Yesterday, the First Trinity High School youth put on a car wash. From 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. they washed car after car after car and did it all without taking any money. While it was no surprise to me that some people tried to give us some money at first, it was interesting to… Continue reading No really… it’s FREE!!!
Category: Crossroads
Hurricane, huh?
In 18 days a group of 23 youth and 5 adults from First Trinity will load up some vans and head off to serve the people of Hurricane, WV. Many people laugh at the name "Hurricane" and probably secretly wonder how it got its name. Well, our youth have ideas of their own! Below are 4 fake… Continue reading Hurricane, huh?
A chance to reach out.
As I continue to hear about the devastation around the country due to the recent tornadoes, I'm in awe. It can be easy to think that there's little we can do to help, but it has been very neat to see people from First Trinity step up and help recently. Through the Youth SCRIP Program,… Continue reading A chance to reach out.
Looks like NY will soon have a new Resident
Yep that’s right… in case everyone at First Trinity didn’t hear this weekend, I officially accepted my call! Check out a copy of my letter below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 26, 2011 Dear Members of First Trinity Lutheran Church: What an immense blessing it has been to work and serve God with you… Continue reading Looks like NY will soon have a new Resident
Holy Ground… and a pretty awesome space too!
Can I just say that the newly renovated basement is probably one of the most amazing things ever?!? Well, I’m going too: “The newly renovated basement is one of the most amazing things ever! 🙂 Tonight, at Crossroads CONNECT (our weekly Thursday night program for High School students) one of the students, about an… Continue reading Holy Ground… and a pretty awesome space too!
This “Lost” Generation
Please... please don't give up on this "lost" generation! Instead, encourage them, love them, show them Christ and help them "reverse" things. (P.S. Be sure to watch the WHOLE video!) So how are YOU going to help reverse things?!?
My Blogging “To-Do” List
Wow. There are so many things I’ve been wanting to blog about, but because of all the awesome things happening right now, I have has less and less time to actually write about it. So, before I forget what they are, I’ve started a list, right here on the blog. I hope to get to… Continue reading My Blogging “To-Do” List
30 Hour Famine – Recap
Hello All! Well, we made it to the end! The 30-Hour Famine was a success (in my opinion at least). 22 youth and 4 adult participants from four area churches gave up eating for 30 hours so others could eat! I hope to tell more specifics in the days to come about our experience. But… Continue reading 30 Hour Famine – Recap
Hunger in WNY
According to the American Community Survey, Buffalo is the third poorest large city in America. Across the state, 2.3 million residents rely on emergency food assistance each year. That breaks down to about 570,000 different people turning to emergency food programs for weekly help in the state of NY. (From "Hunger in America 2010. Feeding America.")… Continue reading Hunger in WNY
When You go to Bed Tonight…
I just finished eating dinner. It was warm. It included aspects from various food groups. There were leftovers (which I’ll enjoy tomorrow for lunch too). I will go to bed content, in a warm bed. Yet. every night, including tonight, more than a billion people will go to bed hungry. That’s 1 in 6… Continue reading When You go to Bed Tonight…
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