Pure religion

[scotty]

Originally Posted by LaVonne

My husband, our boys and I have been know to help out the elderly, especially the widows/widowers by helping them with their yard, spending time talking to them, taking meals or inviting them over for a meal. We have not done much for the orphans, I'm afraid.

I don't believe it will be held against you. One person can't play every instrument on the platform and one usher in a church of medium size would make for a long offering song if he had to do it alone.

God will give us fields to work, we should not feel guilty because we cannot work "every" field in our community. The burden HE lays on us is where HE wants us.

Our church covers a drug rehab ranch and we do work for the local Battered Womens Shelter.

You keep working the field God leads you to work.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by scotty

I don't believe it will be held against you. One person can't play every instrument on the platform and one usher in a church of medium size would make for a long offering song if he had to do it alone.

God will give us fields to work, we should not feel guilty because we cannot work "every" field in our community. The burden HE lays on us is where HE wants us.

Our church covers a drug rehab ranch and we do work for the local Battered Womens Shelter.

You keep working the field God leads you to work.

Thank you!

[Sept5SavedTeen]

I enjoy helping at my assembly's food pantry, it's not EXACTLY visiting the widows and orphans, but it doesn't seem to be a literal thing to me... If your assembly doesn't have a food pantry, I would recommend starting one up.

Interestingly enough, I was thinking about the NT's role in assisting widows, financially, and how it is sanctioned for the Church to use the LORD's treasury in this way, especially in Paul's writings... very interesting. The IRS would probably get in the way some today, but we still could help the widows financially, they'd just have to fill out a W-2.

-Bro. Alex

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen

I enjoy helping at my assembly's food pantry, it's not EXACTLY visiting the widows and orphans, but it doesn't seem to be a literal thing to me... If your assembly doesn't have a food pantry, I would recommend starting one up.

Interestingly enough, I was thinking about the NT's role in assisting widows, financially, and how it is sanctioned for the Church to use the LORD's treasury in this way, especially in Paul's writings... very interesting. The IRS would probably get in the way some today, but we still could help the widows financially, they'd just have to fill out a W-2.

-Bro. Alex

One of the ministries of the Vineyard Church where I used to attend was receiving cars from people, making minor repairs, etc. and giving them to people who needed them. One time they gave one to a single mother who worked for them and they had to include its value in her W2 form.