April 28, 2020

A Devotion From Psalm 121

From Senior Pastor TJ Anderson

Ruby’s Pantry

North Heights facilitated a successful and well appreciated Ruby’s Pantry food distribution on Saturday, April 25 at our Arden Hills campus. Three-hundred-eighty-five food shares were distributed to the community—nearly double our normal food distribution. This would not have been possible without the combined efforts of North Heights volunteers—including many from our Student ministry and community volunteers from Meals from the Heart.

“It was Fun!” said Xander Wheatly, one of our eighth grade students. “It felt so good to be helping people like this.”

Another North Heights student who volunteered hadn’t been out of her house since March 16.

“It was cool to see all the people that wanted to help during this time,” said Student Ministry Leader, Derek Haugen. “The amount of volunteers was insane.”

Thanks also to Cub Foods, Lunds and Byerlys, Walmart and Menards who provided supplies and Ramsey County Sheriffs department who provided traffic control.

One of our volunteers shared that a woman, after donating money to cover her food share, handed the volunteer $100 to pay for the next five cars. The volunteer told each of those food share recipients that their share had been paid for by one of the cars ahead. After expressing their gratitude, one of the recipients handed the volunteer $20 to pay it forward to the next person in line. 

North Heights is planning the next Ruby’s Pantry for Saturday, May 9, 9–10:30am, Arden Hills.