Serve Week

Last week the students of NBC, along with some great sponsors, participated in “serve week.”   For four days straight we cleaned a church, cleaned a park, prepared lunches, passed out lunches, scrapped and painted a porch, picked up trash, passed out more lunches, worked at a food distribution service, mowed and trimmed a yard, and worked in a clothing closet.  Our theme for the week came from Matthew 25: 35-36            Feed.Clothe.Love

³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

Overall it was an amazing week of God’s spirit moving.  Here is a run down of each day.

Samantha restocking seats

Jordyn packing lunches

Day One:   We began the morning by making our own lunch for the day but also preparing two extra lunches for homeless people.  Following this we cleaned the church foyer and sanctuary in preparation for Sunday.   Then we went to Swope Park and picked up trash following a two day festival that was held there.  In all we picked up about 25 bags of trash and too many beer bottles to count.  Then we went downtown KC and passed out lunches.  Great day one.

Us and Deloris

Day Two:  Once again we began the morning by packing our lunch and two extra.  Then we went to the Turner District in Wyandotte County and helped scrape and paint a porch for an elderly lady.  We had the privilege of meeting Commissioner Pat Pettey and she set us up with service opportunities in the Turner District.   Deloris, the elderly lady, was so thrilled that we were there painting her house and after it was all said and done (and as she stood there crying) she tried to pay us for the work.  It was great to see and hear all our students in unison say “no way, it was our pleasure to help.”

Harvesters

Harvesters

Day Three:  We began our day a little early as we had to be at Harvesters at 8:00am.  At Harvesters we boxed bread to be sent to food pantries all over the KC metro area.  We also packaged cereal as well.

Harvesters

Following Harvesters we went to Mary’s house to do some yard work (Mary is a widow and was trying to get her yard ready for her husbands visitation).  Once again, the look on her face when we showed up was awesome.  You could she how overwhelmed she was with the yard and about 20 of us showed up (in the rain) and knocked it out.  We will continue to do her yard work the rest of the summer.  Thanks to Marcia Lee for helping us connect with her.

Cornerstone Clothing Closet

Day Four:  We began by helping sort clothes at Cornerstone Church in Lee’s Summit.  Every second and fourth Saturday they open up their food pantry and clothes closet for the community in need.  Following lunch we went to Youthfront and helped with their Feed the Hunger initiative.  Our good friend Kendon is the dude that runs the Hunger initiative for Youthfront and he needed our help unloading the truck.  Each week they get shipments of supplies in at Youthfront and they need volunteers to help unpack them.  Check out the link above to see how amazing  the Feed the Hunger initiative is.  We will continue to partner with them as we help world hunger.

Us at Youthfront

So…as you can see God truly blessed us with a great week.  We were able to be instruments of his grace and peace in our local communities as well as build relationships with people that we will continue to maintain.  Thanks be to God.

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