November 2025 Newsletter “To Serve”
Even our Lord Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve. Mark 10:45
November was an amazing month with many opportunities to reach out and serve others!
Our supporters responded with many bags of clothing, shoes, and financial support.
Our volunteers separated, sorted, and folded hundreds of articles of clothing and shoes.
A wonderful group of twenty five assembled and filled bags.
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
7th: Shared Bob’s Bags ministry with Duncanville Lions Club
10th: Duncanville Women’s Club clothing drop off
11th: Wanda’s story
13th: Sharing Socks, Hats, Gloves, Blankets, Sleeping Bags, and Rain Ponchos
20th: Filling Bags
22nd: Shared one hundred clothing items of socks, t-shirts, and underwear with our friends at Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries in Los Fresnos, Texas
29th: November Outreach
SHARING
PRAYER: Men and women we met this month and their concerns
How can you help??
THANK YOU!
Sharon Ingram drops off bags of clothing collected by the Duncanville Women’s Club.
WANDA age 53.
We first met Wanda two years ago wandering on Main Street, two blocks from FCC Duncanville. Wanda looked like she was in distress, so I asked if she needed help. She quickly replied yes. I brought her to the church where we fed her, while I called the Regional Care Team. While the regional care team was enroute, we gathered clothing, food, and personal care supplies. The Care Team arrived, interviewed her, and was able to find a shelter for her in Dallas where she could receive care.
Fast forward to November 7th, when I received a call from a lady at Methodist Hospital Richardson. Wanda had remembered Bob’s Bags helping her in the past, and asked someone to reach out to us.
Wanda had been back on the streets for the past two years, and recently been attacked, and now in the hospital. She was due to be released on, the following Monday, and be taken to a group home in Cedar Hill.
Wanda arrived at the group home with the clothes she had on, and not much else. She gave me her sizes over the phone, and the next morning I brought her several changes of clothes, and two pair of shoes. I added personal hygiene items, coat, loungewear, and a couple days of food. The following day I dropped off food from the grocery store to supply her needs for the coming week.
Wanda was due to receive Social Security, and other benefits, in November and confident this would allow her to finally have a better life. I pray she does.
With cold weather on the way, we made a special trip to share socks, hats, gloves, blankets, sleeping bags, and rain ponchos to 36 needy folks.
Thankful for cold weather items.
Check out the FOCUS DAILY NEWS, Bob’s Bags article, by JoAnn Holt. https://www.focusdailynews.com/bobs-bags-duncanville-helps-homeless/
Twenty Five volunteers filling one hundred Bob’s Bags
NOVEMBER 30th OUTREACH to the HOMELESS.
Our crew ready to serve.
Bags, Blankets, and more to share on this day.
These folks received food, blankets, shoes, and clothing.
Happy to receive a sleeping bag!
Sharing
Help for the helpless
“To Serve”
Serving 150 individuals
Bags, ladies personal care backpacks, 40 sleeping bags, 133 blankets, 41 pairs of shoes, total of 1127 articles of clothing including; pants, shirts, socks, briefs, bras, hoodies, jackets, sweat shirts, gloves, and warm hats.
These homeless brothers and sisters need our prayers.
November 11th.
F Wanda 53
November 13th
M Andrew 58
F Nedra 61
M Tommy 62- better life
M Willie 42
M Xoatquim 34
M Roland 48- for a job
M Alvin 55
F Debra 71
M Tony 67
M Elga 52
F Monica- just pray for me
M Garnet 64- God bless my soul, I need it
M Steve 60
F Melissa 45
M Daniel 67
M Tyrone 50
M Jimmy 58
M Cornelius 38
M Arthur 53
F Lesla 58
M Joseph 59
M Desmond 35- prayers for everyone
M Terrance 51
F Rosa 61- God please work out a plan for a home
F Rhonda 52
M Lee 76
M Steve 70
M Frank 56
M Willie 65
F Aundrey 68- better life
M John 45
M Adrick 41
M Daniel 31
November 30th
M Craig 56- job
M Fernando 65- family, job, place to stay
F Roshell 39- peace
M George 68- get off streets
M Jimmy 68
F Alexis 30- job and safety
M Billy 53- place to stay
M Greg 55- health, wellbeing, safety
M Jayle 21
M Donavan 38- money
M Thomas 63
M Trey 24- job
M Arturo 60
M Jerry 67- off the streets, own place
M Jimmy Dean 47- strength
M Wesley 53- job
M eduardo 32- family
M Samir 40
F Niah 20- mental health, family
M Tracy 53- health
M Carlos 34-everything
M Eric 28- recovery
M Patrick 45- family situation
M Eveik 25- job
F Lashonda 55
M Tommy 62- stay in line
M Ronald 36
M Darrin 58
M Albert 60- need apt.
F Tiffany 57- surgery
M Lee 63- close to God
M Jean 51
M Mike 45
M Kenneth 63- deliverance
M Keith 54
M Damien 41
M Trenton 60- get off the streets
M Roderick 55- mother with dementia, protection
M Joel 47
F Regina 44- relief and security
F Toy 30
F Faye 79
F Cindy 67
M Ronnie 60
M Leo 51
M Corey 40
M Lee 61
F Susie 54
M Eddie..in wheelchair
M Tommy 70
M Dequan 23
M Richard 42- struggles
M Jame 30- financial stability
M James 66- housing
M Demitrius 33
F Myra 77
M Jesse 33
F Lisa 51
M Walter 75
M David 55- job
M Ruben 44
M Jerry 43- relationship
M Dennis 56-brother and sister
M Michael 33- family
M Stacy 22
M Ladarius 21
M Tesean 27- health
F Pam 45
M Tommie 41
M Jose 31- finances
M Ricardo 57
M Andrew 36
F Melane 37
M Kai 29
M Booker T 70- place to stay
F Janelle 33- family
M Alex 33
M Teddy 58
M Terrance 37- employment
F Felicia 58- health
F Gertrude 54- health
F Lydia 33- stability
M Kyle 39- job
M Chris 45
M Jeremiah 38- to see kids
M Matthew 32- safe delivery
F Alisin 18- her baby
M Raheem 65
M Randy 46
M Danny 40- family
M James 40
M Xavier 30
M Samuel 43
M Paul 24
F Brenda 71
M Carlos 77
F Dayung 30
M Jesse 42
F Teresa 50
M Shawn 55
HOW CAN YOU HELP??
Winter weather is especially brutal for our homeless friends.
Funds to purchase our regular supplies, as well as warm socks, underwear, blankets, hats, gloves, and sleeping bags would be much appreciated.
Thank you to our supporters and volunteers for helping us serve the needy.
Bob’s Bags is a 501 (C) (3) public charity
Federal EIN: 39-3657449
A Ministry of:
First Christian Church of Duncanville, Disciples of Christ
203 S. Main St. Duncanville, Tx. 75116
bobsbags.org
For questions on how you can help please contact;
Bob Cawthon- bob.cawthon@gmail.com