MILTON — Pastor Jim Waters of Friendship Baptist Church, Pastor Norman Sullivan of Living Truth Church, and Sarah Whitfield of Living Truth Church are part of One Love, an organization established to unite churches, businesses and individuals.
Thursday, these three stopped at the soon-to-be-completed My Father’s Arrows thrift store to donate a $1,500 check for the foster care and orphan ministry.
The store, located at 6606 Elva St., Milton, will open the second week of May, although a specific date has not been determined.
Regardless, One Love is helping MFA with its mission — to support foster care children and those who’ve aged out of the system — beginning with significant financial boost.
During One Love’s Passion Week — March 21-26 — members worshipped together, displayed messages of hope on Highway 90, worked on community service projects, gave away $2,500 in $20 gas cards, and gave away food.
“It’s a call for churches to die to the self,” Sullivan said, adding he encouraged One Love participants to wear One Love shirts and refrain from saying which church they attend.
Waters asked My Father’s Arrows Founder Sarah Ellis if she still needed volunteers to prepare the thrift store. She said she can always use the help.
“We are so thankful we were chosen to receive (the donation),” Ellis said. “We have a common vision in uniting the churches (in Santa Rosa County) to do more in the community — no more division.”
So, how will the money be used?
“There are lines of kids to help,” Ellis said, adding the money could go toward furnishing apartments of children who have aged out of the foster care system, providing for children still in foster care, or further fund the children’s home My Father’s Arrows will open.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Foster care advocate My Father's Arrows gets faith-based boost from One Love