Blog - Feed the Need Missions

Behind the Mission: What Happens When You Ask Us to Pray?

At a Feed the Need Missions site, you'll hear a question asked over and over again: "How can we pray for you?" Sometimes the answer is simple. Someone needs a job, a family member is sick, there's a doctor's appointment coming up, or money…

General, Testimony

Why We Keep Showing Up

If you visit a Feed the Need Missions site for the first time, it's easy to think the most important thing happening is the meal. Burgers are on the grill, volunteers are serving, cars are coming through, and families are eating. Come back…

Disaster Relief, Testimony

Disaster in My Own Backyard

Unfamiliar Territory My family moved to Texas a little over seven months ago when I came on staff at Feed the Need Missions. Hailing from the Northwest, we've seen little in the way of natural disasters. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that…

Giving

A Hassle-Free Way to Give While You Shop Online

The Modern Shopping Experience Many of us can remember a time before the rise of the internet allowed us to shop online. Getting the best deal required things like checking a newspaper, cutting a coupon, or getting up before the sun to access…

Leadership, Stony Point, Volunteers

Charlie: A Story of Faithfulness

What is Faithfulness? What does faithfulness look like? While you could simply Google a definition, we have discovered that the most vibrant definition of this most excellent trait is best understood as it is lived out and witnessed by others. Faithfulness…

Bastrop Area, Bastrop South, Volunteers

A Hunger for More: Allen’s Story

When Feed the Need Missions began serving the Bastrop community more than ten years ago, Allen was among the first guests. To be sure, he was in need of the free hot meal each week. He was living on the streets and had no source of income. But…

LBA, Leadership, Volunteers

Beyond the Grill: Celebrating Servant Leadership

It's a late summer afternoon and a line of cars has already started to form. Busy preparations are being made in anticipation of something unusual. A truck and trailer are parked parallel to a very busy road. People begin to arrive and open…

General

The Heart Behind the Hamburger

Motive Matters in a Mission Mission statements are important. Simply put, they are an organization's what—as in "what we do." Carefully crafted statements of intent, these manifestos are a tool that unifies a team with a task-focused purpose.…

General

Bringing Hunger Relief & Hope to Texas & Beyond

General, La Grange

A New Home for the La Grange Site

Closing in on the one year anniversary of its kickoff, exciting changes are ahead for the La Grange, Texas Feed the Need Missions site. Beginning January 31, weekly gatherings will take place at the southeast corner of the Fayette County Courthouse…

Volunteers

Feeding Hungry Souls: Gobble Kits 2021

Putting the GIVING in Thanksgiving Dinner Four years ago, Feed the Need Missions had the opportunity to partner with a local church distributing Thanksgiving meals to families in need in the Bastrop area. Witnessing the incredible need and…

General, Leadership

Getting to Know the Staff

Last month, Feed the Need Missions welcomed Sean Tangen as our new Program Director. Sean’s overwhelming drive is for people to find and serve in their purpose. With 29 years of vocational, leadership and volunteer ministry experience, we…

Disaster Relief

Tips for Disaster Preparedness

On average, nearly 7,000 natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis or fires— occur worldwide each year. That isn't including those caused by humans, like explosions, chemical fires or terrorism. Though…

Testimony

More than a Handout

More Than a Meal: Feeding Hungry People “We’ve never been so hungry in our life, “ Peter said. The first time Peter and Dana came to a Feed the Need Missions site, they had both been struggling with illnesses which took them out…

Team Development

3 Tips for Disciple Makers

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very…

Leadership, Newark

Humble, Hungry Smart

Site Leadership at Feed the Need Missions The Right Stuff: What Makes a Great Site Coordinator For Feed the Need Missions, recruiting superstar leaders is serious business—especially when it comes to the site coordinator position. In considering…

Disaster Relief, Testimony