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Supporting the Widows and Fatherless

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Gleaning the Harvest Encourages Support of Widows and Fatherless

Matt and Jacque Dixon, with their daughters, Miss Amanda, 19, and Miss Jocelyn, 17, created Gleaning the Harvest after seeing the need of support for widows and fatherless families in the home school community.

Though the mission of Gleaning the Harvest is founded by Matt & Jacque Dixon, it is designed as a ministry of the Body of Christ. Through Gleaning the Harvest, you are given the opportunity to fulfill what James calls “pure religion”.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27

It is the belief at Gleaning the Harvest that it is the responsibility of the Body of Christ as much as they are able to help moms remain in the home being a Keeper at Home and home school mom. In searching Scripture, it is found that God’s people are to take up for the fatherless, the widow, and the stranger. As a family whose wife and mom is staying home teaching their children, following what they believe to be the LORD’s plan for women, the Dixons asked themselves why it should be different for a single mom and what they could do to lessen the burden.
To fulfill the blessing of Deuteronomy 24 to allow the strangers, widows and fatherless to glean in the fields after the harvest is the first part of their mission. Though this is not a real field or vineyard to glean in, at the Gleaning the Harvest site, you can open up your virtual harvest and offer gleanings to families in need through direct payment to the families.

The second part of the mission is to aid families in fulfilling Deuteronomy 6 within their families through home schooling. Being a homeschool family themselves, they understand the desire to keep children home to teach, lead and love in the nurture and admonition of the LORD, as we walk with them and talk with them.

You are invited to become a Partner with Gleaning the Harvest and support the families promoted on the website. Read more at Welcome To Gleaning the Harvest.

Contact: Jacque Dixon
Gleaning the Harvest
jacque.gth@gmail.com

http://gleaningtheharvest.com

http://jacquedixon.com

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Comment by Jacque :

Thank you, Robin, for your support of this mission. So many single mothers have prayed for this to become a reality. They feel as though they have no other options but to rely on the GOV or leave their children to the state to raise in the public education system.
Churches have, for years, encouraged women to leave the home and their children as they get a job or go on welfare.

It is our greatest hope that Believers will see the vision and command as it is in Scripture and get behind the mission of GTH and support the families in staying home to serve him and their children. They are in such great need of prayers, encouragement and support.

I would ask that Believers ask the LORD how he would have them fulfill the command that they leave their gleanings to the widows, the fatherless and the stranger, and in that, consider the families on Gleaning the Harvest.

blessings and peace to you my friend~
Jacque
Comment by Jackie Chia :

I LOVE YOUR SITE,AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEST WISHES.

Jackie Chia