This story made my morning — last Sunday, the pastor at Ridgewood Park United Methodist Church truly embraced the adage, “actions speak louder than words,” when he spent just three minutes on a sermon before sending his flock to the grocery store, asking them to help restock the Wilkinson Center food pantry.

“There is a list of their needs on your chair,” Rob Spencer told his congregation. “Please go to an area grocery store now and do what you can. You have 30 minutes, now go.” Half an hour later, the members returned with more than 2,000 pounds of food.

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