Project ARK Journal

January 22, 2011

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We spent Friday evening preparing 10 roasts (50 lbs), potatoes, and carrots. This cooked all night in crockpots. Saturday morning, we placed all of it in insulated containers and drove to Miller Park downtown at 12 noon. We had 15 high school students serving roast, vegetables, lemonade, coffee, bananas, and cookies to about 75-80 people. It was a good day serving and sharing. We also handed out socks, clothes, blankets, and hats to whoever needed them.

December 11, 2011

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Saturday, December 11, 2011: Project ARK teamed up with members from the Youth Choir to go caroling to our friends at the Mary Walker Towers. It was so much fun! We arrived to an awaiting crowd gathered in their dining hall. After singing there and handing out gift bags, we went floor by floor (about 15 floors total) singing and handing out more gift bags door to door.

THIS is what it is all about. Not just the singing and giving gifts- that's the fun part. It's about getting outside of our insulated bubbles, investing time in others, sharing our hearts, and learning to love as God intended. It's about getting to know folks on a personal level and building relationships- the way God does with us.

Thanks to everyone who came and helped assemble 120 gift bags and sang their hearts out. A special thanks to Christina for leading us in song even with her injured arm in a sling!

November 13, 2010

2010-11-29T13:31:00.004-05:00

We spent the afternoon of Saturday, November 13 preparing and serving a hot dog lunch and playing bingo with our friends at the Mary Walker Towers downtown. Winners received prize gift bags! A great day of sharing and fellowship.

October 9, 2010

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Project ARK joined forces with brothers and sisters from 6 other churches representing almost as many denominations. We served hamburgers and hot dogs to approximately 35 to 40 of our homeless friends. The cookout was held in the parking lot of First Baptist Church downtown. First Baptist was very gracious to offer their facilities to everyone for this event. Yes, we served food. But, more importantly, we sat down and shared the meal and conversation with our guests. As Henri Nouwen said, "It is truly possible for Christians to overcome divisions around a common table that excludes no one." How true. It was a blessing being a part of this day of ecumenical unity in service to the poor and homeless.

September 11, 2010

2010-10-03T11:23:00.005-04:00

September 11, 2010- 7 of us joined forces with Unity in the Community to help a homeowner in East Lake clean up her yard and plant a flower garden. It was hot and sweaty work- just what we like. Project ARK helps us to see that tools of the kingdom often include weed-eaters, shovels, rakes, and the like. But even better, we more often get to see that hugs are an amazing tool of the kingdom! Amen.

April 2010- Mary Walker Towers

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Saturday, April 24, 2010: We had 10 youth and 3 adults to help serve lunch to about 40 residents at the Mary Walker Towers downtown in their newly-renovated dining hall and kitchen area. We had a wonderful time serving and eating lunch together. We also had the opportunity to sing "Happy Birthday" to a resident who turned 100 that week. Another great day of blessings with our youth.

March 2010- Salvation Army

2010-03-29T11:11:00.010-04:00

We went to the Salvation Army Social Services Center in East Lake on Saturday, March 27 to do a "room make-over." We painted a 10' X 12' room and tranformed it into a TV/Family Room for children to play and hang out in with a sitter while their parent or guardian attends budgeting or nutrition classes. The room was outfitted with new paint colors, new sofa, end tables, lamps, rug, toys, books, games, videos, and a storage bin to place them in. Grant contributed some of his framed photography to hang on the walls. The youth did an amazing job on this room as well as installing shelves and sorting canned foods for the food pantry. We also stocked their freezer with 35 pounds of gound beef and chicken to use as part of their nutrition program. Another awesome ARK day with the high school youth from Christ UMC. Church, be proud of them and, when you get a chance, tell them. God is using them.

February 2010 Project- Valentines Fiesta at St. Andrews

2010-02-12T08:22:00.017-05:00

Nothing but fun this day! We gave a Valentines Party for about 25 children in the after-school program at the St. Andrews Center on Thursday, February 11. We spent time making Valentine cards, playing games, and eating cupcakes.

Thanks again to Christian Canler for demonstrating his skills with the "invisible ball" game. Like last year, it was a big hit!

