Face to Face Ministry

The stories that will be written about Katrina will be numerous. Stories of survival, but stories of death and destruction.

We had our first contact yesterday from the authorities that our school district will be getting two students from the Louisiana area. Our Osage City students have been very generous trying to find ways to help. At the football game last Friday night kids were going around seeking donations. Class challenges are occurring. A group of students collecting food items in the relief effort. And now our kids will have the experience to minister “face to face” with kids that were actually involved in this terrible tragedy. Be praying for the children. Many don’t want to leave the Astro Dome in Houston because it’s better than what they lived in. They now have food, clothes and someone that actually cares about them.

Faculty and students at Oklahoma Christian University participated in a special contribution of $75,000 last Sunday at the Memorial Road Church of Christ. Many Central College students participated in this special time of giving. I appreciate their hearts! I look forward to our special contribution on Sunday as we give to those in dire need.

These verses have touched my heart the past week……….

"If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard."
Proverbs 21:13

"Be generous and share your food with the poor. You will be blessed for it."
Proverbs 22:9"

"A good person knows the rights of the poor, but wicked people cannot understand such things."
Proverbs 29:7

"Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless. Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Proverbs 31:8-9