A bitterly cold morning didn’t stop hundreds of volunteers from showing up to serve on this special day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Community service on this holiday has become a tradition for many individuals, families, and other volunteers from all walks of life.  It has also become one of the Mission Arlington^® family’s favorite days.  It

isn’t just that people work hard and get so much done, but that there is a spirit to the day, evident in the spirit & the service of the people who show up to help.

For the past several years, we have had the privilege of serving with the Arlington MLK Committee who, among many other events involved with this weekend, sponsors the Zeb Strong Day of Service. The Committee provided t-shirts, bottles of water, and plenty of encouragement, as volunteers made their way out across the community to serve.

485 people stayed to work with Mission Arlington.^® Volunteers sorted clothes, organized food, distributed bikes, and so much more. One of our biggest projects for this day was delivering food to families in need across our community. Food was loaded into people’s cars, and they delivered that food out to individual families all across Arlington. Altogether, over 1,000 families received food that day. The families who received were so blessed, but so too were that volunteers who were delivering the food.

When these volunteer teams were handing the food to families, the reception was so warm and welcoming, that somehow it just didn’t seem cold anymore.

We are so grateful for the privilege we have of serving the Lord together in & through this space.