Friday, October 28, 2011

Fall Review...Spring Preview

Take heart, ministry is alive and well at Citychurch.  We have been working through more ministry than we could imagine, and it's wonderful!  The Lord loves these kids and He is giving us every opportunity to reach them with His love.  Be sure to check out the new video link and pictures on our website: http://www.citychurchamarillo.com/

Children's Ministry
The Wednesday evening puppet ministry started back when school started.  We pick the kids up in the neighborhood, bring them to the church and feed them a supper fit for kings.  Then...puppets!  The kids are exposed to a God-fearing, scripture loving Bass Monster who works with Mr. Hinklee's Good News Bike Messenger service to deliver bible messages to kids in need of Jesus' love.  Their efforts are slightly hindered by antics of Big Red and his crew, who wish to see families broken up and kids miserable.  But every episode, God's love shines through!

Just a few weekends ago we gathered up the kids on a Friday night, fed them at the church then headed out to Maxwell's Pumpkin patch.  We had almost 200 with us!  Mostly kids, a few volunteers and even families from the neighborhood joined us.  Everyone had a blast.






Earlier this week we hosted a Book Fair with the pre-school aged kids of the neighborhood.  Volunteers from the BGCT brought bookcases and books to give away to those kids who attended.  There were clowns, facepainting, a puppet show and a craft time.  Loads of fun!


We will continue the Wednesday night puppet show until Thanksgiving, which is coming quickly.  There will be a special Thanksgiving program and Christmas program.  Plus we have one of the coolest projects coming up, the Christmas Boxes!  We will package about 300 boxes for our kids this year.  Stay tuned for more details on that one!



Youth Ministry
The youth ministry has been busy as well.  These youth had active parts all summer in serving the kids.  Some helped in delivering lunches, working with the kids during VBS and pitching in wherever they could.

We had a fantastic youth camp at the end of the summer where those who served were able to leave their neighborhood and spend a week in the mountains.  Everyday they attended bible studies, had worship time, and a little bit of fun time.  It was during this time of closeness with God, several of the youth expressed a desire for mission work.  God is working with these guys!

The youth have their own Wednesday afternoon program.  We pick them up from school, bring them to the church, feed them like kings and share a message from scripture with them.  They even have their own youth led worship band, that leads them in worship on Wednesday afternoons.

With their expression of God calling them into missions, they have been working the last several week's planning their own youth led revival, to reach out to their friends and other youth on their blocks!  God has a group of youth here who are genuine in their love for Him!

There will be a special Thanksgiving meal and Christmas program for them as well.  And they will be a part of the Christmas Box project as well.

Looking back and ahead we see where God has been doing a great work in the hearts of the kids, youth, volunteers and families of Citychurch.  When we have a genuine love of Jesus and realize our reliance upon Him daily, then we can only give credit to Him.  The work is hard and we have to learn to be patient, but the fruit is good, and well worth the time and effort!


- Jeremy (follow me on twitter @tendingfigs)

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