Saturday, January 30, 2010

Community Soup and Pie Meal

Here are some photos from Thurs Jan 28th meal .... approximately 130 people were there!





The community brought delicious pies and desserts to share!


And there were about 20 different kinds of soup also donated! What a wonderful time we had, building relationships, and eating together. If you would like to be apart of a meal like this, you send your email address to zestos(at)frontier(dot)com to get on the mailing list! We would love to have you.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Co-sponsored by Atlas, The Bridge and Zestos Inc.
Come just as you are ... Bring your family or bring a friend
Everyone is welcome!
WHERE: New Hope Church in Orange City
WHEN: Thursday, January 28th, serving at 6:30pm
Enjoy a free meal & take home food for you,
your family or a neighbor in need

Email: Zestos to sign up to bring pie or soup. Or if you need transportation.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Winter Banquet!


This is your invitation for a great opportunity to participate.
............
FREE WINTER BANQUET and YOU'RE INVITED!
Come just as you are
Bring your family, Bring your friends
Share in a time of fun and fellowship
Enjoy a free homestyle meal with all the fixins,
Take home free food for you, your family, or a neighbor in need
Mark your calender now and plan to attend!
Where: New Hope Church in Orange City
When: Thursday, December 17, Serving at 6:30pm



This is your invitation for a great opportunity to serve..............
The Free Winter Banquet is co-sponsored by Atlas, The Bridge, and Zestos Inc. You can serve in the following ways:
Declare December 17th as a personal day of prayer and fasting for those in need
Help with set-up or clean-up
Plan to be there, and think about which people, needy or not, you can invite
Join in prayer at New Hope Church or where ever you may be at 5:00pm on Dec. 17th
Enjoy the meal as you consciously work at building a relationship with someone new
Help package and hand out the free take home food provided by Zestos Inc.
Let us know if you're coming, who you're bringing, how you can help, or just show up!
Questions? Call Rod or Jayne at 737-2036 or 441-3201
Once again......EVERYONE IS WELCOME!



Bear ye one another's burdens
Galations 6:2

Friday, October 2, 2009

Free Fall Banquet


Greetings to All!
This is your invitation for a great opportunity to participate and to serve.........

FREE FALL BANQUET
Come just as you are
Bring your family, Bring your Friends
Enjoy a free homestyle meal with all the fixins,
And take home free food for you, your family, or a neighbor in need.
Mark your calender now and plan to attend!

Where: New Hope Church in Orange City

When: Thursday, October 8th, Serving at 6:30pm


You are invited to help with the Fall Banquet at New Hope Church in Orange City. This event is co-sponsored by Zestos Inc. and the Mercy Streams Ministry at New Hope Church. We need people to participate in the following ways.......

  1. Help with set-up or clean-up
  2. Plan to be there, and think about which people, needy or not, you can invite (invitations are available)
  3. Offer to provide transportation
  4. Declare Oct. 8th as a day of personal prayer and fasting
  5. Join in prayer at New Hope Church or where ever you may be at 5:00pm on Oct. 8th
  6. Enjoy the meal as you consciously work at building a relationship with someone new
  7. Help package and hand out the free take home food provided by Zestos Inc.
Want to help? Questions? Please contact Rod or Jayne Hofmeyer at 737-2036 or 441-3201, hofmeyer (at) frontiernet.net Thank you!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Surplus

We all have them, they can be tangible, especially in this season. A surplus of tomatoes and zucchini, surplus of clothes, a surplus of work and todo lists. Things that go above and beyond what we need, or maybe even want. Surplus is what we thrive on.

Zestos has been thinking about, looking for then distributing surplus since it’s inception last march.

9,000 pounds of food surplus. Closet-purging surplus. Time and talent surplus.

And on Saturday Night we received a surplus of a different kind. Potato Salad.

Among other things, we were donated the surplus food from a wedding, so we boxed up loaves of bread, and gallons of potato salad in to family size portions. Then we loaded up the van with a cooler and our huge smiles, and set out to surprise our network of families and local services with an unexpected dinner.

Every family we stopped at, told us about another family, who’d they would share their portion with. See how the ripple effect, keeps going. Serving one, serves many.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Zestos, Inc. Gathering


ZESTOS GATHERING

 Discover the joy & excitement, as we join forces,

sharing a taste of the Lord's goodness with those in need

Bring a canned good, bring a friend or bring BOTH!

WHO?:  Everyone is welcome!  Childcare provided

We have a seat and a niche reserved for you!

WHAT?:  Music, Information, Q & A, Fellowship

WHEN?:  Sunday, August 9th at 6:30pm 

WHERE?:  Alton Reformed Church 

 

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Ripple Effect

Some exciting news around Zestos, Inc. lately. We've really been able to see how God has brought people together, made their paths cross-- in unexpected ways. 

We've talked to people who've read the article or heard about Zestos from friends and we are able to share a bit about who we are... but more than that, we're excited to tell them stories about what God is doing. 

A few weeks ago, after telling a friend, Amanda, about Zestos, I (Mary) started to pray that people who needed us would be right in front of our faces. 

The next day Amanda shared with me about on her nightly walk, how she bumped into an neighbor, Sherrie, who after a long conversation confessed that she had to choose between electricity and groceries. 

Amanda and I really wanted to help Sherrie, so Zestos packed up some muffins with Amanda as an ambassador. In the last few weeks, Amanda has really been able to show Christ to Sherrie, just by being her amazing self. 

This Monday, Amanda took Sherrie to get her hair cut, at Salon Centra (a supporting merchant!), Sherrie had so much hair to cut that it could be donated to locks of love. 

You could see the weight literally lifted off of Sherrie's shoulders. She was able to feel more confidant about her self and help someone else in the process. Amanda was helping Sherrie, patronizing a Zestos Merchant and Sherrie's hair went to make a wig for a cancer patient. 

God's love just keeps on moving, far beyond where we think it can go.

If we take the time to look for God in the everyday, we see him every where. 

Thank you Amanda for sharing your story with me and for sharing you're life with Sherrie!