One of my favorite events of our year is back2school, and this
year is set to be the biggest and farthest reaching. back2school outreach events helps
school age students prepare for the school year by giving them items they
need. This includes backpacks filled
with school supplies, gently used clothes, haircuts and brand new shoes and
socks. Each child has their feet washed
as a volunteer talks to the student about their future, about having hope and
prays with them. This is an incredible
event.
There are several pieces that blow me away. I’d like to take a few paragraphs to share
with you my philosophy of working together as a group of Jesus followers. This is about amplifying our similarities and
minimizing our differences. This is
about making sure that Jesus is the main reason for what we do.
Titus 2:6 NLT
In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely.
First, focus on making
a difference together. This year
there are six churches from a few different communities choosing to work
together so students and their families hear the good news about Jesus.
Second, join forces to
do together what we can’t do alone.
To reach as many students as we have a goal to reach we need lots of
volunteers and lots of resources to pull this off. None of our churches on our own will do as
much as we can do together.
Third, support,
encourage, push and empower each other.
This happens because we are a team.
People from Baptist backgrounds, church of God, Pentecostal and more all
coming together for a great cause of making Jesus famous to a bunch of kids
that have the potential to make a huge difference in our world in the days to
come.
We focus on making a difference together all the while
empowering each other to go further, to do more and to do what God called us to
do! For this I am so grateful. I am grateful for the leaders of each church
and for the teams of people who will give their time and their hearts to make
this event a great success. Everyone is
needed. All kinds of skills are
needed. Loads of resources have to be
gathered.
You can help too. You
can help by praying. Pray that God would
send us 3,100 students and families that need this help. Pray for the churches, leaders and resources
to all come together. You can help by
giving. Give clothes and especially
small kid’s clothes. They are to be
brought to any of the churches. Even if
you live a long way away, you can help with this. You can give money. It costs about $20 per student to make this
happen. That is over $55,000
needed. You can give. Last, you can volunteer your time. Volunteers are needed now to make call, run
errands, gather items and do more. Volunteers
are needed for registration and the pack the bus events taking place in mid
July. Volunteers are needed the week of
the event to put it all together and the day of the event to serve all these
students.
Contact me by calling our church by calling 276-647-8231 or
by emailing info@thecommunityfellowship.org. Your help will make back2school 2013 a huge
success and impact thousands of lives.
What drives me is the difference we are making as we are
stronger together. We are speaking in to
the lives of people inside and outside of our churches as God has given each
person great potential to live extraordinary lives. Join me and many others as we make a
difference together!
1 John 3:18 NLT
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we
love each other; let us show the
truth by our actions.
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