Returning to my desk this afternoon from meetings, I stopped to thank God for each of you. Why today? It is a blessing to observe your servant’s hearts. You are leading groups, starting new relational gatherings, and helping others connect at local gatherings. Thanks for honoring God by using your gifts.
Last Saturday, 50 of you attended a Blitz Build information meeting and signed up to serve at local projects in June. Many are also reducing consumption and participating in the “solidarity challenge” as part of the Celebration of Hope this week. While this is significant, even greater is the fact that over 1000 of you have registered to serve this weekend packing food for Feed My Starving Children! This is incredible! It is humbling to serve with people who display the heart of God and respond to needs. If you have not registered, please do so now as we opened a few more serving opportunities allowing us to package even more food.
If some of you can arrive 30 minutes before your shift and assist with sign in, that will be a great help. Let Arne Ness, Bob Allen, or myself know at the site.
Partnering with you,
LaVerne Weber Area Pastor
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Student Impact goes to South Africa
On March 20 - 31, our Student Impact high school group went to South Africa to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Our own Ness table member, Melanie Forsberg was one of the students that was blessed to bring the love to South Africa.
They first went to Johannesburg and stayed with an organization Thrive Africa. They visited, prayed and played with children in a hospital. They also did a variety of manual labor in the community including working to beautify a school for the disabled. They went on to Cape Town and stayed with a Christian college Pneumatix. They served most of their time in a township of Kayumandi. They worked hard and affected many children in this community. Melanie said that this is truly what being the church is all about.
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