Youth News
Fourteen of our teenagers just participated in a 24 hour famine this past weekend. The famine was to help bring home the reality of how many other teens in this world live without knowing whether or not they will have anything to eat from day to day. During the famine, we did a Service Scavenger Hunt, Visited a few shut-ins, and cut out pieces of jeans to be sent to Sole Hope to be made into shoes for children in Africa.
This seemed to be a powerful activity as we discussed in the end what it was like and our young people are very grateful for the food that is so readily available to them. The teens also had people sponsor them to do this activity. The money brought in will go to the Appalachian Ministries in KY.
We wrapped up our Easter Candy Fundraiser where we raised $1,577.35. We’d like to thank each of you who supported our teens in this endeavor. The teens and/or their parents worked hard at this event.
We also baptized 2 of our teens, Joel Ferguson and Hollee Workman. And this past weekend had another teen accept Christ as her Savior.
Please continue to pray for our teens as they are surrounded by temptations. Pray that they can stand firm when no one around them does. Pray they will find joy in the Lord and not turn to the world for their affirmations.
We will be having a DU on May 17 and June 5-11 we will be making our way to our work camp in KY. We will be ministering to Appalachian Children and their families in KY.
It is my hope that each of you will do as Paul did for the Colossians:
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father. . .”
Please make this your prayer for our teens.
In Christ alone,
Pastor Angela
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