Flat Menno gets involved in mission at Grace Community Church
Lots of missions activity was taking place at Grace Community Church in Bryan when Flat Menno stopped by for a visit, and he jumped right in and got involved in a variety of things, including food distribution and a Christmas toy giveaway.
 |
| Flat Menno explores the Grace Community Church upon his arrival. |
 |
|
Looking over some of the photos of baptisms in 2012.
|
 |
|
Flat Menno meets with Jon Andrews, the representative from Tiny Hands International, an agency the church supports in Nepal to free children and women stolen for the sex trade.
|
 |
| Flat Menno helps Andy and Brian move furniture in the church to make space for the food Christmas giveaway. |
 |
| Preparing to move some of the vegetables for the giveaway. More than 325 families will receive a week’s worth of groceries tonight, so a lot of work has to happen. Everyone pitches in. |
 |
| Flat Menno inspects some of the boxed and canned goods. |
 |
| Helping Jan and Patrick to sort some of the $60,000 worth of groceries to be given away. |
 |
|
Helping Dottie to get the cookie
trays ready for the Christmas party the church throws for all those receiving food. |
 |
|
Helping Mary serve some of the 500
guests for the Christmas party. |
 |
|
| Helping Josh load the groceries into cars for the families receiving food. |
 |
|
Flat Menno meets the New Covenant
Players, who were the entertainment for the party. |
 |
| Sunday after church the furniture is moved again and the toy giveaway setup starts. Here Flat Menno is sorting some of the board games. |
 |
|
Helping Corbin to unload the
trucks with toys. The church has two 53-foot semis filled with clean good condition used toys, as well as some $15-18,000 in new toys compliments of the Toys for Tots organization in Williams County. |
 |
|
Helping Doris put out some of the
4-5,000 stuffed animals for the giveaway. |
 |
| Helping Ed, Bart and Sheri finish the unloading of the toys. |
 |
|
Helping to set up the 45 new bikes
being given away. It may be time to take off the tie… |
 |
|
The stuffed animal room before one
of the three giveaways scheduled for Monday. |
 |
|
Flat Menno watches in amazement as
200 people come to get toys for each giveaway. A total of 1,100 children received toys during this three-session event. |
 |
|
Flat Menno is overwhelmed at what the boys’
tables look like after each of the giveaway sessions. |
 |
|
Starting to re-set the toys after
the first giveaway. |