Christmas is Coming! Thank you all.

The Love of Christmas is coming to the Homeless!

The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:8-10

What a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus, the Christ.

This past month has been a busy one for all the Sisters. It takes teamwork to provide gifts for nearly 150 people! With the help of many other caring individuals, we planned, organized, decorated gift bags, shopped, wrapped, filled gift bags, transported gifts to storage and much more in preparation for this coming Wednesday evening and Christmas morning when we and a few others will be delivering Christmas gifts to some who don't have that much.

Thanks to four local churches, Church of Christ, First Baptist Church SLO, Grace Church SLO and Zion Lutheran Church who participated in bringing the joy of Christmas to our local homeless shelter. Thanks to all the individuals at each church who took a gift tag and fulfilled the request for a gift. Thanks to our friends and church representatives, Ben, Dave, Dorie, and Grace! We wish you a merry Christmas and thank God for serving with you in this event. Special thanks to Grace Church which provided a room to gather in and wrap the gifts (it took about 6 hours altogether), and to First Baptist Church which provided storage.

This Wednesday evening Sisters Serving Sisters will be throwing a Christmas party at the overflow shelter!
Treats will be served, games will be played, Christ centered Christmas music will be listened to, crafts will be made, decorating of the 4 mini Christmas trees from the 4 churches will be done by the children of the overflow shelter, children will perform a Christmas skit and we'll be showing Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. We have a lot love and joy to spread come Wednesday.

Early on Christmas morning we'll be taking the rest of the gifts and gift bags to the local homeless shelter where we will be serving egg nog, hot chocolate, coffee and treats.

Merry Christmas to each one of you. We wish you all the knowledge, security and joy of His presence this Christmas.

Zion Lutheran's Secret Angel Tree

Thanks to Zion Lutheran Church in SLO in helping Sisters Serving Sisters in providing Christmas gifts for our local homeless shelter in participating with our Secret Angel Tree event.

First Baptist Church SLO's Angel Tree

Thank you to First Baptist Church SLO for being one of the 4 local churches helping Sisters Serving Sisters provide Christmas gifts to our local homeless in participating with our Angel Tree event.

Christmas for the Shelter Preparation

Last week SSS got together to decorate giftbags for Christmas for the Shelter and our Secret Angel event. Four local churches, Church of Christ, Grace Church, First Baptist Church SLO and Zion Lutheran will be partnering with us to provide gifts for the Adults and Children of our local homeless shelter.

Altogether we decorated about 250 giftbags with stickers, ink stamps and colored markers. We also placed the wish lists on the back of each ornament that will go on to each Christmas tree located at one of the above churches.

We had a good time.

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank you Lord God for the multitude of blessings that you have bestowed upon us over these past 9 months; for the women who have come together as Sisters in Christ to serve as an offering of love. We give thanks for your direction and for all of the open doors that you have provided; for the faith you give us, for equipping us for your work, for our families who have supported the giving of our time and resources; for the support of our local Pastors, Churches, the Interfaith Coalition, the Prado Day Center and the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter Staff who have allowed us to serve at their facilities. Thank you for hearing the prayers that we have lifted up to you; for the donations that have allowed us to provide these women with bibles, socks, underwear, feminine hygiene and other items. Thank you for the smiles hugs and love that we receive from these women in return for serving you Lord God. Thank you for the freedom to celebrate the birth of your son and for the Churches who have agreed to partner with us in providing Christmas for the Shelter. We thank you Lord and ask that you will continue to bless us, protect us and lead us to do your will. We ask these things in the name of your beautiful son, Jesus. Amen

What a Beauty of a Day!

The day was beautiful and perfect for Beauty Day at Prado.
God sent us the best volunteers! We treated some women who were so excited to be pampered by us. The mood was great and we even had a few men who had quite a few thing done, including facials!!!
Thank you Lord for providing such a beautiful day, wonderful volunteers, clients, moments and conversations to such a sucessful event.

Natalie prepares the cookies and tea table for our guests.
Polish extravaganza!

Gift bags for all our guests.

Gail talks with a client as he receives a hand massage.

Katrina tops off beauty day with a back massages that only Katrina can do!

Some of the ladies are working hard on those feet!

Tiffany treats a lady to a manicure.

The feet really do need some beauty care too!

Shilo has lots of colors to choose from.

Erica has a steady hand as she applies the polish.

Tiffany shares her talent and love.

Kelli uses her strength as she massages one large man's hands.

Jackie files a young girl's fingernails.

Haleigh and Ashley served us all well. Thank you girls!

Greta stayed till the very end, completing about 7+ haircuts during the beauty time. Thank you!!!

Tiffany, Natalie, Jackie and Kelli. You girls were awesome! Thanks.

Ashley, Vickie, Julie, Haleigh, Erica and Kelli were top class. Vickie gave Mary Kay facials. Those received them got some special treatment. Thanks ladies!

Karen, Shilo, Natalie, Julie and Melodee. Ain't no sistahs out there like us sistahs!

Beauty Day at Prado...Coming Up!!!

Sisters Serving Sisters is excited about Beauty Day at Prado which is coming up this Sunday, Nov. 8th. We'll be serving along side with other sisters in Christ by pampering our local homeless women at 2pm at the Prado Day Center in San Luis Obispo.

