Go Beyond

This summer, Kingsland’s Missions Ministry is hosting five Summer of Service initiatives on Wednesday evenings to benefit some of our local ministry partners. We kicked things off last night with our Bags of Hope for the Homeless initiative. More than three-hundred Kingsland members gathered in our Loft venue to hear a brief word from 1000 Hills Ministry, a Houston-based ministry that feeds the homeless. In addition to meeting physical needs, 1000 Hills also provides spiritual nourishment for the homeless at three worship venues called The Church Under the Bridge, The Church in the Park, and The Church in the Driveway. Our friend Tre9 (Bobby Herring), a Christian Hip Hop rapper, also spoke about how God led him and his wife Amanda to work with and feed the homeless in Houston’s urban areas. Together, these urban ministry partners feed and minister to hundreds of homeless individuals every day.

In addition to creating greater awareness about what our urban partners are doing to help the homeless, our objective last night was to assist these partners with some of the practical things they need in order to do their work. So, we asked Kingsland members to purchase and bring bags of items that are needed by those who live on the streets — things like toiletries, mosquito repellant and first-aid kits, and candy and breakfast bars. Together, we assembled almost six-hundred individual bags that our urban partners will distribute to the homeless in the coming days. The best part of the evening was watching parents and kids and the old and the young working together. This kind of evening is a key part of fulfilling our purpose statement of equipping the next generation. Afterward, Jon Davis, our Missions Ministry Associate, led us in a concert of prayer for our urban ministry partners and the homeless population that they serve.

Our next Summer of Service initiative is next Wednesday evening. We will assemble Bags of Redemption in cooperation with Kingsland’s Justice Ministry. Our Justice Ministry reaches out to young women who are trapped in the dark world of the commercial sex trade in our own community as well as young girls that have been rescued from this darkness. Our local justice ministry initiatives are making a difference in the lives of these girls. Our Bags of Redemption will help us to take hope and encouragement to precious human beings who believe that no one cares about them. I hope you will join us for this next opportunity to offer the hope of Christ to the least of these who live in the shadows in our own community.

Note | Please take a moment to check out this video thanks from Houston’s homeless for the Bags of Hope distributed by Bobby and Amanda Herring.