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Governor Rell announced the "kick-off" to her
"Care and Share" program from Master's Manna,
Inc on 7/29/08 @ 1 p.m.
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2.)
SabbaticAL's Cafe and Wallingford Dream
Foundation are holding their third annual Golf
Tourney Monday, Sept 22nd at Tradition's Golf
Club in Wlfd. with proceeds being shared between
Wallingford Wishing Well and Master's Manna.
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3.)
Food drive at Shaw's, Rt. 5 Wlfd. on Sat., Aug.
23rd.
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4.) God
is in control... with no regular monthly income,
average operating expense of $3000.00/month and
the check book maintains a positive balance. God
does indeed supply ALL of our needs! We are
blessed beyond words. We give thanks for your
ministry
Master’s
Manna
Motorcycle Ride
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Date: 7/27/08
Time: 8:30 AM
Bowl-a-thon
The
Sabbaticals just raised
$1200.00 during their Bowl-a-thon! Thank
You!!!
Reflections on the past year from 316 North Colony
Rd.
On December 6, 2006 Master's Manna, Inc. began
operation as a food pantry in a rented corner of
the Fellowship Hall at the Wallingford Church of
the Nazarene. One year later, on our first
birthday, we opened our doors in our new location
at 316 North Colony St. in Wallingford, CT as a
food pantry, clothes closet, soup kitchen and
resource center. That very first month we served
42 families. Now, 1 year later, we often serve 42
families in 1 day.
As we take time to survey this past year I see
God's handprint on this ministry for which I will
be forever grateful. There have been moments
during this past year when I have questioned "God,
is this truly what you want me to do? I can be
working and bringing in a paycheck. I can be
working 40 hours a week, instead of 60 or 70. I
can, I can, I can..." Then there were a few dark
moments when I wanted to hand over the keys, not
pick up another can of food, or phone and walk
away.
In that darkest moment the phone rang. The voice
on the other end of the phone asked if we could
use a donation of children's clothes~ "sure" I
stammered... what's another bag or two of clothes
to sort when it was the
LAST thing
I wanted to see! Well, that one or
two bags of clothes turned out to be a truckload!
LITERALLY!! And not only children's clothes but
toys and adult clothing as well. "Great", I
thought. This will take hours!! Can't you just
picture God watching us as He pours out blessing
upon blessing and we grumble? I do not know if He
is laughing or gently chiding, "Daughter, trust
Me. Have I not carried you through the valley
before?"
As three of us worked for those two hours
unloading, sorting and hanging... the rest of
God's plan was taking form. The phone rang...
AGAIN! This time it was a local pastor. He had a
family that had been involved in a house fire and
had lost EVERYTHING. He asked if we could help a
mom with four small children. After asking a few
more questions, assuring that this family would
get ALL that they needed I hung up the phone and
the tears began to fall. Grandma came with her
list of needs. When Grandma left she took a
TRUCKLOAD of bags ... several for each child
and some for mom. You see... the TRUCKLOAD of
stuff that I was grumbling about was GOD'S PERFECT
PROVISION for this family. Grandma went home with
clothes EXACTLY sized for each child, as well as
toys and necessities for mom, plus food.
THIS is why I do what I do. Please erase that...
or at very least take the
I out of the equation.
This is why God does what He does.
He tells us we are to feed His sheep. He is the
Shepherd. What does a shepherd do? He cares for
His sheep. He tends to, provides for, cleans,
loves and nurtures His sheep. Can we do any
less???
So now one year later... 632 families (896 adults,
765 children and 109 seniors) later, 1770
individuals later Master's Manna, Inc has grown
from one small corner of a Fellowship Hall to a
1500 sq ft. space on a downtown street within
walking distance of many of our families... One
year later we have gone from a $30/month rent to
monthly operating costs of nearly $1500.00. We
remain a completely volunteer organization,
depending on donations and trusting Jesus to be
our Provider. To date He has not let us down. A
very wise man once stated that, "God's work, done
God's way will never lack God's support."
For the many individuals, companies and
organizations that have supported Master's Manna,
Inc with time, talent, finances and resources...
please accept our humble "Thanks". You are heroes
who are making a huge difference in the lives of
so many right here at home.