Many thanks to our youth who came at the end of a long school day to share their time with our little brothers and sisters in God's family.

Once again, we got see for ourselves what it means to be a part of the "kingdom" that Jesus talked so much about.

And all we did was laugh and play.

January 2010 Project

2010-01-14T21:09:00.003-05:00

We partnered this month with the Service Station Sunday School Class to cook 11 dishes of roast and potatoes and carrots (enough to feed 100 -120 people). Thanks Service Station Class! We met at the church at 11am this morning to combine all of the food and pour into containers to keep it hot and to serve from. At 12noon, we left to go downtown to serve our brothers and sisters in need in Miller Park. We served hot lunches to about 50 guests in the park from 12:30 to 1:30. I have come to know many of the folks we served through Wednesdays at Forrest Avenue UMC. I had put the word out "on the street" last week that we would be in the park today and many of our friends showed up. It was another wonderful day serving and seeing Christ. He even shows up in 20-degree weather. The sun came out the whole time we were there to keep us warm. We had 19 youth and 11 adults. The youth served food and visited with our guests. It was truly another "kingdom afternoon."

One guest commented, "It was so cold this morning, I thought about not leaving my camp. But when I looked at the flyer I got last week and saw that it said ARK- Acts of Random Kindness- I thought, if those youth can come out in the cold to bring us a meal, I can at least show my appreciation by coming to the park and enjoying the lunch they had prepared."

We also had a middle-school youth come with their parent who had made blankets (by hand) to give out. Another high school student in our group cooked the recipe himself and brought it to serve. Afterwards, we took the youth to eat lunch at Rossell's Pizza. One youth led a short devotion there about what it means to be part of a community and how God calls us to live in such a community. He made note of the wide range of ages working within our own ARK community today. He closed by saying, "I like the fact that most people do community service around Christmas and New Years. But we do it monthly throughout the year."- very insightful for a 17-year-old. We ate at Roselli's Pizza, as we often do, because the owner of Roselli's always give us a great deal on lunch. He says he does this as his way of supporting what the youth at our church are doing.

Thanks be to God for the many ways He moves in and through our community.

December 2009 Project

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Project ARK Day of Giving- Saturday, December 19, 2009

10am- 15 youth met at The Hut. What a great representation from our high school youth! They once again gave up a full day to give to others. We prepared 100 gift bags for Hospice. Hospice staff will deliver these gift bags to their patients. Each bag was filled with five different travel-sized toiletry itemschap stick, hand lotion , candy, etc. (all 500 toiletry items donated from Chattem Drugs/ candy donated by Sathers Candy Distributors). Many thanks to those two companies! We also prepared 100 gift bas for the elderly residents at the Mary Walker Towers downtown. Each of those bags was filled with cookies, fruit, snacks, candy, a tree ornament, and a note from Project ARK letting them know who we are and why we do what we do. We also made a quick trip to the grocery store to purchase enough food to fill nine large food boxes. Each box was filled with meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, canned vegetables, pasta, rice, eggs, a note about ARK (in Spanish) and other goodies.

12noon- We delivered the gift bags to every resident at Mary Walker Towers and visited with many of them.

1:00-3:00- After we left Mary Walker Towers, we delivered the food boxes door to door to nine families in the Highland Park neighborhood around the St. Andrews Center.

3:00-4:00 Lunch

6:00- We met back at The Hut and went Christmas Caroling to six senior members of the church. We met at Elizabeth Haynes' house afterwards for a big hot dog and chili dinner.

This was a long day but well worth it! It was a day of serving Christ by serving His people. I pray that the experiences from today will help the youth begin to understand that our faith is not just about us or our inner peace. Days like today make the gospel come to life. Days like today give purpose and meaning to "the kingdom." Days like today make for an authentic demonstration of the love of God. We also learned that we could all use some Spanish lessons. Thank God for Grant and his ability to communicate in Spanish. The families knew we were coming. But it helped a lot to communicate, rather than just stand on their front porch holding a box of food and grinning.

We greatly appreciate everyone who helped to make this a wonderful day of service and worship!

