03/19/2026
We kicked off Soup Sanctuary 2026 this past Sunday with our team and it was awesome! A special thanks to Frank for getting the AV going for us it really helped and here are the passages we shared. They are the heart of the ministry and every volunteer. Everyone has a seat at our table. ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ป
โThen Jesus said to his host, โWhen you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.โโ
โญโญLukeโฌ โญ14โฌ:โญ12โฌ-โญ14โฌ โญNIVโฌโฌ
โโWhen the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. โThen the King will say to those on his right, โCome, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.โ โThen the righteous will answer him, โLord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?โ โThe King will reply, โTruly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.โโ
Matthew 25:31-40 NIV
โIf anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.โ
1 John 3:17-18 NIV
โCarry each otherโs burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.โ
Galatians 6:2 NIV
โI want to know Christโyes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.โ
โญโญPhilippiansโฌ โญ3โฌ:โญ10โฌ-โญ11โฌ โญNIVโฌโฌ
-Bill