In 2 hours, Eastwood packs 10,000 meals

By Staff, Baptist Message HAUGHTON – After a 30-minute educational talk on world hunger on a recent Sunday afternoon, 40 youth and 30 adults at Eastwood Baptist Church got busy. For the next two hours, they poured ingredients into 10,000 plastic bags and sealed them with a note that said, “This food is given freely in the name of Christ.” The activity took place on “Embrace the Community” Sunday at Eastwood Haughton. “We didn’t have our normal Sunday night service and instead asked our small groups to find an area of the community in which they could share the love of Christ,” said Jeremy Palmer, minister of adult and student missions.

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