I wrote recently about our trip out to the streets to feed and minister to those in need. I had many ask “how I can do that?” or “why do I do what I do?” You can read posts about our ministry and vision HERE, as well as read our ministry leaders post about it HERE. But for today I… Read More
He Loves Us
Once a month we, Bay Area Fellowship Westside Campus, partner up with the Salvation Army and go out in their truck and deliver food, clothes and hygiene products to those in the shelters and on the streets. It is always a blessing to go and serve in that ministry. I’m still on such a high from the incredible weekend I… Read More
down the street under a mesquite tree.
I am always amazed when God comes through in the most unlikely of ways and speaks a word to my heart. OK – really, it is more like God thumps me on the heart and says, “Do you get this, Alene?” This past weekend I was having the most intriguing conversation with a man who had come to church and… Read More
Pocket Change
In a world where the words billions and trillions are thrown like pocket change, I’m beginning to see more and more value in the purpose of a penny. The penny, most would consider, something so small, but yet it can stand for something so significant. I love greeting people at my church and watching as they come in to make… Read More
a homeless story.
I can truly say that my heart changed for people on the street when I met this unique man with a story to share. After he told me he’d write me his story, I figured I’d never see him again. Weeks went by and I looked for him every Sunday. My heart saddened at the thought that he thought no… Read More
Making God Laugh
Well, I just have to say right up front here, that sometimes I crack myself up!! Recently when I found myself laughing at myself, I wondered what God must be thinking. Was He laughing along with me? Was He tired of my emotional roller-coasters? Or was He just thinking Yep, that’s my Alene? We are in the midst of planning… Read More