The Annual Harvest Festival Celebration!!!
In 2010 we began a Village tradition by gathering together with a few of the other Villagers, and pooling our resources to provide home cooked, traditional Thanksgiving meals for folks in the community who are in need, or who serve the community daily and may be stuck working. (Think grocers, convenience stores, law enforcement, etc.)
That first year, we gathered here at the Village Garage aka God's Garage, and prepared meals to be served here in our home, and also to be delivered by Village volunteers to the community, and we were blessed to see God unite the hearts of folks who simply wanted to show the love of Jesus to others by sharing what we have, and through that, we saw God provide 91 meals, giving folks the option to bring their families here and enjoy a meal together, or to have their meals delivered to their home, tent, workplace, etc. and there were some beautiful relationships that have come from that first Harvest Gathering, which continue today.
Word got out about the Celebration, and more volunteers offered to donate food, time, and one of our local restaurants in the community, 'Jolly Rogers Family Seafood Restaurant' even donated the use of their kitchen facilities in 2011, as well as food items that were used to fill boxes, stomachs, and hearts.
As you can well imagine, more meals were provided in 2011 than the previous year, and new relationships were formed, and all of this because a handful of loving people made a decision to share what they had with others, which is at the very heart of The A2 Community Village & God's Garage, both of which were formed, and operate, around the principles found in Acts 2:42-47 in the Holy Bible.
This has turned into an annual event, and it is held each year on Thanksgiving Day. If you would like to be a part of this beautiful opportunity to serve the community of Southport and Oak Island, please contact us and let us know how you would like to do so by using the form below, contacting us on Facebook, email us, or giving us a call at (910)368-5520, and we'll be glad to welcome you into this wonderful experience. Thanks so much, and we'll see you soon!
That first year, we gathered here at the Village Garage aka God's Garage, and prepared meals to be served here in our home, and also to be delivered by Village volunteers to the community, and we were blessed to see God unite the hearts of folks who simply wanted to show the love of Jesus to others by sharing what we have, and through that, we saw God provide 91 meals, giving folks the option to bring their families here and enjoy a meal together, or to have their meals delivered to their home, tent, workplace, etc. and there were some beautiful relationships that have come from that first Harvest Gathering, which continue today.
Word got out about the Celebration, and more volunteers offered to donate food, time, and one of our local restaurants in the community, 'Jolly Rogers Family Seafood Restaurant' even donated the use of their kitchen facilities in 2011, as well as food items that were used to fill boxes, stomachs, and hearts.
As you can well imagine, more meals were provided in 2011 than the previous year, and new relationships were formed, and all of this because a handful of loving people made a decision to share what they had with others, which is at the very heart of The A2 Community Village & God's Garage, both of which were formed, and operate, around the principles found in Acts 2:42-47 in the Holy Bible.
This has turned into an annual event, and it is held each year on Thanksgiving Day. If you would like to be a part of this beautiful opportunity to serve the community of Southport and Oak Island, please contact us and let us know how you would like to do so by using the form below, contacting us on Facebook, email us, or giving us a call at (910)368-5520, and we'll be glad to welcome you into this wonderful experience. Thanks so much, and we'll see you soon!