Noon Day Ministries

On any given day, there are over 610,000 homeless people in the United States. October 10th was World Homeless Day. This coming Thursday and Friday is the national Homeless Standdown at Noon Day Ministries  The Stand Down is the one day of the year that is dedicated to honoring and assisting veterans who have found themselves homeless. This event is designed to help homeless veterans regain their dignity and self-respect. Thursday is the day devoted to veterans only and Friday is open to the general public. Stand downs will occur this week in cities all over the country.  

Noon Day Ministries was founded in 1982, by a man and his Sunday School class at the First Baptist Church, who served food to the needy after church. Today the organization serves over 108,000 lunches along with a multitude of other services on a yearly basis. 

I attended the Sunday Worship services held at Noon Day at 11am. Legacy Church hosted this day's service as well as every second Sunday of each month. There was onsite security and a police officer. Members of the church and the site were scattered throughout the service to provide assistance and help with any issues that could arise. 

There was music and then a message. The speaker shared his personal testimony. He talked about the time he spent in jail, drug use, and his many near death experiences. He talked about how God and his salvation brought him out of his darkness and onto a ministerial path. His message was about the Walking Dead. How we are all souls walking around dead without the love of God and of the Message of Jesus Christ. He focused alot of his message on the enemy of the devil and personal demons. He said his minister, however, always tells him - don't be scared, be prepared to receive the gifts of God. Have faith, God will show you who you should be. Lastly he wanted to remind the group that Jesus' presence in your life is Heaven. 

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ~ Ephesians 2:4-5

There was also a place for homeless children and children of volunteers to learn about Jesus. After the sermon, there was an altar call and prayer available for people. There was more music then dinner was served to the people in attendance. A barber and a hairdresser were available after the service for people to get free haircuts and used clothes and books were available as well.

Different churches alternate conducting the Sunday Worship services at Noon Day, and all start at 11am. New Covenant Church hosts the service on the first Sunday of each month. Friends Feeding Friends hosts service on the third Sunday of each month.Noon Day hosts services on the fourth Sunday of each month. Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church hosts service on the fifth Sunday of the month (when there is one). All services are followed by a meal. 

No Matter where you are on your Journey or how Broken you may feel, you are ALWAYS worthy of God's Love!

THANK YOU Noon Day Ministries for providing the Love of Christ to the Needy on a Daily basis. 

7th Day Adventist

Seventh-Day Adventist emerged from the "Millerite movement," which centered on the belief that Jesus would return on October 22, 1844. This day came and went without the return of Christ and led many followers to leave the movement en masse in what is now termed "The Great Disappointment." The Seventh-day Adventist denomination was founded by those who left and has two main distinctions: Sabbath observance on the seventh day (Saturday) and living a life with the expectation of the awaited return of Jesus.

Adventists hold 28 fundamental beliefs including holding the Sabbath on Saturday and treating their body with divine respect, including not consuming some or all meats or intoxicants. Seventh-day Adventists only practice communion four times a year. The communion is open to members and non-members and includes - Foot washing, which symbolizes the commitment to love others as Jesus loves us, and the partaking of Bread and Wine or grape juice. 


Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food."
                                                                           Genesis 1:29

I visited Albuquerque Heights Seventh-day Adventist at their 11 am Saturday service. 

♥SOMEWHERE SOMEBODY NEEDS YOUR LOVE TODAY♥

They started out with prayers and their covenant. They had a children's story. I think it is wonderful when churches do that, always reminds me of Jesus and the children in the bible. (Mark 10) Pastor David Merling had everyone in the congregation greet each other and he referred to them as family. It was a large group but most everyone greeted and hugged each other. The greeting they use is, "Happy Sabbath." Pastor Merling offered to pray for people and about a third of the congregation went up front for prayers.  

The Sermon was called "Why Does Jesus Sleep While We Drown" and based on Matthew 8. 

Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?"                                                            ~ Matthew 8:26-27

Pastor Merling spoke about how sometimes we think Jesus is asleep and not there for us, but in reality, he is waiting for us to call him so he can carry us. He told us to cast off the "weights of the world so that we do not drown." He shared that we cannot depend on anything of the world, but we can count on Jesus. 

After services the pastor and members spoke to me and welcomed me to visit again. I found the people to be very personable and I loved that the group was wonderfully diverse. 

THANK YOU Heights Seventh-day Adventist church for welcoming me into your family.