Sevice at Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread is a charity food service in Baltimore which serves hot meals to the needy of the city 365 days a year. Our Battalion has volunteered to help with the food service on Saturday, December 19th. The maximum number of Brigadiers we can bring is 10 so sign up early to make sure you have a spot. We will leave Chapelgate on Saturday morning at 8:00 am and return by ~2:30 pm. Please contact Lt. Jeff Lutz at 410-489-7487

Thoughts from our December 1st meeting

Hi gang,
It was great to see everyone sharing their achievement work within their squads last night and I'm encouraged by the progress you are making. The potatoe cannon was pretty cool too! We talked in Council Ring last night about the spiritual fuel in our lives. Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians uses an analogy of food to illustrate our progress toward maturity in our faith in Christ. Milk for babes and solid food for the more mature. When we examine our lives and relationship with our Lord, can it be said that we've remained babes in many ways? The Holy Spirit may be calling you to look deeper at the truths of scripture and to reform your thinking which may have become stagnant. Wrestling with the deep questions in our hearts can bring about new levels of maturity as we seek the truth. The Lord is faithful and will honor those who seek Him (see John 16:4-15). Here are some questions to wrestle with. They all have "Sunday School" answers that you may have heard since you were young but those times have passed and I believe we are being called to something greater. What does the Bible say about;

Who is God? What is my relationship to Him? Do I cultivate that relationship? Does He pursue me? Do I expect Him to make all the moves? Am I a sinner? What is the depth of my sin? Is it really that bad? Who cares, or why should I care, or what makes me care? Do I really live as though I believe? Is there joy in my salvation? Does it influence my life?

As always, it's great being with you guys. If you have other questions you're wrestling with, I'd be happy to discuss them with you.

Blessings,
Capt. Hayden

CMTS Trip Follow Up

Our trip to CMTS a couple weekends ago was a resounding success! Our team of 23 was put to work loading a 40 ft shipping container with hospital beds, a large generator and trailer, two dentist's chairs, huge amounts of clothing, and other medical equipment. The container is bound for Haiti where a hospital is being built. The spirit among our crew was high and everyone worked diligently throughout the day and evening. It was rewarding to see the fully loaded truck head out on its trip to the port. You guys are to be commended for your willingness to give your time and effort in this way and the CMTS staff told me over and over how much they appreciated your diligence in this heavy work. Our prayer is that this equipment will be a blessing to the people of Haiti and a means of furthering the Gospel of Christ in that country.

Blessings,
Capt. Hayden