Matthew 25:31-40  ³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.  ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,  ³³ and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.  ³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;  ³⁵ for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,  ³⁶ I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'  ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink?  ³⁸ And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing?  ³⁹ And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?'  ⁴⁰ And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.'

                The above Bible verses were the inspiration for Operation InAsMuch.  I would like to thank everyone at the church who participated.  It was a great day that got our whole congregation involved in helping out our community and doing service projects.  Many of you spent a lot of time making sandwiches, cakes, pies, brownies, etc.  Those of us that worked at Rosecrest spent the same amount of time recuperating.  However, all of us were able to complete our projects by the time lunch rolled around and the rain came. 

                I thought you might would want to hear what our Bishop had to say about the day.  The below quote is from last year’s Operation InAsMuch, and I am sure that his quote for this year will be about the same.

                South Carolina Synod Bishop Herman Yoos commented: “I was hoping we would have one to two thousand Lutherans turn out on May 2 to do ministry across the state, but we actually had more than 5,000! It was an outpouring of God’s love into communities all across our state like we’ve never seen before, and it whetted our appetites for more of the same. Operation Inasmuch has moved our vision to outside the walls of our churches.”

                Thank you all once again, these are the types of outreach projects that helps us to get known in the community.

In our prayers:  Catherine, Robert, Ann, Wendi

God’s Peace,