March 2009

So, do you ever struggle with really WANTING to serve in the community, but simply have a hard time getting up for Young Adult FaithWork?  Or, do you work on Saturdays, so you can never make it to serve?  I think we all struggle with making it to Young Adult FaithWork sometimes, so we’re adding another regular serving opportunity for Young Adults.

We are providing an opportunity to serve together the first Thursday night of every month. On Thursday, April 2, we will meet in Room 2207 (upstairs in the West Building) at 6:30pm to assemble sack lunches for the Food Bank Ministry at Central United Methodist Church.

The Young Adult Serve Night will be in addition to our regular service projects though FaithWork.  In fact, we’ll be serving at Hillcrest Transitional Housing and Central UMC on April 18 at 9am. 

I hope to see everyone on April 2 at 6:30pm and also on April 18 at 9am!!!

Hi everyone!  Nathan, here, back in the office after a week mission trip to Galveston.  The team of 17 young adults got back Saturday night after a week full of sheetrocking, roofing, electrical work, and various other construction projects.  The team enjoyed an absolutely beautiful week to work and was able to get a lot of work done.  You can look below to see a photo of the entire team, and you’ll also be able to see the family who’s home we worked at 3 days.

I also wanted to remind everyone that we will be having our monthly Worship Experience THIS THURSDAY NIGHT in the Wesley Chapel at 7pm.  It will be an awesome night with some laid-back worship, a short message, and an opportunity to meet other young adults.  You should even be home in plenty of time to watch the Memphis-Missouri game.    

Greetings again from Galveston, Texas. After spending Monday and Tuesday sheet rocking our group moved to Central United Methodist Church today. At Central we spent the day preparing shower facilities for the large number of volunteers that the church houses. We did roofing, framing, shower assembly and various other tasks during our time there today. On Thursday we get back to sheet rocking and then we will spend one more day working on Friday.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Greetings from Galveston, TX where College Life and Young Adult ministry are on a mission trip. Seventeen young adults and college students arrived safely in Galveston Sunday night. We spent our first day working at a families home doing sheet rock (drywall) work. (See pics below) We will be spending a few more days finishing the sheet rock and painting. It looks like we will start gutting out some homes later in the week.

We will try to write a few more blog posts while we are in Galveston. Continue to pray for us as we continue to show the love of God to those whose lives have been drastically altered by Hurrican Ike.