{"id":1440967,"date":"2022-04-15T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440967"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:00:21","slug":"church-plans-to-give-away-100-gas-gift-cards-we-want-to-do-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-plans-to-give-away-100-gas-gift-cards-we-want-to-do-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Plans to Give Away 100 Gas Gift Cards: &#039; We Want to Do Something&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchurch-plans-to-give-away-100-gas-gift-cards-we-want-to-do-something%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Filling-up-at-the-gas-pump-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A church in Lynchburg, Virginia, is <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/lynchburg-church-giveaway-gas-gift-cards-shekijah-preparation-assembly-bishop-terence-sheree-sykes-marathon-fossil-fuels-energy-inflation\">reaching<\/a> out to community members struggling with high prices at the gas pump.<\/p>\n<p>Shekijah Preparation Assembly planned to hand out 100 $25 Marathon gift cards Saturday and shared the announcement on its social media page this week, WSET reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shekijah\/posts\/159375809811792\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100072181219647\/posts\/159375809811792\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>THIS Saturday from 10:30a-11:30am.We are giving away gas cards to the Community. Come by the church while supplies last. #lynchburgevents<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shekijah\">Shekijah Preparation Assembly<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100072181219647\/posts\/159375809811792\/\">Wednesday, April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Bishop Terence Sykes, the church has always been ready to assist its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have people who come from the community, we have people who have been in all kinds of situations, and anytime we can find a way to help them, that\u2019s what we try to do,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shekijah\/posts\/159535193129187\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100072181219647\/posts\/159535193129187\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shekijah\">Shekijah Preparation Assembly<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100072181219647\/posts\/159535193129187\/\">Thursday, April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than one-third of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/01\/survey-one-third-of-americans-say-they-have-had-to-cut-groceries-to-afford-gas\/\">said<\/a> they were forced to cut groceries to afford gas as prices rose, a recent Quinnipiac University survey found.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sykes\u2019 wife and co-pastor, Sheree Sykes, explained the reasoning behind their efforts to help anyone who was hurting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Jesus was here, whenever he saw a need, he had compassion. So, it\u2019s kind of instant, if you are filled with the Spirit and the love of God it\u2019s just instant. If you see a need, you want to do something. So, we just want to do something,\u201d she noted, adding that God impressed upon her heart to take action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always interested in trying to give what we have back into the community, into the lives of others, to do things to show love,\u201d Sheree explained.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Dare to Imagine Church hosted its own gas giveaway event at Oxford Circle in Philadelphia on Wednesday, CBS Philly <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2022\/04\/13\/philadelphia-church-dare-to-imagine-free-gas-oxford-circle\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong lines formed at the gas station as the church gave away more than $4,000 worth of free gas from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/d2ichurch\/posts\/345183764311042\">showed<\/a> cars lined up for the event and the church said, \u201cWe dare to bless others!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/d2ichurch\/posts\/345183764311042\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064582636128\/posts\/345183764311042\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Thank you FOX29! We dare to bless others! #daretoimagine<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/d2ichurch\">Dare to Imagine Church<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064582636128\/posts\/345183764311042\/\">Wednesday, April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Church leaders offered drivers $30 of gas on a first come, first serve basis and planned to do the same thing again next month to continue helping members of the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A church in Lynchburg, Virginia, is reaching out to community members struggling with high prices at the gas pump. 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