{"id":1025,"date":"2011-11-17T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T21:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2011-11-17T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T21:22:12","slug":"message-from-heather-about-bread-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/message-from-heather-about-bread-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Heather about Bread of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Heather Young is a congregant at St. Lydia&#8217;s. She has this message for us about adopting a family this Christmas.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, I was pleased to coordinate an effort from St. Lydia&#8217;s to\u00a0purchase a Christmas dinner (and a few gifts) for a needy family\u00a0through St. John&#8217;s Bread and Life (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breadandlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.breadandlife.org\/<\/a>). Bread and\u00a0Life serves about 2,000 families each year through this program! It\u00a0was inspiring to me to see so many Lydians dig into their pockets to\u00a0find something to give, at a time when purse strings are already\u00a0tight.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of programs in the city are all about collecting presents for\u00a0needy kids, and presents are a very nice thing, but Lydians focus on\u00a0the importance of sharing a meal; our outreach should be no different.\u00a0This year, Bread and Life&#8217;s meals are being produced by New York State\u00a0farmers, and the ingredients have been grown in a sustainable and\u00a0healthy way. How much more Lydian can you get?!? I invite you to join\u00a0with me to sponsor a family &#8212; just one family &#8212; this Christmas. We\u00a0need to raise $100 so we can provide the following: a turkey,\u00a0vegetables, stuffing, soup, gravy, fruit, bread, dessert, and an\u00a0age-appropriate toy for each child under 16. We did it by the skin of\u00a0our teeth last year and this year the cost is $30 higher. I have faith\u00a0that we can do it! Remember, giving is a spiritual practice.<\/p>\n<p>To contribute, come talk to me (Heather) in person this Sunday,\u00a0December 4 or December 18, e-mail me at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:iamheatheryoung@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">iamheatheryoung@gmail.com<\/a>, or\u00a0just leave money in the special plate we will set on the welcome table\u00a0for this purpose. Make checks payable to ME; I&#8217;m contributing on St.\u00a0Lydia&#8217;s behalf in advance, since the money has to be sent in weeks\u00a0prior to the distribution. Remember, this is separate from any\u00a0contributions you make to St. Lydia&#8217;s and does not go toward your\u00a0annual giving commitment. It&#8217;s just an extra bit of kindness during a\u00a0tough time of year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Young is a congregant at St. Lydia&#8217;s. She has this message for us about adopting a family this Christmas. Last year, I was pleased to coordinate an effort from St. Lydia&#8217;s to\u00a0purchase a Christmas dinner (and a few gifts) for a needy family\u00a0through St. John&#8217;s Bread and Life (www.breadandlife.org\/). Bread and\u00a0Life serves about 2,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}