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The mission committee is made up of individuals with different spiritual gifts, but we all have a similar passion to do as Christ said and “feed his sheep”. We do this in a number of different ways. We work in missions within the church, in the local San Antonio area, and throughout the world.
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Beyond our local community, we work with the Christian Medical College in India, El Porvenir in Nicaragua, and Presbyterian Border Ministry in Mexico. In San Antonio we work with the SAMM shelter and CAM, both organizations that help provide for the homeless, Habitat for Humanity, the Bexar County Detention Center, the House of Neighborly Service, the San Antonio Aids Foundation and many other organizations. Here at the church we offer our porch for the homeless to sleep and a port-a-potty in the parking lot. We host AA meetings, HIV/AIDS support group meetings, and WeightWatchers meetings. We became involved with each of these outreaches because someone at the church had a passion, felt called to a specific spiritual gift. Let me tell you a story of the power of one person’s call.
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A number of years ago, Faith Lytle, a long-time member of the church, had a passion. Faith and her husband Bill traveled to Americus, Georgia and visited Habitat for Humanity. Faith was impressed with the then-new organization that helped people build their own houses. Faith saw what Habitat could do and had an idea. She said, what if we could take Habit beyond Georgia? At that, Faith returned home to San Antonio and started a Habitat here. Because of Faith’s idea, Habitat spread beyond Georgia, beyond Texas, beyond the US and now exists in numerous countries throughout the world. Faith’s idea started small. She would tell stories of asking for $5 or $10 donations. If you asked her, Faith wouldn’t tell you she was anyone special, but we knew better. Her vision, made a huge difference throughout the world. One person’s vision can make a huge difference. You can help us make a difference.
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“The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all. The Spirit gives one person a message full of wisdom, while to another person the same Spirit gives a message full of knowledge. One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal. The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another the gift of speaking God’s message; and to yet another the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said. But it is one and the same spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person.” (1 Corinthians 12: 7-11) Listen for where God is calling you and your gifts and know that there is a place for you at this church, at Christ’s table.
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