Midweek Mission Moment 9/3/25

SAFB Annual Feeding Hope Banquet

Rev. Monica O'Donnell gave the opening prayer at the San Antonio Food Bank Annual Feeding Hope Banquet last week. Her words were so perfectly bathed in the healing balm of Jesus that you could have heard a pin drop in the crowded room. We are grateful for all the SAFB does to help our community year-round.

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Light On the Hill Update

Greetings everyone!


I hope this finds you in good health and with abundant peace.


The past eight weeks have been a very difficult time in our community. While we are still grieving lives lost and devastation to property, we are looking forward with hope and resilience in our hearts.


Since July 4th at Light on the Hill, we have served as a shelter for families awaiting news of missing loved ones. We then transitioned into hosting first responders for five weeks as they carried out their vital work. Today, through our partnership with the amazing organization Mercy Chefs, we continue to feed first responders, volunteers, and anyone in need of a hot meal.


Mercy Chefs is using our Nutrition Center at LOTH and will continue to serve our community through their Beacon of Hope Ministry for as long as they are needed. It seems very fitting to have the Beacon of Hope at Light on the Hill! Mercy Chefs has added several new pieces of equipment to our commercial kitchen, which will remain as a gift to us after they leave.


Many of you are already volunteering with Mercy Chefs. Thank you! If you want to know more about how our church family can serve with them, contact Marquetta Pitts at (210)413-5503.


Our transitional housing cabins will provide safe and sound homes for families who were displaced by the flood. We are not sure how long the recovery phase will take, but we are committed to walking alongside these folks until they are in safe, permanent housing. New Dawn will continue to be a light after a time of darkness for our neighbors needing a “hand up.”

We are working with UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), TMF (Texas Methodist Foundation), The Rio Texas Conference of Methodist Churches, and the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, as well as other organizations, to create a plan for moving forward during the long-term recovery process.

We feel so grateful for the trust our community has in the important work we do. For a “time such as this,” Light on the Hill will continue to strive to share the love and hope of Jesus Christ with our hurting community.

The disaster work in Kerr County has been constantly changing and evolving, and I am so proud of how hard our staff and unpaid servants have worked to help in any way needed.

We have remained committed to serving our neighbors in need in our community with support just as we have always done. In July and August 2682 individuals / 920 families received food assistance, and more than 500 children were gifted everything needed for a great start to the new school year.

Light on the Hill continues to serve as a hub of hope in our community!

Blessings, Beth