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On June 10, 2009, our life group partnered with Impact Ministries to serve dinner to the Vacation Bible School (VBS) students at Mt Sinai Church in Downtown Evansville. This is a very small church and the first time they offered VBS. It was decided to serve Mexican food (Taco’s, Cheesy Mexican Rice, Chips & Salsa, and Oreo’s for dessert.) We split the food preparation among our six group members, but only three could actually be there to serve the meal. We wish everyone could have experienced the fun we had, but I don’t think we all could have fit in the church kitchen. It was very small. We had 3 lbs of hamburger fixed and that should have been enough for less than 25 kids. However, I (Dawn) made the error of not serving the meat on the tacos. Taco’s usually do not require a lot of meat, but some of them were loading it on. Oops. We did run out of meat, so Kristen made an emergency run to Wesselman’s to get something. We then had burritos for the remaining five kids who didn’t get taco’s. The interesting thing is, we had to unplug the refrigerator to plug in the very low powered microwave. We managed to blow the fuse four times. All in all, the kids were happy, the staff were happy, and we were thrilled to serve. You don’t have to go to far to enter the mission field and it doesn’t take to much time either. Only one evening of our time and we made an impact on more than 20 lives just blocks away from our church. Praise GOD.
Read how one Life Group is using homemade greeting cards to share God’s Love!
When we talked about the church-wide goals in Life Group, of all the goals, Goal #4 bummed me out the most. I thought there was no way I could help – I can’t rake someone else’s leaves or clean their house – I can barely do that for myself due to health issues. But I didn’t want to be the hold-out of our group, felt really miserable, and didn’t want to admit or face my fears. Then on a discussion question of what we would do with a “free” day, I said I would like to stay home and make greeting cards all day.
Well, something clicked with the others in the group. We’d been praying for a member’s daughter-in-law who lost her mother in a tragic auto accident. She didn’t come to Bethel and we weren’t sure she if she had a church, but we could reach out to her in compassion. The suggestion was made to send a handmade sympathy card from the group that we all could sign. It certainly didn’t seem to me like very much to do for someone. But then it dawned: God used a great weakness, combined it with a passion, and made a way to reach out in compassion to someone beyond our church walls to let them know we cared and were praying for them. It still seems to me so little to do for someone, but how like Him to make a way.
Norma
The Evansville Christian Life Center has many opportunities to serve and volunteer. The best way to get a good scope on all the things the ECLC offers is to attend a Progressive Dinner.
Our Life Group went to the Progressive Dinner together. We went on a guided tour of the huge facility, which took us through each resource/department that the ECLC offers our community. We were served a meal and dessert by the ECLC staff from their kitchen. The ECLC serves over 100 meals a day. We heard countless testimonies of changed lives and restoration through the help of ECLC.
If your Life Group is interested in serving at the ECLC visit their web-site at restoringpeople.com and click on Progressive Dinner or call 812-423-9222.
Heck Life Group serving at the Evansville Rescue Mission
Ten members of the Reggie Heck Life Group recently served dinner at the Evansville Rescue Mission. This activity was a part of the church-wide commitment of Life Groups to live out their faith through an outside-the-church walls, compassion-based activity in the local community.
The meal was prepared by the Rescue Mission Staff and was scheduled to be served at 6 PM. Chapel is conducted prior to the meal and meal service depends on when evening Chapel is concluded. At around 6:20 PM the Life Group ladies began filling the food trays and the men delivered them to the 120 men seated in the dining room. The Small Group brought desserts to be used with the meal. Desserts are greatly appreciated by the clients as they are only served when donated by an outside source.
The Small Group members enjoyed interacting with many clients and hearing how the Agency is operated. The clients were very appreciative of the volunteers . . . especially the desserts! Life Groups are welcome to assist with many areas and can make arrangements by calling the Volunteer Coordinator Amanda Moore at 812-421-3800 ext. 258.
www.evansvillerescuemission.org
Here are some photos of the Prather Group cleaning up the House on the Hill’s yard after the ice storm.
Here are some photos of the Weiss group’s community outreach project – cleaning up a yard after the ice storm.
This is an awesome outreach a life group is doing:
Doug and Amanda Walton’s Life Group BBQ Fundraiser for Burn Victim at Rural King on Morgan Avenue on Friday, April 24th
We’re selling full and half slab ribs, pulled pork, hamburgers, hotdogs, boneless pork chops, and chicken.We just started our Life Group six weeks ago, please help our first fundraiser be a success!!!
Interested in helping out?
Here’s the Details:
When: Friday, April 24. 10AM – 3PM.
Where: Rural King on Morgan Avenue
What: BBQ Pulled Pork, Ribs, Smoked Pork Butt ($ info below)
NOTE: You’ll need to PRE-ORDER Pulled Pork, Ribs & Smoked Pork Butt. You can grab a sandwich the day of.
Call Jim at 812.479.0121 to pre-order or for questions.
$ Info:
BBQ Pulled Pork – $10 per lb.
BBQ Ribs – $20 per lb.
Smoked Pork Butt – $25 per butt.