Mark 10:13 CEB People were bringing children to Jesus so that he would bless them. But the disciples scolded them. This is one of my favorite times of the years, but it is also one of the most stress filled times of the years as our church and our partner churches get ready for the back2school outreach. Once again we will serve hundreds if not a couple thousand students in and around Martinsville and Henry County, Virginia. It was eight years ago that we began this work and served about 75 students. The years since then have allowed us to serve more than 12,000 students and have expanded from one church serving to many others taking part. A missionary friend from Appalachian Regional Ministries was sharing in a mission service I was part of more than eleven years ago as he talked about how excited kids were when they got a shoe box filled with school supplies. From that conversation and dream we are now able to give students a backpack with ...