How to Give Hope to the Hungry w/ Tom Neville

In this episode of the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark invites listeners to explore the impactful work of There's Hope for the Hungry with special guest Dr. Tom Neville. The episode delves into how this wonderful organization in North Georgia serves those in need by providing essential groceries but also sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. You will learn about how the whole family can participate in the ministry, kids and adults alike, as they spread hope and compassion through this ministry. Join in for stories of faith, service, and the profound impact of serving others' physical and spiritual needs by putting our faith into action. Plus Kids Only Segment featuring Benjamin!

Go to thereshopeforthehungry.org to learn more about this organization and ways your family can get involved.

Special Thanks to our editor Jay Lee from provisionpods.com!

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"Faith and Action": "Our ministry really is about evangelism. It's about sharing the gospel with families that are in need. And, of course, we meet their physical need with the food, but we also help with their spiritual needs."
— Tom Neville [00:04:35 → 00:04:48]

"Teaching Practical Faith": "And that's one of the great things about this ministry, is it really teaches people really how to share their faith at a very practical level, just to show their compassion for people."
— Tom Neville [00:08:04 → 00:08:15]

Passion for Missions: "Missions was really what lit my fire for Jesus, if you will."
— Tom Neville [00:13:43 → 00:13:47]

"Feeding Communities with Large-Scale Donations": "We actually have to purchase food from area food banks. And so we purchase food from the food banks that represent the counties in which we have our locations."
— Tom Neville [00:16:20 → 00:16:31]

Unexpected Caregivers in America: "Sometimes we have parents that have made some poor decisions, and so their children are back living with their grandparents, and maybe the grandparents weren't really planning on that. They weren't. They weren't expecting, you know, in their sixties, seventies, and sometimes even into their eighties, taking care of children that are, you know, that are in elementary school."
— Tom Neville [00:19:06 → 00:19:28]

The Benefit of Ministry: "We live in a world and a society where it's so much me, me, and what can I get and what do I have? And so for them to see that we are really involved in giving to others, putting the needs and the priorities of others ahead of ourselves, but also mainly to make sure that they don't just have what they need for that day or for a few days or a few weeks, but they have what they need for all of eternity. And that is a relationship with Jesus."
— Tom Neville [00:24:00 → 00:24:30]

Involving Children in Ministry: "But each one of those boxes, they understand that that box represents an opportunity for someone from our ministry to be able to share the gospel one on one, eyeball to eyeball with someone in need."
— Tom Neville [00:25:47 → 00:26:

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