November 09 Project Completed

2009-11-10T09:55:00.006-05:00

November 7- Hug-A-Tree at Audubon Acres:

We had 18 youth come out and help take care of the earth at Audubon Acres. We spent 2 hours dragging piles and piles of privet into a huge bonfire to destroy this invasive plant. Audubon Acres is an oasis of natural history in the middle of East Brainerd suburbia. It is amazing to still be able to experience an island of protected natural beauty as it has existed for thousands of years. The privet is a reminder of man's touch. It is a constant threat to the natural order of creation. If left unchecked, the privet, like kudzu, would eventually choke out the native plants and habitats, altering the landscape. Why did we do this? What does it have to do with our faith? Are we not asked to be good stewards of the treasures God has entrusted to us? Destroying the privet was a small way we are able to act and meditate upon our reponsibility toward the natural environment. It was our way of adding to the work of other passionate volunteers and helping the Audubon Society protect this special place. One of our youth, Kristian Canler, gave a very thoughful and prayerful talk/homily centered upon creation and our faith. Sometimes being the hands and feet of Christ involves taking those hands and feet into the woods and just standing in awe of The Creator.

October 2009 Project Completed

2009-09-13T16:37:00.007-04:00

Saturday, October 10- Eighteen high school youth and 7 adults helped to serve lunch to the elderly residents of the Mary Walker Towers downtown. What a great day this was!We had planned to serve lunch in the dining hall to the residents with them seated at tables decorated for the fall season. But plans quickly changed when we got there at noon. The dining hall was being renovated. There were no tables, no chairs... and no residents. So, Plan B went into effect (we didn't know we had a Plan B). We set up a serving station by the elevators, prepared the plate lunches, and carried them to each apartment individually. One building had 8 floors, the other building had 6. This actually turned out better. We were able to serve about 80 to 90 residents at their front door. We were also able to visit better with them this way. Many residents expressed their appreciation by word, smiles, or hugs. Much thanks to the Service Station Sunday School Class and parents who helped cook pot roast for the lunches!!

September Project Completed

2009-09-13T15:49:00.007-04:00

The youth worked very hard Saturday for several hours at Forest Avenue UMC. They sorted and organized the clothes closets. They also converted a storage room into a food pantry. They dug up old tile, built 5 shelving units (200 square feet of shelving), and then stocked the shelves with food donated by Christ UMC members. What an awesome job from 8 amazing young people! As we sat down and had lunch, we were entertained by Ernie, a musician who wanted to share his gift of song with us. Once again, everyone was blessed. What's more, the blessings will continue as the clothes closet and food pantry helps our sister church on Forest Avenue minister daily to those in need. Thanks to everyone who made this project possible. Our youth are continuing to learn, as we all are, what it means to be the "hands and feet of Christ."

Sept 12- Food & Clothes for Forest Avenue

2009-08-28T08:38:00.005-04:00

Saturday, September 12- We will meet at church at 9:30am and go to Forest Avenue UMC downtown to organize their clothes closet, install shelves in their food pantry and take food donated by Christ Church to put in the food pantry. We will eat lunch afterwards.

Forest Avenue UMC is a small church in North Chattanooga that does a mighty work feeding and clothing the poor and homeless every week in North Chattanooga. The love of God is made real there through the compassionate efforts of its pastor, Barry Kidwell.

Your donation will help many in North Chattanooga continue to experience the love of Christ through their brothers and sisters at Christ United Methodist.

August 22, 2009- The Partnership

2009-08-24T08:49:00.009-04:00

Eleven of us (6 youth & 5 adults) spent the morning working at The Partnership women and children's shelter. As usual, those receiving and those giving were blessed as the love of God was demonstrated through painting a bedroom, hanging curtains and arranging furniture in a TV room, and preparing a lunch of meatloaf, green beans, macaroni and cheese, and dessert for about 25-30 residents. Thanks to all who were true servants that day!

August 22, 2009- Partnership

2009-08-11T17:07:00.003-04:00

We will begin our 2009-2010 ARK year by returning to The Partnership women and children's shelter on August 22, 2009 to paint another room, hang curtains, and prepare lunch for the residents. We are doing this project as part of Christ UMC's "Service Saturday." We will meet at the church at 9:30am and then go to the Partnership working until about noon at which point we will eat lunch.

