On the last Friday of each month, Just Love – Northshore Disciples hosts dinner gatherings to address needs on the Northshore of New Orleans. All are invited to participate. In December, we served 500 Christmas Dinners from the Maple Ridge Apartments in Covington. We also gave over 100 Christmas gifts to the children in…
Since her husband died, life has been very difficult. At the beginning of the pandemic she lost one of her 2 jobs. At the end of 2020, her roommate was diagnosed with COVID-19 and died. Since her name was not on the lease, her roommate’s unexpected death left her homeless. After she saved enough money…
Easter has happened. Now the question is: what are supposed to do? How are we to live as Easter people? I do not believe there is a more direct answer to this important question than the answer that is found in the book we call 1 John. When I was in seminary, I had…
As part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, the USDA is exercising authority under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to purchase and distribute agricultural products to those in need. Through this program, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is partnering with national, regional and local distributors, whose workforces have been significantly impacted by the closure…
Just Love – Northshore Disciples is excited to partner with Debra Peters and Faith Bible Church to serve a special dinner menu on Good Friday to First Responders and anyone in need of a meal. We are receiving donations to help pay for the ham and are receiving donations of desserts. Please contact Jarrett@JustLoveYourNeighbor.org if…
One of our Covington neighbors, an 82 year-old widow who lives on a limited income and has health issues, needs some help in and around her house. When her husband became ill and died, his medical bills left her financially broke. She says she had less than $100 in her checking account when he died.…
Late Thursday night, while watching the news covering the crisis in Texas related to the freezing temperatures which left millions in the state without electricity and water, I wondered if there was anything we might be able to do to help from our neighboring state of Louisiana. However, because the enormity of the crisis seemed…
Just Love – Northshore Disciples is helping a couple who is suddenly raising children whose mother died tragically in December, 2020. On Friday, February 26, we will host an outdoor, socially-distanced Chicken Gumbo Dinner for the family in Hubie Gallagher Park, 601 S Filmore St, Covington, LA 70433. Live music will be offered by…
On Friday, January 29, we have an opportunity to love our neighbors at the trailer park located off the 1100 block of Colbert St. in Mandeville, Louisiana. We will serve award-winning chili and pass out school supplies and new shoes for the school-aged residents from 5pm to 7pm. Live music will be offered by Britt.…
For thirty years, I have spent the week before Christmas planning a traditional Candlelight Communion Service. The service would feature each participant lighting a candle while singing Silent Night. After the hymn, I ended the service with the following words: “The light that we make together here is beautiful. But we cannot stay here.…
Just Love – Northshore Disciples is excited for the opportunity to share some Christmas love with the residents of Maple Ridge Apartments, 20284 Highway 36 Covington LA on December 18, 2020. We are planning outdoor, socially-distanced, Christmas Dinner Celebration with live music, great food, Christmas gifts for children, and lots of love. Various opportunities will be…
Just Love – Northshore Disciples is excited to partner with Sticks BBQ and McClain’s Pizzaria to deliver hot meals on Thanksgiving Day to persons who are food-insecure. The owners of these popular Mandeville, LA businesses are generously donating 250 meals to be delivered to residents on the Northshore who are in need. This is in addition…
During the pandemic, participants in the Just Love Movement have been working with Hosanna Lutheran Church and God’s Unchanging Hands Feeding Ministry in Mandeville to deliver meals to food-insecure households on the Northshore. Other participants bake desserts, purchase groceries or donate items to be delivered. Making the deliveries each week gives us an opportunity to…
Jarrett Banks of Just Love, Shane Blau of Northshore Vineyard Church and Pamela Mckay of God’s Unchanging Hands Feeding Ministry traveled to Lake Charles on September 10 from the Northshore to love their neighbors affected by Hurricane Laura. Conner Parr, a hurricane victim from West Lake and the nephew of Rev. Bobbi Yellot of First Christian…
I was out on my route delivering hot meals one evening to people who are food-insecure in Abita Springs, Louisiana. I pulled into the driveway of a gentleman to whom I have been delivering meals since the start of the pandemic in March. As usual, he was sitting on a chair in front of…
On Thursday, September 10, we will be going to Lake Charles, Louisiana to help with clean-up after Hurricane Laura. We plan to leave Mandeville at 6 am and return around 9 pm. Lake Charles has a 6 pm curfew. We have identified a yard of a 92-year old man that has been untouched since the storm. His…
Pamala McKay, the executive director of God’s Unchanging Hands Feeding Ministry, a local 501(3)(c), has partnered with Hosanna Lutheran Church of Mandeville to deliver 500 hot meals a week on the Northshore to people who are food-insecure, including the homeless. Just Love has been involved by inviting people to help to prepare, package and deliver…
Just Love – Northshore Disciples is currently working with those on the ground coordinating aid to Hurricane Laura evacuees who are staying in hotels in New Orleans. Over 3,000 evacuees are being housed in New Orleans at this time. The hurricane victims were forced to leave shelters to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The…