This week Jo and Steph are live from The Sheridan Story warehouse in Minneapolis, interviewing Rob Williams, the Executive director.
After a call for help from a local school which had discovered children hoarding food on Fridays because of food insecurity over the weekends, The Sheridan Story began to provide Friday food packages to children in need.
Working with local faith communities, The Sheridan Story enables them to partner with local schools providing the logistic know-how. They are now helping over 120 schools and 15,000 children in the Minneapolis area.
In this inspiring interview find out:
- Why providing children with these food packages makes such a difference to their future and the future of society
- How The Sheridan Story began
- How The Sheridan Story gives ‘dignified’ food packages and why that is important
- How Rob’s previous experience and jobs he struggled with helped prepare him to develop and lead The Sheridan Story.
- Steph’s childhood nickname!
It costs a cup of coffee to support one child with a food package each weekend. Find out how you can donate and get involved at www.thesheridanstory.com
Also check out: www.millcitychurch.com
Discussion questions:
1) What do you think about churches offering services without expecting anything in return? What do you think about churches providing services whilst expecting something in return? (Attendance, access to relationships, formal opportunities to give a Gospel message…) At what point does it become ’prostitution’ rather than love from the church?
2) How often do you / your church offer services to others rather than asking them what they really need and doing that instead? Why could meeting people where they are at be an effective way of building relationships with those outside the church? Can you think of any occasions where Jesus or the disciples responded to needs rather than offered services?
3) Where could you / your church support a local school? Who has connections with a local school that you know where you could find out what services your local school needs?
4) ’All kids are our kids. All children are from God and bear God’s image.’ How should this impact the way you and your church view children in the wider community?
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