The Table That Wasn't Set for Them
When Grace Community Church in Boise opened a free Wednesday night dinner in 2019, the congregation had a picture in their minds of who would...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 11:1-18.
When Grace Community Church in Boise opened a free Wednesday night dinner in 2019, the congregation had a picture in their minds of who would come — young families from the neighborhood, maybe some college students from the nearby campus. They set out casseroles and printed little cards with service times. Instead, the first people through the door were a group of Somali Bantu refugees from a nearby apartment complex.…
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