Love In Action President Mike Shroades gives an invitation for people to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Atlanta Homeless Christmas Outreach A Great Success
10 Receive Jesus Christ, the Greatest Gift of All,
and Hundreds Fed and Given Christmas Gifts

Love In Action traveled to Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 18, and ministered the love of Jesus Christ to the homeless. We delivered more than 225 shoeboxes filled with personal hygiene items, gloves, socks, Christian tracts, Bibles, candy, watches, and so much more, to the homeless. They were very appreciative. As one man surveyed his gift, he said, "You can't get enough of stuff like this. This is great. Thanks."

We heard comments like that throughout the afternoon. The homeless really do care about their appearance, so to receive personal hygiene supplies like that was a great blessing to them. We also prepared and distributed 300 bag lunches, and Eagle's Nest Ministries in Atlanta prepared delicious, hot homemade soup. In addition to the Christmas outreach, we also gave Eagle's Nest Ministries 60 plastic shoeboxes filled with personal hygiene items for their new bath ministry. Once a week men come in to bathe, and on a different day of the week women come in to bathe. The plastic shoeboxes will help them properly store each homeless person's hygiene items and make it easier for them each week when they come in to bathe. All of this was made possible by the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the generous giving of so many people throughout this country. We thank each one of you who gave. A number of you gave individually and others gave together with their churches and Sunday School classes. Thanks and may God richly bless each of you this Christmas season and throughout the New Year for your generosity in helping us reach the homeless with the love of Jesus Christ through acts of compassion.


Love In Action Inner City Coordinator Justin Swasey
helps children open their Christmas presents.


This homeless man looks through his shoebox filled with personal hygiene items. All of the homeless were very thankful for their Christmas presents.


Love In Action Praise & Worship leader Brad Garrett prays with a homeless man after he received his shoebox and food.


Love In Action distributed more than 225 shoeboxes to the homeless in Atlanta. The gifts were packed with personal hygiene items, gloves, socks, Bibles, Christian tracts and other items.
Love In Action Praise & Worship leader Brad Garrett ministers to the homeless in music at the beginning for the service on a cool and beautiful Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. Following Brad's music and LIA President Mike Shroades' message, 10 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Love In Action staff member Martha Tuck gives this homeless woman a bowl of homemade soup. Love In Action distributed 300 bag lunches this weekend. The soup was provided by Eagle's Nest Ministries.
Debbie Irby from WAQG 91.7 FM, an American Family Radio affiliate in Dothan, Alabama, helps set out shoeboxes to be given away to homeless men and women. Debbie also did an awesome job of promoting this outreach in the Dothan area. Thanks Debbie!
Pastor Harold Smith of Eagle's Nest Ministries talks and prays with this homeless man. Pastor Harold and Pastor Larry Arnold have been ministering to the homeless in Atlanta for nearly 20 years. For the past three years, Love In Action and Eagle's Nest have joined hands and have reached thousands together with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Love In Action Vice President Ken Tuck talks with this homeless man during the invitation portion of the service. This man gets around the inner city of Atlanta in his wheelchair. There were two homeless men in wheelchairs who attended Love In Action's outdoor Christmas service.
Love In Action volunteer Mickey Tuck prays with this young man during the Christmas outreach. This young man lives in a very rough part of Atlanta, called "Million Dollar Corner." It's called that because an estimated $1 million of drugs are sold on that corner every year. There are 14 full-time drug dealers and four full-time prostitutes who work that corner. Love In Action helped bring the light of Jesus Christ into that dark area of Atlanta. A wonderful church, Atlanta Dream Center, ministers in that area. We look forward to working with them in the future to further help them reach their community.
Nearly 100 homeless lined up to receive a bag lunch and hot homemade soup during Love In Action's Christmas outreach in Atlanta. It was an awesome day of ministry, which saw five churches join together with Love In Action to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of homeless people.

Christmas with the Homeless in Dothan

Love In Action teamed with a ministry in Dothan, Alabama, called The Ordinary People Society to feed the homeless on Christmas Day. We delivered more than 50 meals and 60 shoeboxes filled with personal hygiene items to the homeless. They were very appreciative. Most importantly, five of them accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Thank you for helping us reach the homeless across the country.