Samaritan House News

Furniture needs:
We have many calls for furniture coming into the office, if you know of any furniture or beds that can be donated, please bring them to Samaritan House. We also need these items in the north county branch of Samaritan House.
Sometimes people who are moving or replacing furniture don’t know what to do with the old when they bring in the new! Samaritan House is a great choice for these items, we make sure they get to people who need them. So, let folks know we are here to help them with their donations of furniture to get them to families in need of these items. J
Volunteers are always needed for sorting and cleaning.

~Hours Open~
Wednesday & Friday 2-6pm
Tuesday Workdays begin at 10:30am

We are looking forward to having work teams come to help with maintenance needs this year. When we get dates set we will let you know, if you’d like to take part in the projects we have lined up to do. A Maintenance Needs List is available if you’d like to see one call the office 962-2246 or email us @ info@samaritanhouse.us

Shoes for Haiti
A man who comes into Samaritan House several times a year, came in last week and asked about shoes. “How do you sell the shoes”, he asked. So we told him, “Shoes go in with your bag of clothes for a dollar, or a whole bag of shoes for a dollar donation”. Then he began to tell me a story of a woman in Florida who gathers things together to send to her people in Haiti. I immediately related to this woman, as he told the story of her gathering things together and carrying bags and boxes into their building to be sorted and cleaned and prepared for shipment. So, I said to Howard, “We’ve been looking for a way to send shoes to where they are needed! And we’d be glad to give the shoes for this lady to send to Haiti.” So we boxed and bagged shoes to fill Howard’s truck to go to Florida!

This is very typical of how God puts us together with others to help out in ways that we don’t even think about! I’m always thrilled, and know that I know, when the Lord does this that it was all His doing!

Galatians 2:10 (The Message)
6-10As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn't concern me. God isn't impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching. It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews. Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John—the pillars of the church—shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.

I see Paul as a pretty practical guy, just like us. Let us take heed to his words of truth about having no reputation, walking in the calling God has called us to, preaching the good news and helping the poor.
God Bless you as we serve the Community together!
Maureen Schafer, Director @ Samaritan House
716-962-2246
info@samaritanhouse.us
www.samaritanhouse.us