Dear Faith Family,
I can hardly believe that 2011 is coming to a close. How can the founder of a ministry gracefully tell you that God has taken us on the most miraculous journey yet? Perhaps that is best expressed by first, and always, simply giving thanks to God for not only answering our every prayer, for meeting our every need, and then amazingly leading us into a harvest beyond our wildest dreams. Before our year barely began, it was once again moving faster than our infinite dreams could conceive. By early Fall, The Bridge Ministry was already feeding more of Nashville’s homeless and poor, than our unbelievable Christmas crowd of last year. Yet week after week, God has amazingly supplied our needs, raised up new leadership, sent us multiple sets of church groups, Sunday school classes, pastors, and financial partners. It is difficult to write you just that message, without weeping tears of joy for the faces we see smiling back at us every week. The spiritual, physical, marital, needs that are met among those we are called to minister to…all because of Gods amazing grace. At the same time, we rejoice in the stories from just our volunteers being blessed, and their lives being changed because they too answered the call. For nearly eight years God has raised us up for this very moment, for these economically difficult times, to be His lighthouse and the very bridge that can lead those He places in our paths to his Son, Jesus. Rejoice with us, pray for us, help us when you can, but more than ever we ask you to simply “grab on” and let’s see where God will lead us next. The fields remain ripe unto harvest.
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.”
-Anonymous
We at The Bridge, Inc., are so excited to announce our new partnership with SharingSpree.com! They are much like Groupon, but the major difference is that a portion of the proceeds is donated to nonprofit organizations! Read below for registration information and how this awesome program benefits The Bridge! Thank you for your support!
Here’s what to do now:
1. Register, it’s FREE at www.sharingspree.com/registration.
2. Click “login” and enter your e-mail address and password.
3. Click on “My Account” and choose “My Profile”. Then choose The Bridge Ministry as your nonprofit of choice and we will start giving back to them. Be sure to click “update profile” after you choose your nonprofit.
Last Wednesday, April 27, was a devastating day for our friends in Alabama and the Southeast US. Many homes and businesses were destroyed, and many lives were lost due to the powerful tornadoes that swept through the region.
Yesterday afternoon, we sent a 53 ft. tractor trailer full of needed supplies – diapers, baby food, blankets, toilet paper, water, food – to Jasper, AL, to be distributed to those in need.
We are sending another truck load of supplies to AL even today! Other area ministries are also coming to us for supplies that they can take to various communities in AL that other organizations cannot reach. Our warehouse is now running dangerously low on food and supplies to keep up with the demand of our outreaches and disaster relief. We need to and want to do more, but we can only accomplish that with YOUR help! By making a monetary donation, we can fill up our warehouse once again with needed food and supplies that can be distributed to those in need! With even just $20, we can purchase a little over 110 lbs. of food & supplies!
THANK YOU in advance for helping to make a difference in the lives of those in need in Nashville, Alabama, and across the Southeast US!
