Good News for Our Neighbors Distribution Instructions

The purpose of our Good News for the Neighbors project is to share both a free meal and the Good News of the Gospel via a free Bible with our neighbors. To accomplish this, we are providing one canvas Hy-Vee bag to each of our neighbors containing a copy of the New Living Translation of the Bible, a coupon to Hy-Vee where they can receive free of charge all the items necessary for a Spaghetti dinner, and a card inviting each neighbor to a freebreakfast here at the church on Sunday, Sept. 27.Here are the instructions for delivering your Good News for the Neighbors bags:

1. ** Important: before heading out to deliver your card, take a moment and ask the Lord to use this gift of kindness to soften hearts and open eyes to the truth of the gospel. Pray for the families that will receive your gift bags and pray that ultimately men and women, boys and girls will be saved as a result of the Bible they are receiving. As you walkthrough the neighborhood, pray over the homes and the families living in these homes.
2. All bags need to be delivered by Thursday, Sept.24.
3. We have printed a card with a single address onit for each residence in our neighborhood. Take one card for each bag you take; deliver one bag to each residence.
4. Take the bag to the residence on your card, knock on the door and simply present the bag to our neighbor and say, “Hi, we’re from Grace Church, and we would like to present this gift to you as our way of saying ‘thanks for being our neighbor.’ Inside there’s a coupon you can take to the E. Euclid Hy-Vee and receive all the groceries necessary for a complete meal. It’s all free. Thanks, again, for being our neighbor.” Hand them the bag and move on.
5. What if no one is home? Use your discretion. If you can place the bag inside a storm door, do so. If there is no place to leave the bag, you can try again later or do not deliver a bag at this residence.
6. You need to honor “No Soliciting” signs. If a residence displays a No Soliciting sign, do not deliver a bag to thatresidence.
7. Don’t be surprised if some refuse the bag. That’s OK. Simply wish them well and move on.
8. If you cannot deliver all of the bags to the residences you have on your cards, you can try delivering them to residences outside of the designated area. This would include any of the residences in Norwoodville north of Broadway or any of the residences in Des Moines south of Euclid. Try to deliver your bags within the general vicinity of Grace Church. The bottom line is that we want to deliver all the bags. They will do no good sitting at the church.