Our teens working hard!










The Youth group is at it again.  They are now in the process of raising fund for this summer's mission out reach.  They have a whole week of project lined up, from the rescue mission to Vacation Bible School.

Making soup

Saturday, January 14, the youth and a few of the leaders spent the afternoon making chicken soup and cookies to take to the shut ins from our church. They had a rather interesting time learning to prepare the ingredients from scratch.  I doubt that any of them have ever cut up and boned a chicken before.

After we got everything ready, we divided into three groups and delivered the soup, cookies, and a hand written encouragement card.  The kids would go up to the door and make the delivery.  We would wait for a while, then got tell them they had to move onto the next house or we would never get done.  Several of the kids want to go back and just spend time talking to the people.

It is very hard to say who got the most out of the experience.  Whether it were the kids, the people they visited, or the leaders, who can say?  I am very proud of our kids. 

Check out the rest of the pictures

Thanksgiving

Well, we made it through Thanksgiving.  The youth group did not meet last Wednesday night, but our church held a Thanksgiving service.  Can't wait to next Wednesday night for youth group to get back into full swing.   Looking forward to Christmas time, Winter retreat, and New Years.  Don't know what we will do, but it will be fun!!

Our youth group in the kitchen.

We took some of the teens down to the local rescue mission Friday night to serve a meal to the guys there. It was a different kind of experience for them and, they seemed to enjoy doing it. We have a new youth director now who isn't much older that the kids. He is 25.  What a difference have a young youth leader makes.

Here is the link to the rest of the pictures: http://dannyspictures.smugmug.com/Events/Rescue-Mission-11-11/20154809_mJFxRf#1591350688_jZfFGxD

This is one of the kids from the Rec Center.

Wednesday update

Wednesday, day three of our mission trip adventure… “oh, what a difference a day makes!” Yesterday ended with some frustration (from interpersonal relationships with each other and with those we were working with) and fatigue (from trekking through the city…depending on who you asked anywhere from 6-20 miles! Actual distance: unknown.) Last night we gathered together with 3 other teams that are working in the Baltimore/DC area for worship and sharing. Good times!

Today, we had another great day at the pool with the Rec Center kids. After lunch, and back at the Rec Center, we took pictures of the kids and had them make fun foam foto frames… they loved it. The workers were asking if they could get their own foam-framed pictures... That’s how good they were! We, again, were not able to teach our planned lesson because of timing and time constraints, but were allowed ample opportunities to befriend and spend time with the kids (ages 5-13).

We made grilled cheeses for dinner at the church… yum… and prepared 50 PB&J’s and bologna and cheese sandwiches to hand out @ Tent City (a “park” for Baltimore’s homeless). We had a very good experience talking with the people there and handing out the health kits. Thanks for those of you who helped with donations (water bottle, washcloth, deodorant, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, and a granola bar). Apparently candy is a hot commodity… Who knew!

Tomorrow we will have opportunity to participate in a community outreach in a local park and finish some work projects at the Rec Center. Please be in prayer for us as we continue to serve.

The team wanted to share this video from our pool time at the Recreation Center today!