News
Blog Articles
Couponing a new way of helping
Apr 03, 2013
Two volunteers at Smyrna Program Services at MUST Ministries are creatively helping to feed those in need. Deb Chamblee and Stacey Brown became friends through volunteering at MUST Ministries. Their three year volunteer experience has not only forged a friendship but they have also become...
More or Less or Enough?
Mar 25, 2013
A blog post by Kaye Cagle Today, I had a new thought. Sometimes an idea hits me so hard that I dwell on it and develop it in my brain. Oddly enough, it usually happens quickly. Then it spills out in my writing. A book called -�More or Less-� written by Jeff Shinabarger focuses on something I...
MUST Makes a Difference
Mar 21, 2013
A success story shared by Beth Ray Bert is a 50-something male with a high school education, no felonies and no mental illness or addiction, but he couldn’t find work. He had always worked labor jobs, but after his last job, the economy crashed. He finally lost everything. He had...
Giving With Purpose
Mar 14, 2013
Post written by Armida Silvani What would you do-�? Imagine yourself so hungry that you would eat anything. Would you eat that warm plate of expired chili or that 1000th serving of green beans? How about a hot plate of mashed potatoes and gravy that’s so salty you can’t eat...
When you think of MUST, do you think PSH?
Mar 07, 2013
When you hear the words “MUST Ministries”, more often than not, you get a vision of an emergency shelter or the Loaves and Fishes Community Kitchen. What many people don’t realize is MUST also offers Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), a long-term housing program that...
Stopping on a Dime
Feb 22, 2013
Story by Kaye Cagle The hot dogs chips and beans sat on my plate. I wasn’t interested in the food because I was taking in the personalities sitting around the table… some quiet, some talkative, all polite and interested in why I was there. “I work here at MUST...
Eyes of the children
Feb 14, 2013
Story by Carol Hunt I am challenged and enriched especially when I look into the eyes of the children I encounter daily. Their spontaneous love leads me to discover compassion and hope. Often, I read this prayer of hope. -�God of wonder, give us the eyes of children to respond with...
Rainy Days & Mondays Get Me Down
Jan 17, 2013
It’s been raining four days now and this morning as I drove to my job at MUST, all I could think of were the people who have been displaced from their homes and are now living in the woods or on the streets in the cold and rain. Do they have shelter? How are they staying dry? What...
Students Full of Compassion Make Empty Bowls
Jan 03, 2013
The students of A.L. Burruss Elementary hosted an “Empty Bowls” project to help MUST Ministries. Martie Moore, the art teacher who is part of the Special Area Interest Learning program (SAIL) wanted to do an Empty Bowls project for some time and thought this would be the...
