Hundreds of public servants, retirees and other categories of residents of Osun State trooped to the Winners Chapel, Osogbo, on Sunday to collect the food aid sent to the state by Bishop David Oyedepo.
To assist workers and others residents of Osun States to cope with the hardship caused by non-payment of salaries, General Overser of the Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has over the weekend, sent truck loads of the food donation which arrived and was distributed to their church members, friends and neighbours, irrespective of their religious affiliations.
According to eye witnesses, hundreds of public servants, retirees and other categories of residents of Osun State trooped to the Winners Chapel, Osogbo, on Sunday to get the food aid sent to the state by the Presiding Bishop of the church, Bishop Oyedepo.
Those on the queues were given rice, packets of tomato paste and vegetable oil and some parents and their children queued separately in order to increase their rations.
The State Pastor of the church, Pastor Olumuyiwa Emmanuel, had announced during the mid week service, that the truck loads of the food donation had arrived for distribution. The pastor said,
“The church has been blessed to be a blessing to others. Irrespective of their religious affiliations, we are blessed to affect the lives of others positively.
That is the reason why the church has been giving to the less privileged ones. We have been distributing food items to members and non members. The church also distributed food stuffs last month.
God does not bless people so that they can be a container, he blesses people so that they can bless others and all of us must be doing that. Rather than acquisition of wealth, we should cultivate the habit of giving to those around us, and in return we would receive more blessings from God.”
The pastor also announced that there would be free medical treatment for all manner of ailments and diseases next Sunday, while urging church members to invite anyone they knew that needed medical attention to come and benefit from the free services.