ARK Cookout- June 28, 2009

2009-05-11T10:14:00.003-04:00

Several of us gathered on Sunday, June 28 for a cookout. We ate burgers, laughed, planned for next year, worked on an ARK video and handed out the first ever ARK Awards. We even had time time to squeeze in a project by making 70 sandwiches and fill lunch bags for the children at the St. Andrews Center. We had a great time! We hope to finish the video by the end of summer so that it can be shown in church prior to the 2009-2010 ARK project year.

April 26, 2009 Room Makeovers at the Partnership

2009-04-28T08:18:00.003-04:00

On Sunday afternoon, 16 high school youth volunteered 4 hours of their time and energy to help paint a bedroom and TV room, move furniture, hang curtains, and organize an office at the Partnership women and children's shelter. It was a great day. What a hands-on way to truly worship!(Isaiah 58)

Next Project- April 26, 2009

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Yes, a Sunday! We will eat lunch together about 12:30-1:30 and then go to the Partnership Women and Children's Shelter from 2-4 to "makeover" one of the bedrooms. We need volunteers to paint, hang curtains, and help clean.

March 2009- Backpacks for the Homeless

2009-03-30T08:29:00.010-04:00

Twelve high school youth volunteered their time Saturday, March 28th to help shop for items to place in backpacks for our homeless brothers and sisters. We spent about 1 1/2 hours thrift-shopping. We stopped to eat lunch, then went back to the church to assemble the backpacks. We assembled fourteen backpacks! Our goal was 10. Items that went into the packs:Tarp, bottled water, Toothbrush, Tube Toothpaste, Bar of Soap, 2 Cans Tuna, Can Mandarin Orange Slices for Vitamin C, 2 Cans sardines, 1 Can Castleberry Beef Stew, Heavy Sweat Shirt, Heavy pair Sweat Pants, Knit Cap, 1 Pair Gloves, Can Opener, Bible.

Thank you to everyone who helped with this project- either by donating money, backpacks, or the items to go in them! Thanks also to all the youth who showed up to help! The backpacks will be distributed to folks on the street over the next few weeks. Yes, God can even show up through a backpack.

St. Andrews Party

2009-02-13T09:21:00.009-05:00

We went to St. Andrews Thursday, February 12 to give a Valentines Party for 40 children in the after-school program. It was a lot of fun for everyone. The children made Valentine cards, ate cupcakes and snacks, and enjoyed tossing the "invisible ball." Before the children went home, each was given a grab bag filled with goodies.

Thanks to our Project ARK team and the St. Andrews after-school volunteers who helped make the party a great success. Once again, we found that Acts of Random Kindness blesses everyone involved. This is what it's all about.

What Kind Of Footprint Will You Leave?

2009-01-26T12:36:00.006-05:00

I bought a pair of Timberland hiking boots recently. I was about to throw the box away when I noticed something written inside. At the very bottom of the box it said:

WHAT KIND OF FOOTPRINT WILL YOU LEAVE?

On the underside of the lid was the following challenge:

"HOW WILL WE CHANGE TODAY? The opportunity to make it better is everywhere if we choose to act. Better is seeing a void and filling it. Hearing a call for help and answering it. Taking a wrong and making it right. It is as small as making boots, shoes, and gear or as big as changing the world. Better is giving employees paid time to serve. Building a house. Painting a school. Empowering our youth. Feeding the hungry. Or revitalizing a community. Better is a call to action. A rallying cry. Fearless. Determined. Passionate. And connected. It is searching within. Reaching out. Heading into the eye of the storm. Adventuring out to the middle of nowhere. And doing so with purpose. So when the sun sets and we think about what tomorrow bring, we understand that better is not what we do. It is who we are."

I thought this was worth sharing. Thanks, Timberland, for the reminder.

January 2009- The Needy Were Fed

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Saturday, January 10, 2009- Feeding the Needy in Miller Park.

