Ministry News

A child may deeply love his parents, but in most cases his willingness to obey them is rooted deeper in fear than in love. For example, mom and dad prepare to leave for the mall but Junior stays home. His parents restrict him to the house until they return. After they leave, Billy, the next-door…

Deuteronomy 30:19, “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!” (NLT) When we look at addiction through the lens of Scripture, the…

Breaking the chains of addiction is no easy task.  Stanford University did a study of addicts and relapse rates and found that 60% of all addicts that intend to go through therapy and achieve sobriety relapse.  Many relapsing more than once. Loaves and Fishes addiction recovery program is seven years old and has treated hundreds…

One question that is asked many times from those on the outside of addiction, “Why can’t my loved one just get fixed? They’ve tried AA, NA, detox programs, and even been to insurance funded inpatient programs! It seems that things just never get better.” This is a common question we  hear on a regular basis.…

Thank you for your gifts, volunteer time and donations to Loaves and Fishes in the past. Your generosity has allowed us to continue God’s work in our ministries for 11 years now. As the year end approaches, please include Loaves and Fishes in your giving or next year’s budget. Here’s how: Backpack Blessings Backpack Blessings…

Thanks Be To God For The Successful Store Opening! Loaves and Fishes opened the new Thrift Store at 1710 Live Oak Street (in the old Walgreen’s) in a record three weeks. Thanks to an enthusiastic community and really great merchandise donations, we set record sales. After the first month, the new store has far exceeded…

Thank you God for your blessings  In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a most wonderful thing is happening at Loaves and Fishes.  With the closing of the Beaufort Walgreen’s at 1710 Live Oak Street, the landlord came to Pastor David Bruce with an offer to lease the Walgreen’s space for highly attractive financial terms…

Message From Pastor David Bruce. In the 10 years of ministry with Loaves and Fishes, I can’t tell you the numberof times the way forward was not obvious; but we waited on the Lord, prayed and in His time the answer and theresources were made available. We are ALL in such a time. Yes, the…

To our loving and supportive community and friends: As you know, we at Loaves and Fishes take doing God’s work very seriously. Our mission is to “serve the community in Jesus’ name” and to be his hands and feet in every possible way. Because we take this responsibility very seriously, we need to adapt the…