My church helps out at the 2 weekly services and we see the poor and homeless helped each week.

Candy has a heart for the poor and she could very well be singing before thousands, but she chooses to help the poor instead.

I wonder how many saw your original item degrading Candy and decided to never support her.

I will pray for you and I will continue to support Candy and Kent Christmas and the Bridge Ministry.

Candy sings at Churches and other venues on weekends to help fund this. There are also Churches and others who donate money and goods to help feed the poor.

Every time I am there I see many saved and others give up addictions and all are truly blessed.

Isn’t this the exact thing Jesus would be doing?

If you would go to a Bridge service you would see Jesus there in many ways.

Whoa. I’m glad I actually didn’t see the original post.

My name is Tara Jackson, and I happen to sing with Candy every single week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Bridge Ministry. While for some, it might seem like her “glory” days are over, it is the exact opposite. Candy’s passion is to win souls, and that’s exactly what she is doing every single week…not just out on the road on the weekends, but under the Bridge and in the other locations.

Let me explain how it all works.
On Tuesday evenings, we meet under the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville, TN. Many, MANY volunteers work very hard during the day (and other days) to cook a hot meal and get toiletry items and various other items organized for this time. There are sometimes 100 - 200 homeless and low-income folks that come down to get a hot meal, and then listen to the worship service / sermon / gospel being presented. Many lives have been changed by this weekly event, and many more people have been touched across the country.

And did Candy feel that God wanted her to stop with just Tuesdays? No. He laid it on her heart to continue all over Nashville on Thursday evenings, by reaching out to low-income families across the metro area. We do the same thing as we do on Tuesday evenings, but now, we have 4 locations that rotate each Thursday evening, i.e. Shelby Street on the 4th Thursday, Gallatin on the 3rd Thursday, etc. At these locations, we bring grocery bags filled with food, and then extra food that has been donated to the already overflowing warehouse. We will load people’s cars down with so much food that they can barely fit in the car themselves! It’s amazing!

And we’re not just stopping with Nashville! We went to Jamestown, TN, back in December and took 20,000 pounds of food to one of the poorest communities in TN. We had a drawing for brand new appliances, recliners, heaters, microwaves, etc. We saw many people get saved that day.

Many churches across the country have come to Nashville to observe the Bridge Ministry, and have started their own “Bridge Ministries” in their communities.

I could go on and on and on about all the good that this ministry does. This was something that was laid on Candy’s heart over 25 years ago, and has now come to fruition. I challenge you and your readers that when they are in Nashville to come and see what we do on a Tuesday and/or Thursday night. The Gaither days might have passed, but the GLORY days are alive and well and we will only know how many lives and souls have been saved by this great work when we are in Heaven.