Sunday Evening Youth Group Has Begun!

 

Come join us on Sundays from 5pm to 7pm for Sunday Evening Youth Group at St Barnabas! (Sorry the photo quality is so low!)

2nd Annual School Year Kickoff Canoe Trip!!! August 28th, 2016

We're already working on a better name for this event, but we definitely had tons of fun! Check out our photos from the trip!

Please excuse the low resolution of some of these photos. They were taken with a cell phone, in a canoe, on a river. They're actually quite good considering the conditions!

MTN TOP Wrap-Up Post

Dear J4Y Families and Friends,

Thank you for following along with our journeys and service and for praying for our mission team last week! Here is the final round of photos from our week at Mountain TOP.

Friday - Final Day of Service

“The highlight of my day was probably being able to bond the most with my friends and YRG. We knew it was the last chance for us to be together and we wanted to make it count. After the fish hook worship (the last worship of the week, and the most emotional), I sat in the worship center with my newly found friends from Jerome UMC in Columbus for about twenty minutes. All of us were laughing and crying and reminiscing. This was probably the highlight of my week; knowing that I had made friends who have my back under any and all circumstances.

I saw God in how the Holy Spirit was able to unify these teenage strangers and spread love through our hearts, threading us together. I also saw God in how Mountain TOP touches the lives of the people that we serve and in all of the things that the will of God has us made to do.

I have been given this amazing opportunity due to my amazing and selfless faith partners who have given so much to make this possible. They are why I am here today, so a major thank you to them.”  

- Maddy

For Saturday:  O God, our heavenly Father, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go:  Preserve those who travel; surround them with your loving care; protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to their journey’s end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Thursday - One Day Projects

"Today was the first time we’ve actually finished a project this week. We had a wonderful time doing Mrs. Wilkinson’s yardwork. She was such a nice lady! She even got us ice cream sandwiches.

I saw God in the way that she told us how much she appreciated us. She really needed someone to talk to, and having us there made her really happy. I also saw how desperate her 13 year old son was for friends, and so, we were friends for him. Each of us talked to him and made him feel so important, and we talked about all of the hobbies we have in common.

I’m excited to exchange presents with my YRG tomorrow. I’ve grown so close to them, I feel like they’re a family away from home.

Thank you faith partners, again, for helping me get here!" - Margot

For Friday:  Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son’s Name:  We beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto you; and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to your will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.