Friday, June 30, 2000
Church members treat drivers to free gas
By Reid Forgrave
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Karin Maney hands out cards good for free gas.
(Glenn Hartong photo)
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SHARONVILLE - God's presence was felt at the gas pumps Thursday.
No, the Almighty didn't throw a bolt of lightning toward sky-high
gasoline prices. Actually, a few of his followers helped out Tristate
drivers by paying for gasoline between 1 and 2 p.m. at the Sunoco station
at Chester and Kemper roads.
"You don't have to use words to show God's love,'' said Lora
Versteegh, 22 and a member of Vineyard Community Church. The 6,000-plus
member church, just down the street from the gas station, sends out
members at least once a week on service projects that show God's love in
a practical way.
Cars lined up well down Kemper Road to get their $3 of divinely
subsidized fuel, and the church paid for nearly $500 worth of gas for 156
customers by the end of the hour.
"I couldn't believe it,'' said Marsha Wilks of Avondale, who happened
to pass through the area in her Ford Explorer when she spotted
the congregation of cars at the gas station. ""Helping the fellow man out
like this really does show (God's) love.''
The church follows the preachings of St. Francis of Assisi, who
believed in expressing God's love without words.
The church's next gasoline discounting will be Saturday from 11:30
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the BP station across from Tricounty Mall on
Ohio 747.
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