVATOR SPEECH
The Pool of Siloam Medical Ministry and Free Clinic is a non-profit faith-based organization created to share the Love of Jesus through ministry to the medically underserved. We believe that by building Christ-centered relationships built on mutual trust and respect and by providing our patients with tools of education, screening, medication assistance, medical supplies, equipment, counseling and accessible excellent health and dental care, we can empower them to take better care of themselves. Our services include free adult medical care, women's health clinic, mental health counseling and lab testing. Through our diabetic program, we provide routine diabetic eye exams and limb and wound evaluation. Our Breathe Free Program provides pulmonary function screening, medications, nebulizers, oxygen, CPAP and BiPAP equipment where indicated for cardiopulmonary patients. In partnership with other ministries at the New Room, we are able to provide meals, food and clothing. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, we join our friends from Hope for the Homeless to make rounds on the streets and in encampments to provide care and first aid.
With the exception of an Executive Director / Clinician, an Administrative Director and a counselor funded by the Methodist District, we are staffed by volunteers who provide hundreds of hours of service. We are housed by rental agreement in the New Room, an outreach mission center of Grace Community, a United Methodist congregation. We are funded by grants, gifts and in-kind donations. Your support makes it possible for us to continue to provide services for our patients.
Living by the Clock
to live each day without regret
to move to the tick of a finite clock
to live each day as if it were the last
before you stand before your God
to imagine that the person you love
might be gone tomorrow
that the moment for reconciliation
may be lost
that the friend not met
might have been your soul-mate
that the child left behind
might never be found
that the word not spoken
might have been someone’s salvation
that the life not saved
might have saved the world
that the wound not dressed
might fester and kill
that the path not taken
might have led to home
that the call not answered
might have been the voice of God
to live each day
as if it was your last
to celebrate each Sabbath in rest
like your life depended on it
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