Serving In Downtown Newark, NJ

Newark IV students gathering in spite of the rain to serve the homeless men and women of Downtown Newark at Peddie Church. Monthly we gather to prepare and distribute brown bag meals and host a worship service for the Friends of Jesus. This past week Charmaine, sophomore at RU, led in worship and Marie spoke about Jesus being able to heal us in our humanness. At the closing of the message, I invited everyone to stand and say out loud the places they need Jesus to heal them. We heard "back pain, arthritis, diabetes, a sick daughter, finances ..." The room was filled with hope as we were reminded of God's healing power available to us in every situation. (here's a small snipet of our worship time)

This month, two students from another organization joined us. They chose not to be a part of the worship service, but stood the entire time to help us prepare sandwiches and distribute them at the end. We thank God for the relationships we are building with them and we hope they will consider JESUS soon!