I received my stimulus gift of $40.00 at the Sunday morning service, I knew right away what I would do with it. An older couple who live nearby are having a hard time financially. The husband has been out of work for a little over a year & he has been everywhere trying to find a job. The wife works 30 hours a week & has two bad knees & has arthritis & it is hard as she has to stand on her feet all day.
They are not quite old enough to qualify for Social Security & Medicare & do not have insurance as they can not afford it. Read more »

I received my “stimulus” gift at the Saturday nite service. I knew immediately where it was supposed to go.
There is a lady in my neighborhood who has cancer. She has been traveling back and forth to M.D. Anderson. She is divorced with 2 children. The Lord had impressed upon me a few weeks ago to help her. Read more »

What a powerfully moving message and gift Pastor Jerry.

I really appreciate the message and especially the idea of waiting
and praying on the subject. I so wanted to just run out and give
my envelope to the nearest and closest charity. But I waited and
prayed. The Lord is awesome.

Last night my ex-wife came to my house to pick up something my
son had left there. Read more »

I put together a newsletter for my children to pass it forward, see the details:

The Giving Tree
Pass It Forward May 27, 2009

Bay Community Church Gives Stimulus. Daphne, Alabama

Local Church Gives Congregation Cash to Give to Needy.
Sunday as the congregation attended a local church, the pastor gave each person attending the four services an envelope with $20.00 to $100.00 enclosed. Read more »

My family and I were eating at Guy Harvey’s restaurant Sunday afternoon in Orange Beach and began talking with the waitress about the famous Guy Harvey and his unique signature all over the restaurant. She stated that Mr. Harvey was in the restaurant the night before and was very generous with this gratuity, although she was not assigned to his table. She further stated that she had been praying for “that $100 tip some day.” Read more »

I am a former member of Bay Community. I had the opportunity to serve under Pastor Jerry as a intern. I now reside in Tennessee with my wife and Son on the way. I can say that one of the main things I learned under Pastor was to BLESS and BE BLESSED. This past Sunday I was in town visiting and attended Bay and boy was I shocked as to what has happened there. After the service I went Trey and said “I want to give the money back because this is not my community anymore.” His response to me was to take the money to Tennessee and Bless someone. Read more »

I was at the Saturday night service when I was given the gift of giving!
After the message and service… I took my envelope and placed it in my vehicle. My wife asked, “How much was in your envelope…”
“I don’t know” “Well arent you going to open it?” “Here give it to me and I’ll open it!”…. “No thanks… I have a special purpose for this gift… the amount is irrelevent.. but the act of the gift is what I’m asking the Lord to share with me?” Read more »

One of our employees was moving into a new rental and the new place did not have a washer and dryer. Our veterinary business had an extra washer in storage and decided to give it to her and her family. After I gave it to her I asked if she had a dryer and she said no but they could hang the clothes out to dry. I knew that God was wanting me to somehow provide her with a dryer. Read more »