what an awesome sunday together doing ministry. we all (31 of us in 4 vehicles) drove 2 hrs down to crossbridge community church in swedesboro, nj to help out with their trunk or treat event.
here’s how it all went down:
we all met in the cafe @ LHC, had some pizza, then hit the road. when we arrived at kingsway regional highschool (where CCC does church) we pulled into our spots and our crew, fully decked out in costumes that were amazing, unloaded and started decorating our trunks for the kids. both the students and trunks were AWESOME!!
we had four vehicles, so we made 5 trunks and a face painting station! (someone we parked next to didn’t do a trunk, so we made on on the bed of their truck…only to realize they weren’t with the event!!) there must’ve been a couple hundred kids and parents there to participate in this event.
as a youth pastor, i can’t tell you how proud i was of our group. they went above and beyond the call of service to help these kids have a good day. two of our students (trent & sean) even dressed up like a cow and chicken (FULL COSTUME!) and sat in the back of the van willingly being targets for dodgeballs. if they got hit, kids received praise and candy! great for kids, not so much for the chicken cow combo:)
when all was said and done, we helped the church reach out a ton to their community and let people know that this was a church that cared about them like Jesus did.
then on the way home, we all painted (for those who can’t grow them yet;)) mustaches on our faces and raided a BK reststop in style. great ending to wonderful day of ministry.
Posted by Jimmy Donaruma on 10/28/08 and filed in Uncategorized.
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This week Pope Benedict said “the global financial crisis shows the futility of money and earthly ambition.” Like most of you I have wondered, at times anxiously, about how this crisis will play itself out and how it will affect my family and those in our community that I really care about. Having said that. . .I could not help but agree with Benedict’s assessment. In our society we place a huge value on what we do for a living and how much money we make. Over the past year or so God has reminded me over and over again that the only things really worth doing in this life are things that have eternal consequences. Certainly it is important to work, and working and making money are not in and of themselves a bad thing, but God demands that we live in such a way that we focus our efforts on things that make a difference. That we open our eyes and hearts to the needs of others and partner with God to do something about those needs. It could be sharing our faith with unbelieving friends, serving the poor and needy in Newark, changing diapers in the nursery, making sure the coffee is brewed for Sunday mornings, or something that’s close to my heart. . .building a house or providing essentials like food and blankets for those in Mexico. Here is a verse that challenges to this end. . . 1 John 3:16-18 says “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
Posted by Tim Daniels on 10/08/08 and filed in Uncategorized.
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