The love of Christ was present in Miller Park through the hands, feet, and hearts of twenty young people this day.
Twenty senior high youth showed up to give of their time and to give of themselves to serve soup , fruit, and drinks to about 30 needy and homeless people. The young people did a wonderful job not just serving soup but, more importantly, speaking to and, at times, praying with the poor. Several youth left to buy a blanket for a man who asked for one to sleep on that night. They also prayed with him. Project ARK is helping us to see Christ in the broken-hearted and poor. How encouraging it is to see our young people becoming
“doers” of the Word, and not just readers or watchers. These are the sacrifices that are pleasing to God.

Thanks to everyone who went with us. A big thanks, too, to all who prepared the soup and thanks to those who prayed for us or supported us in other ways. Thanks to Brian Grow for letting us use the military canteen kit. It kept the soup hot all day!

God in a Soup Bowl

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Consider the very important role food plays in our lives. Not just the biological role of sustenance and fuel for the body. But all the other ways that food is used to define us as a people. One of the very first rules that God lays down for hungry Adam & Eve concerns food: Eat anything you want except for what comes from that tree. God gets very specific with the Hebrews in the book of Leviticus when he describes which plants, animals, and birds are off-limits for use as food. Jesus’ first temptation from Satan in the desert is to make bread out of a rock. More than once, Jesus made food the focus of a miracle when he fed thousands of hungry people with a few loaves of white bread and a couple of sardines. Jesus took great liberties with an age-old traditional holiday meal (Passover). He said from now on the bread would represent his body and the wine would represent his blood. Jesus, come on- that’s just gross… and weird.

We use food to commemorate and celebrate just about every milestone or special occasion: birthdays, weddings, graduations, new jobs, even funerals. Turkey and dressing is synonymous with Thanksgiving. You’re supposed to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck. Whole cultures claim their own distinct types of food: Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food. French fries, Spanish rice, Irish coffee, Canadian bacon, and so on.

When someone special is coming to visit us, we prepare a special meal or go eat at a special restaurant. We use food to help us make memories. We use food to help heal. We use food to comfort. We use food to just enjoy someone’s company. Food can be used to express genuine love. Jesus knew a little bit about this when he used bread and wine to symbolize his transforming love for us. He also made it very clear that we are to carry this transforming love to a hurting world. Let’s do this together by filling soup bowls in Miller Park on January 10, 2009. It’s like we were made for this.

December 2008- Christmas Carols

2008-12-15T10:57:00.004-05:00

Project ARK also went Christmas Caroling to five elderly and widowed members of our church family on Saturday evening, December 13, beginning at 5:30pm. We had 10 participants who went from house to house singing and warming the hearts of their front-porch or living room audiences. Thanks to everyone who came and made this a very special evening. We had a chili dinner at the last home where we sang- Ms. Elizabeth Haynes. The evening concluded with a very intimate observance of communion- a vivid reminder that we are Christ's body walking and talking... and singing.

December 2008- Cookies Are Done

2008-12-15T10:49:00.004-05:00

Project ARK went to the Chattanooga Ronald McDonald House on Saturday morning, December 13 from 10:30-12:30 to make Christmas cookies and caramel corn for the residents staying there. There were about 10 of us that went. Thanks to everyone who participated and gave of their Saturday afternoon to brighten the day of others through the home-baked smells of Christmas. I know you were blessed just as you were a blessing to others. Selfless acts like this make the kingdom that Christ spoke so much about very real.
(Photos coming)

God in a Cookie?

2008-12-09T10:16:00.002-05:00

We are told that God is everywhere. This is true. But how do we really experience that? We can get a sense of his creative power by looking at the beauty of this planet and the heavens that surround it. We can get a sense of his closeness when we pray or meditate. But how can we actually see God walking and talking? We witness this when we see someone totally let God live through them. God showed us what this looks like 2,000 years ago through the person Jesus.

Jesus explained to his followers, “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. Be generous with your lives. Open up to others and you’ll prompt people to open up to God.” (Matthew 5: 13, 14, 16, the Message)

What are God-flavors and God-colors? Certain aromas draw us into the kitchen looking for the source. Certain color combinations draw us into an artist’s painting looking for meaning. Could it be that our actions help people “smell” and “see” something that draws them toward God? Jesus said that it is though us that this world would experience God. So, what do we do? We feed when someone is hungry. We clothe when someone needs clothing. We visit when someone is sick or lonely. We listen when someone needs to talk. We forgive when someone needs forgiving.

