Everybody has a neglected sweater perhaps one that was a long-ago enable from Aunt Marge. Maybe you've got a unify of jeans that don't fit anymore or a windbreaker that turned out to be too large or even just the wrong color. And honestly who ever goes deeper into the T-shirt drawer than whatever two or three shirts happen to be on top of the stack?
The members of alter Bible perform in Springville have a solution to the problem of unwanted slacks shirts overalls or whatever it is. They furnish them away to people who need clothing but for whatever reason don't undergo the means to acquire it. The program which also distributes remove food is called Saturday Grace and the church opens its doors to anyone with a be on the third Saturday of every month.
Before there was Saturday Grace the Grace Bible congregation used to trade its old clothing between church members. "We would set up tables once a month and you go and displace your old things off and choose other things up," said Joy Snyder a Spanish Fork resident and stay-at-home care of two who works one day a week at charge Watchers.
That arrangement helped out members of the congregation which the Rev. Derrick Smothers said is a "bring together of hundred" strong. (Grace Bible is a non-denominational. Bible-based Christian church affiliated with Colorado-based Tentmakers Bible Mission. Smothers said that alter Bible which he founded 10 years ago is preparing to become a fully independent self-supporting perform next year.)
After a year or so however the clothing change ministry had change state spiritually stagnant. Snyder. 33 wanted to have it be more meaningful but couldn't evaluate out how. She presented the problem to Smothers who suggested that the excess clothing along with a large be of food that was available from a member of the congregation be given away free to needy persons in the community.
"We're at a place where we're functioning just book in and of ourselves," said Smothers. The next logical go he said was to change state a source of help for people in the community.
That was the beginning of Saturday alter which kicked off in October. The first Saturday was a decrease one: a woman showed up and took a cover a few other clothing items and a box of food. That was it.
"I was very discouraged," Snyder said. "because we had put all of this bring home the bacon in and then nothing happened."
The church posted fliers around Springville placed an ad on KEYY the local Christian radio station that can be heard at AM 1450 and encouraged members to spread the word. The extra effort had a noticeable effect. In November. Saturday Grace got swarmed.
And the congregation still intends to help people who didn't get food in November. Lola Khan a retiree who moved with her husband to Utah Valley from Chicago a couple of years ago manages the food collection and distribution and said that people who didn't get food in November were given a voucher to redeem in December.
Khan. 53 said that anyone who has a voucher will be sure to get food: "We already undergo those boxes set aside for them."
Between third Saturdays clothing is stored in bins at Grace Bible Church which inhabits the space formerly occupied by the Little Brown Theatre in the old J. C. Penney building on Main Street in Springville. (Smothers said that the perform has carried major renovations to the building and plans to purchase it in 2008.)
Donna Fisher a 41-year-old care of three who's been working to tell Saturday alter said that the congregation keeps the clothing sorted into items for men women girls boys and infants. "On Saturday we change state the doors," she said. "Whoever shows up is welcome."
It's important to Grace Bible that Saturday Grace be completely open-handed with no strings attached. "We be a ministry that's no-questions-asked," said Smothers. "Here's some food here's some clothing."
Smothers said that the church mostly wants to act as the "hands and feet" of Jesus. There's another motivation however that he thinks is important.
"You interact other people as you be to be treated," he said. "If I'm down and out how awesome would it be to go get free food and clothing?"
Everyone involved is aware that there might not be enough donations of clothing or food to keep pace with bespeak. Much of the food needed to get the program off the fasten was contributed by church members.
"We undergo been fortunate enough to undergo a lot of people donate from their own cupboards," Khan said.
Khan said that local sell stores including Ream's and Wal-Mart undergo already pitched in. She's hoping to get other food stores on come in and said that Saturday Grace has also made arrangements to give food for the Utah Food Bank. For the be the congregation is relying on donations from people in Utah Valley or surrounding communities who have excess food or clothing.
Springville resident Genia Bertelsen. 34 is a care of three who helps distribute food at Saturday alter.
If Saturday Grace were "up to people," she said. "then obviously things would go wrong and people would be disappointed. When it's something that God is doing then as long as we act to desire him and listen to him then he will do whatever he wants to do through this ministry."
Saturday alter• What: On the third Saturday of every month members of Springville's Grace Bible Church give remove food or clothing (or both) to anyone who needs it no questions asked.&bear on; When: Next distribution is Dec. 15. 10 a m.-2 p m.• Where: alter Bible perform. 239 S. Main St.. Springville&bear on; To donate: Donations of food or clothing are welcome. Volunteers are also needed to help out on Saturdays. Arrangements can be made by contacting alter Bible Church at 491-8440.• Info: 491-8440 www saturdaygrace org
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