12 youth and 7 adults participated for all or part of the time during World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine, sponsored by our youth group. The program consisted of service projects,”tribal games” that taught us about hunger, poverty, and the importance of education, and ended with communion on Sunday morning. Saturday’s...
The “Solomon” rotation runs through November 22. Our study of Solomon has two important parts. The first focuses on God’s gift of wisdom to Solomon, contained in 1 Kings chapter 3. Solomon prayed to God, not for riches or glory, but for wisdom to rule his people with justice. The case of...
Youth Group had a great time at the annual pumpkin carving and bonfire party. We saw some old friends and made new ones 🙂 Prizes were awarded for the most creative/difficult, scariest, silliest and most lame pumpkins. Thank you to the Hodgkin family for being such great hosts – the pumpkin...
17 youth and 5 adults had a scary good time at Spooky Trails! Before the fun we discussed how being a Christian is like being a pumpkin found on facebook: “God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Cuts off the top...
In 2014, 331,500 people were positively impacted by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. The Hunger Solution Center opened, doubling the capacity of the Food Bank as well as increasing the amount of fresh produce distributed from 4 million pounds to 12 million pounds. There are 400 partner agencies in...
Fourteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, October 10, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis. Larry Zimbler again headed up our meal preparation by deciding on a menu, obtaining the food and organizing our volunteers. We served...
Thank you to everyone who walked, rocked and donated to this year’s CROP Hunger Walk. The event took place from 1:30 – 3 at Bush Park on October 4. Each lap walked earned a ticket for the raffle drawings, the course had challenges throughout, rocking chairs were offered for those...
At the first youth group meeting this Fall, we split into 2 teams and hurried around town for 45 minutes to collect pictures for points. The group shown in this post did not win, however they were pretty creative! Both teams enjoyed large bags of candy as prizes 🙂 Below you’ll...
Volunteers from St. Jude’s Episcopal Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Fenton joined together to provide two homes in Flint with a “Brush With Kindness.” Habitat for Humanity organized a number of homes on the north end of Flint to have minor repairs as well as the exterior painted...
On Thursday, September 24, eleven of our members went together to the Empty Bowls fund raiser for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. This year the event was held in their new Hunger Solutions building. For $20.00, each person selected a ceramic bowl to take home as well as consumed...