We even bake cookies when it will help brighten someone’s day.

We do any number of these things not to bring attention to ourselves. We do them to bring attention to the fact that 1) There is a God; 2) He is walking and talking among us; and 3) He loves us.

Jesus said, “You are blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.” So, yes, God can even be found in a cookie!

Amen.
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Come join us on Saturday, December 13 to make Christmas cookies at the Ronald McDonald House. We will leave the church at 10am.

Why do what we do?

2008-11-26T09:43:00.001-05:00

Jesus makes it pretty clear that loving others is not an option. There is a lot of pain in the world. He expects us to help meet the needs of those around us who are hurting (physically, emotionally, spiritually). Saint James said that words alone are not enough. We have to back up our faith with action. There is a good quote that says, “The world doesn’t need more words. The world needs more words made flesh.” How true.

What is the mission? It has been said that the Church exists to equip and mobilize men and women for God’s mission in the world. That says a lot. But what is this mission? The mission is described all through the Bible.

Isaiah 58 expresses the mission like this: “Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.”

Micah 6:8 says, “People, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Sounds like some social justice issues might be a part of this mission.

Jesus identifies personally with this mission. He stated clearly, “For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.” (Matthew 25:35-36) Wow. Jesus says if we help the down and out it’s the same as doing it for him. Our eternal destiny depends on how we deal with those that are in need all around us.

Jesus also talked a lot about a mysterious kingdom. He described a kingdom where everything is completely different from the kingdoms we know about. He talks about those that are the least being the greatest and the last being first. He told us to pray for this kingdom to come upon the earth. He even said that this kingdom is among you. This kingdom is among us. When we help take care of each other, we begin to see this new kingdom take shape.

Isn’t this just social work? Maybe, if it is not done with the love of God pouring through us. Receiving a simple act of kindness may be the closest someone ever comes to God. ARK simply provides opportunities to be the hands and feet of God. It just might help change lives and hearts… including our own.

St. Andrews Wish List

2008-11-19T11:13:00.005-05:00

The After-School Program at St. Andrews is in need of several items. Please look over the following "wish list". If you would like to help out with one or two of the items, contact Greg or Sheila Haynes (haynesfour@aol.com) and they will get the items to St. Andrews.

St. Andrews Center Wish List

1- Printer (done!)
2- Paper: computer & writing
3- Pencils
4- Erasers
5- 5 pencil sharpeners
6- 5 tall trashcans
7- trashbags
8- 5 bottles hand sanitizer
9- 40 small whiteboards
10-100 fine point dry erase markers
11- 40 sets fat colored pencils

November 2008- Painting for Kids

2008-11-10T08:27:00.000-05:00

Saturday, November 8- Our painting project at the St. Andrews center was very successful. There were 19 of us that went to paint the room used for the After-School Program. Despite a few paint spills, the room was tansformed to a brightly colored space- just right for kids. Thanks to everyone who participated. Your efforts are greatly appreciated and will put smiles on the faces of the children when they see their new room.

October 2008- Feeding the Needy

2008-10-31T14:56:00.000-04:00

Project ARK fed about 150 homeless and otherwise needy people on Saturday, October 25 in Miller Park in downtown Chattanooga. There were ten of us who participated. We met at the church at 10am and prepared 165 sack lunches. Each lunch bag contained a ham & cheese sandwich, an apple or banana (the bananas were the most popular!), peanut butter crackers, and a bottle of water (donated by Publix!). Before we left the church, we prayed for those that we would be serving.
Once we arrived at the park, the hungry folks came quickly from all directions. It didn't take long to give away all of the lunches. We then hung around a while to talk and pray with several of the folks. Everyone received a blessing. FYI- The City requires a permit ($25) for any activity such as this conducted in the park.

September 2008- Baking for Ronald McDonald

2008-10-31T14:04:00.000-04:00

September 20, 2008- We went to the Chattanooga Ronald McDonald House and baked cookies for guests of the house. The smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies filled the whole house when we were finished. We had a great turnout to help with this project- about 10 to 12.