Brown Bags And Jesus

3716 Meals Served

We took a few weeks off for the Mardi Gras Season, but we are now back in full swing providing coats, hats, blankets and other winter needs along with warm meals and sack lunches.

After visiting with the homeless for a while on Sunday, I could sense God inviting me to join Him where he was working. I wasn't sure where it was going, but I knew that I needed to be obedient. After time in prayer and quiet time God started to reveal His plan. The homeless that do want to better their lives are at a serious disadvantage, while they can attend a church a couple of times per week, the rest of the time they are not surrounded by enough christian to have the fellowship to ward off satan's attacks, so this is what God is doing. 36 Nights Of God, Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from March 14th to May 15th, we will be holding a church service with a potluck type dinner afterwards. We are looking for 36 different pastors and churches to join us. Each church would choose a night that worked best for them, and woujld provide a potluck style meal for the homeless after the service, and then provide clean up afterwards. It is only for one night per church and what a great opportunity to serve The Lord!

If interested in participating, please contact Justin at 985-276-0999 or email brownbagsandjesus@live.com

Fulfilling the Great Commission

Jesus commissioned His church to reach the lost, but many churches are not doing this. There are many reasons why we are not doing this, but there is really no excuse. If missions in your church are in need of a a little CPR, please contact us and we will come to your church and show a 2 minute slide show of our children feeding and loving the homeless, then give you our testimony and show your church members just how easy it is to start a mission if you just look to see where God is already working. brownbagsandjesus@live.com

All Donations Go Directly To Food and Accessories For The Homeless. NO SALARIES PAID!

† Helping the Homeless - What the Bible Says

A church that assist's us providing food for the homeless and hungry is Jerusalem Gospel Church in New Orleans. They have committed to provide a great meal every Sunday at 2PM since July 26 2009. Pastor and Sis Vincent Burkhalter and their team are such a pleasure to work with and their church provides their own food, drinks and volunteers. What a blessing they have been and are to work with! We hope to have other churches join us soon.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (New International Version)

⁷ If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. ⁸ Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs. ⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. ¹⁰ Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. ¹¹ There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

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New Orleans Homeless Population

On any given night in New Orleans, La, thousands of men, women, and children are homeless. This includes persons who are on the street; others reside in emergency shelters, hotels/motels, transitional housing programs, and permanent supportive housing programs. This number does not include many more that are living doubled or tripled up with family or friends, one step away from homelessness.

Often, homelessness is attributed to a personal problem, a choice or decision made by an individual that made them homeless. Chemical dependency or mental health issues may be cited as contributing factors to homelessness. It is true that some who are homeless suffer from mental illness (24%) and others who suffer from chemical addiction (29%), that leaves (47%) that are normal everyday people in a bad situation.

Food For The Less Fortunate

Our Mission:

To provide meals and clothing to less fortunate individuals in our community bringing glory and honor to God while maintaining the dignity of each individual.

Our Goals:

That in all we do we give glory to God, who has entrusted us with this ministry.
That we always maintain the dignity of each individual we minister to.
To continue to provide quality meals and be able to help many more of them in the coming years.
To inform more of the community about the growing number of homeless needing assistance and increase the number of individuals and groups helping.
To have more volunteers who would deliver to those who are homeless.
To have volunteers who would be interested in helping with fund-raising development, making it possible to expand the numbers ministered to.
To be able to link homeless people without family to individuals or groups that would be interested in providing fellowship and assistance to them.
To continuously honor God in all that we do.