From June 22nd-24th there were 9 jr. high students and 2 adults who went to Champaign-Urbana to help out at a couple different ministries, including Salt & Light and Axiom’s Campus Ministry. Their challenge from Jr. High leader Chris Sandel was to come up with the best way to model Matt. 25:35-40.Here is trip memberMegan Moran’s overview of the trip:
“This summer for junior high we went on a mission trip to Champaign. The first day Chris told us to come up with a way to show God’s love in the community. We split up into two groups of five kids, my group decided to make baskets of snacks for nurses in the community, and the other group decided to get candy bars and write down bible verses and pass them out to people. The second day we went to a food and clothing bank, called Salt and Light. At Salt and Light we helped out by sorting clothes, making bags of food to pass out, and just helpingwith anything that was needed. On the third day, we cleaned up the college dorm we were staying at, and we finished quickly. We went back to Salt and Light to help out with more sorting and separating food. I think this was a very fun trip for all of us, and I think God taught us that there is always something you can do to show God’s love.”
-Megan Moran
Thanks Velocity for making a difference in Champaign-Urbana! We are told they helped out almost 400 families on this trip! You have definitely shown us how to model Matthew 25. Be sure to check out Velocity’s website to see some fun pictures and visit the web pages of the ministries they served.
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”
Matthew 25:35-40