On Tuesday our church, Grace UMC, provided lunch and gift bags of donated toiletries to 35 women of the Women’s Therapeutic Court of Montgomery County (Ohio). They loved the lunch and the gifts and expressed their appreciation to us all.

Cassandra Rice, the staff attorney for Judge Singer who presides over the court (pictured below with the group of us who brought lunch—she’s the young one) had made a presentation at Grace on October 11 about Human Trafficking and the WTC, which are closely related. It was a powerful and passionate presentation, so when she asked for help with the luncheon we readily agreed.

After the luncheon we rode up the elevator with a group of women from the luncheon. We were on our way home. They were on their way to court. One of the women recognized one of us as her high school counselor. Another said of me, “I was in your Sacred Stories class!” They seemed very pleased to connect with us in these ways. We were pleased with the connections, too.

The luncheon crew, plus Cassandra Rice, director of the WTC Tuesday Luncheon/Program

Gift bagging the lotions and soaps in the Courthouse break room