I was in a conversation circle yesterday at church. The minister had spoken about a church that had grown so small that they had come to a conscious vote to not meet formally on Sundays, but to go out into the community and volunteer at soup kitchens and shelters and the like.

One of the circle members said something about having a committee to decide what charity to work with. I thought how ridiculous that was. So, i piped up and said, if you want to work with a charity just go to it as individuals. We don't need a committee to decide this, just go to any of the area soup kitchens, shelters, and there is the Red Cross too, they always need help, especially in the food bank which is busy daily.

I helped with the Red Cross Thanksgiving food packages. Doing that was just a simple reminder of what anyone with food in the pantry at home; what a blessing it is to afford to go to the grocery store.