{"id":9618,"date":"2015-12-30T00:22:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T04:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=9618"},"modified":"2016-02-25T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T19:44:00","slug":"blast-to-serve-breakfast-to-the-homeless-in-camden-122815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=9618","title":{"rendered":"BLAST Serves Breakfast to the Homeless in Camden! (12\/28\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Youth Group, BLAST, took part of their Christmas holiday to visit a homeless shelter! \u00a0 We spent the morning of December 28 at the New Visions Homeless Day Shelter (in Camden NJ) to serve breakfast to the people visiting the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9997\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-visions-sign-_IMG_0069-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"BLAST Shelter 2015-12-28 visions sign _IMG_0069\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-visions-sign-_IMG_0069-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-visions-sign-_IMG_0069.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>shelter.\u00a0 We were also able to take a break from the work in the kitchen to sit down and chat with some that we served.<\/p>\n<p>About 15 &#8220;BLAST&#8217;ers&#8221; took part in this experience.\u00a0 After preparing a meal consisting of pancakes, turkey sausage, bananas, coffee, and orange juice, we fed about seventy people.\u00a0 And, more importantly, we were able to learn more about Camden&#8217;s needy and to meet some of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matthew 25:40 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And the King will answer them. &#8220;Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of BLAST in action&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class='et-image-slider et_sliderfx_slide et_sliderauto_true et_sliderauto_speed_5006 et_slidertype_images'>\n\t\t\t<div class='et-image-slides'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0051-19587_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0061-17046_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0065-20519_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0068-17562_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0070-16268_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0038-15480_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/BLAST-Shelter-2015-12-28-_IMG_0048-17929_400x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et-image-slider -->\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the New visions shelter, click this button:\u00a0 <a href='http:\/\/www.lsmnj.org\/how-we-help\/community-outreach-services\/new-visions-homeless-day-shelter\/' class='icon-button people-icon' target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New Visions<\/span><span class='et-icon'><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; 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