"Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him...
What if the Church combined efforts to create a safe place for people to go for help during COVID-19? They did. Love INC in Hudsonville was founded over 40 years ago by a man who didn’t understand how there could still be people in need when there were so many...
An ironic story led a recent Life Skills graduate out of a financial struggle. He also gained two mentors who became new friends who he taught and poured into just as much as they did for him. Dave*, a loyal Love INC shopper encouraged a friend to join the Life Skills...
Love empowers. Love transforms. Love moves.
How many people do we see each day? How many conversations do we have with baristas, friends, co-workers, or customers each day? Now think about how much we actually know about those people. Do we know what they had for breakfast? Do we know if they even had enough...
"Move Into The Neighborhood" "The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish." John 1:14 The Message I’m new to...
As Christians, many of us grew up learning the parable story, The Good Samaritan. If we had to quickly recount the main lesson out of this story it would probably be something like, “be a good neighbor” or “be nice to others.” This is an easy lesson to agree with,...
Tiffany Louzon, a Life Skills Program graduate and volunteer at Love INC, shared her story about how she saw Love in action: Our journey with Love Inc began with an illness. When my body decided to aggressively shift from occasional migraines to chronic migraines, the...
What is it like to be a volunteer in Sorting? According to Tim Buist, who has been sorting for almost one year, “You are the first impression to donors!” After a smiling greeting, unloading, and shaking hands, the sorting team unpacks the donations and decides if the...
Love INC is seeking people who have a holy anger at injustice and want to work tirelessly for freedom and peace among all people. Every year as we approach the holiday season, we fall into a season of reflection. We look back on all the moments of the last year where...
As we enter into the season of giving we have been given the perfect opportunity to fight local hunger! Meijer Simply Give is a campaign that provides funds for local food pantries. Meijer Simply Give program has been around since November 2008, and has donated...
Each year Love INC hosts a Community Christmas event where we set up a local church with donated, newly, unwrapped gifts for families to gift one another with. The parents shop for three presents each child and the kid’s shop with volunteers who help them choose the...
Many of our Love Letters focus on the individual or family member who has courageously reached out to us and asked for help. The stories also may include true instances of God’s redemptive power and overwhelming grace. But how often do we forget that God grants each...
Driving is a privilege that most people take for granted, but sometimes that privilege is unexpectedly unavailable. In these cases, the smallest actions can be enormous symbols of love. At Love INC, one of the ministry areas that the call center helps to organize is...
This past Saturday, October 12, Love In the Name of Christ hosted our third annual HayDay 5K. This event is in partnership with the City of Hudsonville and Hudsonville Chamber of Commerce’s Urban HayDay, a free fall festival. This year we had 206 participants signed...