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The heart and soul of SML is a team of trained and caring volunteers who carefully assess each person that enters the Serve Moses Lake office. Time is spent to gain an understanding of each persons story. Where did they come from? Where are they going? What resources are currently available to them? Where have they already gone for help? What are their greatest needs?
After an initial the initial assessment is done, a plan will be determined that will best meet the needs of each person. The plan could well include help from the various social agencies in town (food bank, community action, etc...). The staff and volunteers at SML will be familiar with the support these agencies can provide.
But we don’t want the assistance to end there. The goal, as we’ve said, is that people receive help from the local church. This often will mean referring people back to the church they initially visited for help. Only now, the leadership at that church will have confidence that a thorough assessment has been done. The person in need is now coming to them, voucher in hand, with a clearly defined need...and a plan to meet that need.
Other churches in our community will specialize in various “specialties.” Some will have clothes closets. Others will have food on hand. Others will be able to help with rent, or gas, or utilities. The team at SML will be familiar with these things, and will be able to best direct each person in need.
It is a great picture of the Body of Christ in a larger community working together to meet needs (see Matthew 25:31-46). It is a wonderful way for the “right hand” to know what the “left hand” is doing.
Page Last Updated: Oct 16, 2008 (19:30:13)
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