Please pray that we will continue to trust in the
Lord, remain steadfast in His plan to feed sheep
and share the joy of knowing His Son, Jesus as
Lord and Savior!
We look forward to another exciting year of seeing
lives enriched, improved and impacted by the love
of Christ.
Answers to Prayer
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Getting this web site
set up.
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Master's Manna, Inc.
was gifted a freezer on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2006.
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Tuesday, Jan.2, 2007
received a call from Nick @ Thurston's Foods
asking Bruce to come and "pick up a load" of
food. Not only was there one van load... but
TWO! The second load just happened to be
chicken, fish and veggies for the freezer!
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Tuesday night...
1/2/07 received a call from Kathy from
Wallingford Wishing Well with an emergent
situation. A local family had experienced a fire
in their home and lost quite a bit. She was
requesting assistance with food and clothes. The
family met us at the food pantry at 8 p.m. and
we were able to provide food, coats, hats,
mittens, boots and TOYS! (The toys were donated
from a local agency in Wallingford last week...
they had left-overs from Christmas...) Now isn't
that just like God and isn't His timing
perfect?!
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Jehovah Jirah has
provided increased space in the Fellowship Hall
at Wallingford Church of the Nazarene. We now
use 1/2 of the Fellowship Hall!
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Our gracious Lord is
raising up volunteers who have a desire to serve
His people (many are brothers and sisters in the
Lord!... He is trusting us to show Jesus
revealed to those who have not opened their
hearts to Him... yet!)
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Jesus is opening doors
for Wallingford Church of the Nazarene to be the
CHURCH.
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A social worker from a
local Wallingford school contacted Master's
Manna in an effort to assist a family in need.
As a result God opened a door for communication
and building relationship
Prayer
Requests
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We know that we serve an mighty God and that ALL things are possible through Him, after all He owns the cattle on a thousand hills and breathed life into dirt. He is Creator, Sustainer and Lord!
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Give Him all praise and adoration for this ministry. Thank Him for setting this plan in motion, pricking hearts and opening doors that no man could open.
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Please pray that God will provide a vehicle for picking up and delivering food.
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God is preparing our next "home". Please pray that we will be willing to wait on His timing and to be anxious in nothing!
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Please ask the Lord to "hasten" the receiving of the 501c3 paperwork from the IRS.
Statistics
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Opened 12/6/06 and the first week Master's Manna, Inc. provided food for two (2) families
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The second week of Dec. the food pantry provided food for five (5) new families plus our two (2) original families
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The third week Master's Manna, Inc. provided food for twenty-seven (27) new families
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Last week 8 new families were able to "shop" at
the food pantry.
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A total of 42 families "shopped" for 1,665 meals during the month of December.
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Enough food for 5730 meals has left Master's Manna during the month of January.
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34 new families have been added to our growing circle of friends for a total of 76 families registered with Master's Manna.
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59 families are from Wallingford
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10 families are from Meriden
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7 families are from other towns
News
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On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Master's Manna, Inc. will begin program three (3) "Senior Soup Socials"! After meeting with some great people from Wallingford Housing Authority we have permission to go into the five (5) low-income senior housing areas in Wallingford and provide lunch + every Wed. We will rotate through every area. While eating lunch, residents will be able to fill out their "grocery list". Volunteers will fill orders and deliver food through the food pantry to our senior neighbors. We are blessed by God's perfect plan and direction. He is opening doors that man can not open and closing doors that man can not close!
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Master's Manna, Inc. is deepening our relationship with Wallingford Wishing Well and look forward to working more closely together in the future by making a difference in the life of a family.
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"Off to School We Go"... Eloise from the Wallingford Board of Health will be conducting a class on Safe Food Handling on Wed., Jan. 17th in advance of our commencing the operation of Master's Manna Soup Kitchen. 7 volunteers are taking this class in preparation of serving our Seniors lunch through our weekly "Senior Soup Social" beginning on Jan. 24th.
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Dan Champagne (reporter from Record~Journal) covered Master's Manna as we served, visited with and radiated the love of Christ with 17 seniors during our Senior Soup Social at John Savage Commons on Jan. 31st. Our "heartiest" of volunteers ranged from 5~60 years of age.
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Our "Tots for Totes" program has been spotlighted by CT Food Bank. Please visit their web page and read our story!
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