{"id":171308,"date":"2018-01-24T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171308\/church-helps-those-who-need-it-most\/"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T12:37:24","slug":"church-helps-those-who-need-it-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/01\/24\/church-helps-those-who-need-it-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Church helps those who need it most"},"content":{"rendered":"

The festive season saw Dunamis International Family Church hold a remarkably successful Christmas Drive.<\/p>\n

The drive was initiated at the beginning of November, last year, and ran until December 12.<\/p>

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The drive\u2019s main focus was the following establishments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 SAVF Die Anker old age home in Germiston South;<\/p>

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\u2022 Germiston SPCA; and<\/p>\n

\u2022 TLC, a children\u2019s home, in Walkerville.<\/p>\n

The church started the initiative with not only Acts 20:35 in mind which reads, \u201cIt is more blessed to give than to receive\u201d but also with the words of Nelson Mandela, \u201cThere can be no greater gift than that of giving one\u2019s time and energy to help others without expecting anything return\u201d in mind hoping they would inspire other people to shift their mindset from taking and receiving to loving and giving – not only gifts but also their time.<\/p>\n

In order to make the drive successful, they flooded their social media platforms with videos and designs of the project, with the church\u2019s CEO, Dr Phillicia Bester, as the ambassador for the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a volunteer gladly donate boxes to our foyer for all the donations we had coming in.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach section in our organisation, namely the children, adults and youth were effectively mobilised to collect as much as they could, for the benefit of the project,\u201d said Elvira du Toit on behalf of Dunamis International Family Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the time came to deliver all the gifts, clothes and food we had different teams of all ages and genders visit each of the organisations to not only hand out the gifts but to spend quality time with each person and animal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children were also taught a great deal with regards to the function the local SPCA\u2019s play in our communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to thank PackSolve for the box donations, every person involved at Dunamis International Family Church and the community who made this project a huge success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope you will be inspired to make a change and make a difference in your community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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