Our Home: Kingsport, TN

But to some…

The streets of Kingsport are their home.

52,962 individuals lived in Kingsport in 2013.

Of those individuals, 19.6% were below the poverty level.

That equals to 10,381 people in our community below the

poverty level.

To put this in perspective, this would be about• 9 times the amount of people in your county

high school

These people mostly live without

The bible says we can help

Acts 20:35 NIV“In everything I did, I showed you that

by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed than to give than to receive.’”

How?1. We can cook them food.2. We can give them our clothes.3. We can volunteer at the shelter.4. We can talk to them and be their

friends.5. Most importantly, we can open our

bibles with them and share the good news.

What are we doing tonight?

Blessing Bags For The Shades Of Grace Ministry in

Downtown Kingsport

What is Shades of Grace?“A church empowering the lost,

abandoned, and misplaced people of the Kingsport area to meet Jesus

Christ and reach out to others with the message of Love.”

Shades of Grace• holds worship services• houses the homeless on cold nights• cooks meals and provides necessary items

for the hungry and in need• provides high school equivalency courses

for those that want to learn• holds the Get Real recovery ministry• brings about a community of joy

This is Roy. He told a volunteer at Shades of Grace, “Thank you for talking to me.”

A community of joy and fellowship.

Free to Worship

Love

Steps To Make The Blessing Bags

1. Grab a Ziploc bag2. Take one of each item on the table and fill

your bag up3. Grab a marker, pen, and bible4. Pick a verse to share with someone who will

receive that bag and write it on the paper5. Put the paper in the bag and take a moment

to pray for the people who will receive it6. Repeat all of the steps until all of the bags

are full

Last ThingAfter you are finished, work together to

make a poster for the people of our church to thank them for all of the

items they donated.

References

• http://images.classmates.com/pho107/n/z/Z/d/11362444_display.jpg

• http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4739560.html

• Pictures are from the Shades of Grace Facebook. Some of the pictures are taken by Amy Garst Archer.