We'll be giving each homeless woman a goodie bag filled with beauty treats to use during and after their beauty treatments.

Tea and cookies will be served.

It's going to be so much fun!

To find out how you can serve in this great ministry, contact us at our email address located in our profile section.

October Fun

Here's a few photos from October's fun with the homeless.

Photo #1. Halloween pumkin carving, Children model their borrowed costumes, and RIP pudding desserts.


Photo #2. Celebrating the October birthdays.

Photo #3. Spaghetti Dinner at the homeless overflow. It was delicious!!!

What a Man....Night.

In honor of the husbands and fathers at our local homeless shelter, SSS held a "Man Night".

The night began with a dinner of hamburgers and baked beans for all. Then the men were secluded in their own private movie room where they watched Saving Private Ryan, which they all chose and agreed upon a couple of days prior to that night. The guys stayed up unusually late to watch the movie and snack on special man treats while everyone else was treated to rounds of bingo with prizes awarded to winners. Later delicious nachos were served.

So much fun and laughter was had by the volunteers and the homeless while playing bingo and the men were so thankful to have a special time of their own!

Coming Up!...Lotsa fun.

We've got some great things planned during the next coming weeks!
Here are some of them;
1. Birthday Night
2. Movie Night/Sleepover
3. Bingo/Man Night
4. Beauty Day at Prado Day Center
5. Christmas for the Shelter

Check out our calendar at the bottom of the blog to see details on all these events! Contact us by email to see how you can be a part of the Sisters.

Craft Night

On Saturday evening Oct. 17th our sisters, Shilo and Melodee brought crafts for Craft Night at the Homeless Overflow. These crafty cat kits were so cute that the kids jumped right into making them. The next morning many of them were displayed upon the tops of their beds.

September Was A Blessing!

SSS had a great time serving the homeless in September. Besides visiting and encouraging, a few of the things we did were, give clothing, throw a birthday party, serve veggies and dip, and serve cheese and crackers. We met a lot of interesting people, including a few new faces to the homeless community.

During this month of October we'll have several events happening. Check our calendar below for dates! Contact us if you would like to become a Sister!

Sisters Serving Sisters - Shining the Light of Christ
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Cor 4:6

God's Desire, Not Our's...

A man's heart plans his way,But the LORD directs his steps. Prov. 16:9

Sisters Serving Sisters, in cooperation with a local church, purchased school supplies and backpacks for local homeless children returning to school for another year.

By the time SSS was ready to present the gifts on Wednesday, the evening before school was to begin, these homeless children and families had already been blessed by the love from the current Overflow host church. We were told that they were blessed by more than just school supplies. It's a good thing to witness God's work of love outside of your own ministry. It was truly a joy, but a bit disappointing, because we did not want this work to go to waste.

So, what was SSS to do?...

Quickly contact some of the local outreach services. After a few phone calls, it was apparent that God chose Santa Maria's Good Samaritan Shelter for the blessing. They were thrilled to have us donate the items and we were thrilled that they were blessed! Upon arrival at the shelter, Kristina gave us a tour of their wonderful facilities.

Thanks to anonymous donators, the families of the Children's Ministry at First Baptist Church SLO and to all the people who continually work so hard for our local shelters and those in desperate need.

Cheese, Crackers and more

Last Wednesday was Cheese and Crackers Night at the Homeless Overflow. Every night we visit is unique and full of fun and unexpected blessings. It's truly enjoyable to get to know a little about the overnight hosts and meet new clients every week. Please keep the homeless in your prayers.

This week's photo story...

One client's cheese and crackers creation.

Sisters Serving Sisters', Gail, models a blouse that one client wanted to trade her in exchange for Gail's denim jacket. (They just traded for the evening)

A young boy shows us his model cruise ship he received as a birthday gift at last week's birthday bash.

Birthday Bash Blast!

What a blast we had last Wednesday at our August Birthday Bash at the Overflow!
Cake, ice cream, trick candles, balloons, cards, gifts, fun and excitement...it was all there. It was such an exciting night as we celebrated all the August birthdays of children and the adult clients. One highlight of the night was watching as everyone tried in unison to blow out the trick candles. It was so fun to watch as one child in particular was laughing so hard when he blew out his candle and it sparked a new flame shortly thereafter. The evening went so well that at the end of the night one of the employees for the shelter said that she had never seen everyone so happy at once as they were at the party!
We take joy in serving and blessing others, we ourselves are so blessed that God has enabled and equipped each one of us to serve and He has given us the means to bless those who might be unable to provide a party for their loved ones. We pray that those who don't know Christ may come to know him as we serve in love.

At Your Service

Eph 2:10
For we are his workmanship , created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Birthday Party!

Sisters Serving Sisters will be hosting a birthday party on Wednesday evening for those in the Overflow who's birthdays are in the month of August.

Cake, ice cream, candles and a gift for each are planned for the event.

Ps 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,Who daily loads us with benefits,The God of our salvation!

Cupcake Fest at the Overflow

What fun the kids had making their cupcake creations!

Cupcake Fest!

Tomorrow evening Sisters Serving Sisters will be at the Homeless Overflow bringing all the supplies to ignite the master cake decorator in all of us. Cupcakes, icing, sprinkles and candies. What fun it will be to see what everyone will create. Come back and visit our blog to see the creations!