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THANKSGIVING HARVEST FESTIVAL Neighborhood Celebration at OUR PLACE!

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THANKSGIVING HARVEST FESTIVAL Neighborhood Celebration at OUR PLACE!

Time: November 16, 2018 all day
Location: O.U.R. Place: Opportunity, Unity, and Restoration
Street: 3650 S Western Avenue
City/Town: Los Angeles
Website or Map: https://goo.gl/maps/zig43Cos2…
Phone: (323) 73-LIGHT (5-4448) or (323) 402-0422 or (323) 282-9897
Event Type: celebration, community, educational, screening
Organized By: Bishop Dr Joshua Smith Chancellor
Latest Activity: Nov 21, 2018

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Welcome to Our Annual Thanksgiving Harvest Festival Neighborhood Celebration!

You're invited to Our Place (Opportunity-Unity-Restoration) for celebrating Thanksgiving! We have a lot to appreciate and would like to show it by having you bring food, toys, clothes, or donations to support homeless families; as well as, needy children and their families in our neighborhood. We thank God for the ability and opportunity to contribute something to somebody, daily.

We'd like to extend to you a warm thank you as an extension of our blessing of thanksgiving every day and LOVEEVERYONE on this day will receive a $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE if you're eligible and fulfill all requirements to receive the money on a prepaid visa debit card. We will also raffle ALL-WEATHER JACKETS for you to receive or someone you know that needs one. Volunteers are welcome. PLEASE RSVP!

Help us support the development of...

  • Neighborhood Before and After School Enrichment Academies, keeping children off the street until their parents come home.
  • Transition Homes for homeless families and their children, assuring that families remain together during tough times.
  • Wellness Centers for holistic wellness and health services, optimizing the well-being of families through better lifestyle choices.

Each year, Los Angeles Unified School District allows Loving to Learn Association to notify local elementary schools, their families and children. Over 1,200 children will receive a flyer given to them by their teachers from Loving to Learn Association, inviting the children and families to this festive holiday event.

On this day from 10 AM to 10 PM, we will provide...

  1. 10 AM - FREE Bag of Food for Holidays per household
  2.   2 PM - FREE Gifts, Toys, Clothing & Testing in Reading/Math for children
  3.   6 PMFREE Meal for Neighborhood Families and the Homeless. Families, Church Members, Friends, Students, Faculty & Staff are also welcome to come. volunteer, contribute, fellowship, and eat! 
  4.   8 PMFREE Thanksgiving Celebration Raffle with thanksgiving, prayer, music, singing, sharing, and caring until 10 PM. Everyone will contribute at least $1, a toy, an article of clothes, or a gift for this celebration. The pool of money, toys, cloths, and gifts will be given to a needy family as an expression of thanksgiving and gratefulness for what we all are fortunate to have and do. Raffle tickets are given out all day per family member or person. Each person must attend and remain until the drawing is over. No exceptions!

We need your contributions and support! Please contact us at (323) 402-0422.

Thank you!

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Today's Verse - Proverbs 10:6

Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:6

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Righteousness brings us great blessings. Violence becomes its own vile reward, bringing to those who use it what they have done to others (Matthew 26:52). So what's our choice? Righteousness or wickedness? Blessings or violence? Encouragement or a foul mouth? The real choice is whether or not we let God define character and not our selfish culture or our own self-interest or our desire to get even.

My Prayer...

Holy God, I want to live the kind of life that pleases you — a life of righteous character, gracious compassion, and faithful love. Father, I want to bring your Kingdom and your grace to others. I want to help others see that violence is destructive to themselves, to others, and also to the little children. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

Today's Verse - Matthew 25:37-40

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' " The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' "

Matthew 25:37-40

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Jesus' parable challenges our frequent preconceptions about those we should help. Building on the teaching of the LORD in the Old Covenant (Deuteronomy 10:17-18; Jeremiah 7:5-7; Malachi 3:5), Jesus emphasizes the essentiality of each of us helping those truly in need. When we help those who can't help themselves — those who have gotten themselves in trouble, those who have been falsely accused, those who are facing death, widows, the fatherless — we are helping Jesus himself. We see Jesus' face in the faces of those we bless. Why? Because compassion and grace come from Jesus. He would be among us, helping others experience grace out of their hopelessness and despair.

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Father, please give me wisdom to see my opportunities to serve others as I try to help them understand your incredible grace. O Holy Spirit, please stir my heart with the Father's mercy, grace, and compassion. I pray this in the name of my Redeemer, Savior, and Friend, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, who demonstrated the principles I want to live. Amen.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

Today's Verse - Proverbs 3:25-26

Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.

Proverbs 3:25-26

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

What guards your heart from fear? Only one protector is sure and faithful, his name is the LORD. He is our confidence and protector. Prayer and the Holy Spirit are our assurance of God's deliverance. In our current afflictions, either we will be delivered FROM death to serve God powerfully or delivered THROUGH death to share with him in eternity (Philippians 1:18-26). Our fates and futures remain in God's gracious hands!

My Prayer...

Almighty Deliverer, please give me the courage to live for you with passion, no matter the cost. I trust, dear Father, that you are able to keep me from stumbling and will present me "before your glorious presence without fault and with great joy" (Jude 1:24)! In Jesus' name, I confidently pray. Amen.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

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