July Community Connection

This month our intentions were to partner with the children's ministry to hand out close to 400 bottles of water and fruit snacks to the kids and their families at the Heritage Soccer Park. Additionally, flyers were created for the children to invite the kids we encounted to VBS. After we all piled in our cars and journeyed to the park, we pulled up to the gate and saw that it was closed already for the season! Uh oh...now what? So our group reconvened and decided on Plan B which was to go to the baseball field nearby. Well, come to find out, there was a fee to get in plus there was a concession stand that we didn't want to compete with. That left us with Plan C which was to go to Price Chopper and partner with a car wash that was taking place there. Since we had an awesome turnout of volunteers for this event, we decided that we would divide up into groups. One team stayed with the car wash, two teams covered the store entrances and another team headed over to Wal-mart. Even though we had a bit of a rough start, connections were still made!

June Community Connection

This month our group teamed up with the youth to help them out at their car wash. While they scrubbed cars to raise funds for camp, we handed out FREE hot dogs and drinks! It was our special way of honoring fathers for Father's Day. Yes, it was a HOT one but we all still managed to have a great time! Check out the link below to take a peek at what took place! We'd love to have you join us for our upcoming event. Contact the church office to see how you can get involved!

http://picasaweb.google.com/mktggirl12/CarWashJune07?authkey=p7jP6n8dUxg

May Community Connection

On May 12th we handed out carnations and cookies to some of the ladies in our neighborhood in honor of Mother's Day. It was a beautiful spring day and several connections were made!

It's Time for a Change!

On March 10th, approximately 24 volunteers signed up to help pass out FREE batteries to our neighboring community. With this event, we were able to touch over 200 people! This simple act of kindness was to remind people to change their batteries in their smoke detectors as they changed their clocks one hour ahead for daylight savings time. We considered it a joy to be able to serve the Lord that day and give Him all of the glory! Below are some photos that were taken.

February Community Connection

On February 24th we honored 6 local fire departments and 6 local businesses by delivering cookies to thank and appreciate them for their service in our community.

Testimonies

"It turned out to be a very pleasant outreach and I believe one that was appreciated by the station." - Dave Cantrell

"I do believe we made some good connections. Not only did we get a chance to make a second touch with our community, we also got a chance to connect with others in the church. I really enjoyed the time together." - Melissa Koehn

"It was a lot fun!" - Chelsea Brown

"It was great to give back to our community." - Mandy Koehn

"This was a successful event!" - Patricia Brown

"I was glad for the opportunity to thank them personally all for the important work they do." -Susan Minteer

"All of us believed we had touched many people and although there was no great tangible effect seen or felt we knew that we had sown some seeds." - Mike Bayly

Why Community Connection?

It is SIMPLE! Anyone can do simple acts of kindness.
It is QUICK! Maximum of 2 hours at least once a month.
It is FUN! A fun way to get involved in the Great Commission.
It is BIBLICAL! Jesus came not to be served but to serve others.
It is RELEVANT! It is a real way to get involved in the life of our community.

Results of Community Connection:

It defines our church to our community.
The community will be saturated with deeds of kindness.
Our church will become outward-focused and oriented toward action.
Lives will be saved as we love our city into a relationship with Christ.

How can you become involved?

Contact any of the following members of the Community Connection Committee:

Mandy & Melissa Koehn

Dave & Ellen Cantrell

Susan Minteer

Mike Bayly