Many smiling school-age children filled the hallways of Heights Baptist Church on Saturday, August 20, for the distribution of about 122 pairs of new shoes.  HBC, Goodwill Baptist & the Transformation Churches partnered to give the shoes in conjunction with First Blessing Shoe Ministry, led by Glenn Lackey of Temple.  

Don Graves, a deacon of HBC, headed up the shoe distribution with many helpers. He said everyone receiving shoes was pre-registered online, with the distribution times staggered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Sixty-one families signed up.  “I greet them in the parking lot,” he said. “They have to be school students. The idea is kids in need.”

In Pastor Billy Koinm's words: "The simple message we want them to get from all of this is Jesus loves them and they matter to Him. All people matter to Him.”  

Click HERE to Watch the Video

(Video created by Wanda Tenery)

Heights Baptist Church

1220 S. 49th Street

Temple, TX  76504