Blog - Feed the Need Missions

Bastrop Area, Pray and Reflect, Volunteers

REMEMBERING ALLEN

Allen’s life was a profound lesson in the power of acceptance and the deep impact of community care. At Feed the Need Missions in Bastrop, Texas, Allen found much more than meals—he discovered a family. When he first arrived, his appearance…

Lexington, Testimony, Volunteers

GG’S STORY

GG's journey began in the grips of addiction, where despair seemed to be her constant companion. But in some of her darkest moments, with courage and determination, GG slowly but surely began to rebuild her life. After 22 years of sobriety,…

Smithville

Full Circle: Cynthia’s Story

When It All Comes Full Circle At Feed the Need Missions, discipleship is at the core of our mission. We do what we do in order to create a guest experience that fosters the building of disciple-making relationships. One of the most exciting…

Testimony

Letting God Lead: Jace’s Story

It’s easy to do what we’ve always done. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is all too familiar. Change can be incredibly hard, and stepping out into the unknown is often unnerving. Just six months ago, I was on staff at a…

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

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…

Stony Point

It All Adds Up: Teresa’s Story

Have you ever been part of something that was larger than the sum of its parts? That is Feed the Need Missions. The parts are important, and they are obvious. Feed the Need Missions provides hamburgers and hot dogs to those in need—at…

Leadership

What Unifies Volunteers with a Vision—and One Another

At Feed the Need Missions, we often emphasize the importance of our mission, vision and values. But simply sharing the information with our team does not build personal buy-in of these things from team members. How do leaders cultivate this?…

Smithville