How & Why we Serve
H.F.M. has been serving every Saturday since November 2012, directly after Hurricane Sandy spread violently up the East Coast. We have been blessed to partner with over 10 organizations, and are thankful to have been able to serve more families, and individuals than we can count. Our mission is to reach the lost sheep of this world for Jesus Christ. We do that in service not by our physical works, but by our Actions, Words, Compassion, and the Love that we share to all those that we meet. We may spend the day listening to folks that just need an ear to hear, or a shoulder to cry on. It may be passers by that we can talk to, and begin to plant the seed of redemption that only Christ can offer. There are so many testimonies of those that have been impacted, not just by our actions, but by those of many other people that we have met or served with.
The physical work is the vessel that brings us to the hurting and lost people in this world. Whatever has happened in there life to cause such pain, grief, and sadness is unique to them, and is there Crisis or Disaster at that time & moment. Many a trip has been spent helping those indirectly impacted by someone else's Crisis or Disaster. There are so many opportunities to meet and listen to passer by's, neighbors, friends, and many other folks that happen to be near or around us at the time we are Serving. It is our job to listen graciously, be kind & patient, and to allow our Actions to speak to the hearts of those we are with during this time. We are called to be different, and set apart from this world through our Salvation that comes from Jesus Christ.... And that friends is what we strive to do each and every time we deploy! We want others to want to know what it is that we have, and how they can become a part of that true Love that can be found in the Father.
Galatians 2: 19-21
19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”[e]
2 Corinthians 5: 17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!