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Traveling with her son gave Kendra Robins an idea to minster to homeless children around the country. Robins noticed that her son slept better away from home when he had a familiar item to snuggle with. She realized children spending an evening in a homeless shelter might be afraid to sleep because they…

Restaurant owner Robert Magiet has found a unique way to help other small food vendors on the coldest Chicago days. Magiet stops at the vendor’s carts and buys their entire inventory for the day which allows the vendors to make their daily wages and also go home and stay warm. On average, he buys 15…

When 4-year-old Austin Perine was watching a program about a homeless baby panda, he asked his dad if there were homeless people. When he learned there were, he took his allowance and purchased chicken sandwiches, went to a local homeless shelter, and gave them away. Now Austin goes on his mission of…

The USS Little Rock was heading for her homeport when the chunks of ice filling the St. Lawrence River stopped its progress. The sailors could have put their feet up and taken time to relax as they waited for warmer weather but instead the crew went ashore and served dinner at a local homeless shelter.…

Sarah Cummings and her fiancé decided to cancel their wedding about a week before it was scheduled, but she could not break the contract with the local Ritz Carlton, so she threw a party for the local homeless instead. Several business donated clothing for attendees, and Cummings notified shelters and…

Jessica Baldwin was getting married. She wanted a memorable event for her bachelorette party. Rather than a night on the town for her and her bridesmaids, Baldwin and her bridal party visited a Pittsburgh homeless shelter where they took the women for haircuts, manicures, a shopping spree, and a restaurant…

The “Whatever video team” ran into Jarosla, a 53-year-old homeless Czech man, while distributing clothing from the Thread Society (www.threadsociety.com) to people in need. They listened as Jaroslav explained that He came to America in hopes of finding a job, but was unsuccessful. While in a New York…

When members of the YouTube comedy group, Whatever, met a Czech national named Jaroslav in New York City, they knew they needed to do more than include him in a film. Jaroslav didn’t speak much English, but explained that he had come to the United States a few months earlier in hopes of finding work.…

A New York man has filed a $200,000 lawsuit against his parent because he feels unloved. 32-year-old Bernard Bey is homeless and claims that he ran away from home when he was 12 and has been in and out of various shelters since he turned 16. Bey, who aspires to become an rap musician, wrote the lawsuit…

Most people think of the Friday after Thanksgiving as a day of excessive shopping as retailers offer special bargains to attract consumers to their stores. This year a Texas man is starting a new tradition he hopes will gain traction. Chuck Fox came up with the idea of changing Black Friday into Bless…

As I stood in the sanctuary last night and listened to the message about idols, I began to look for the idols in my own life, and I determined that I did not have any. This was a little bit surprising to me considering the fact that I struggle to find time for my bible studies, so I tried it again. This…

A fund raising initiative spurred by a good deed is benefiting a homeless shelter in Kansas City, Missouri. 21 years ago, Overland Park Police Sergeant Dan Carney, helped a man when he ran out of gas on the way to a job interview. Carney gave the man all the money he had, $8. Carney recently received…

MONEY When Randy Pratt discovered that someone deposited $177,000 in his bank account last summer, he figured the money must be gift from God. Instead of alerting the bank, Pratt and his wife withdrew the money, quit their jobs and moved to Florida. Over the next several months, Pratt and his wife gave…

Transcript It is always very difficult knowing how to explain what I do when people ask me. I’m a Cannon in the Church of England. But if I say that, people don’t know what I’m talking about. So I try to be a little bit creative. I was sitting next to a lady in an airplane at Heathrow Airport. And I…

The Homeless Woman’s Poem A homeless woman once approached a preacher for help, but because he was busy and helpless, he turned her away and offered to pray for her instead. The homeless woman, it is said, wrote this poem as a response too that insensitive minister: "I was hungry, and you formed a humanities…

Listen Christian: I was hungry-and you formed a humanity club to discuss my hunger. Thank you. I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance. I was homeless and you preached to me the spiritual shelter of the love of God. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel…

Once a month, a group of dedicated professionals ventures into their community to serve those less fortunate than themselves. They're not carrying hammers and nails to build a house, or ladles and pots to work in a soup kitchen. Rather, they're armed with blow-dryers, scissors, and nail polish. Oh yes,…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

To Illustrate Illustrations Add Sparkle To Sermons COOPERATION - Value of Did you hear about the two moving men who were struggling with the big crate they found in the doorway? They pushed and worked until both of them were worn out. Finally the man on the outside said, "We might as well give up. We'll…

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Dr. Erwin Lutzer Intro Thunder From Sinai Today many concepts about God abound, most of them individually conceived in our own minds according to our own liking. When people stop worshipping the true God, they do not stop worshipping; it is just that they change the object of…

MOODY'S ANECDOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. RELATED IN HIS REVIVAL WORK BY THE GREAT EVANGELIST DWIGHT L. MOODY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM GUSTAVE DORE REVISED EDITION. EDITED BY REV. J. B. McClure. CHICAGO: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co. 1899 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1896 by the Rhodes…