the
EVANGEL
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF FIRST FREE CHURCH
Summer Blast & Summer Pop! By Marie Zajdel “Wow! Amazing!” If I could only use two words, to sum up the week of Summer Blast and Summer Pop, these would be the ones I would pick. For the 6th me, our church body came together to provide these two ministries so children in our church and community could come and learn about and celebrate God every evening from July 24th-28th. We required, and God faithfully provided, many volunteers to serve the over 100 children who came each evening.
Mission 2 McKeesport By Pastor Alex Ielase This year’s local mission to our area was a de nite success. We had 30 students and 10 leaders par cipate-our most ever! While numbers are nice, that was not the only reason we would call it successful. Students got to serve in many di erent areas. They helped homeowners with projects, rebuilding walls and maintaining yards. They got to have dozens of spiritual conversa ons and prayer mes with folks on the streets. We ministered in 3 di erent nursing homes, bringing the light and joy of the Lord into places where folks are some mes forgo en.
Our nights began by fellowshipping over delicious dinners for volunteers and their families, which were lovingly prepared by a team led by Jan Conard. Following dinner, we had a mee ng and prayer me and then went to our sta ons to greet the children as they arrived.
Students came every day with good and posi ve a tudes. We worshipped and prayed together to start our morning. Then most of the same youth who worked in the hot summer sun all day served into the evening, ministering to children at Summer Blast. A typical day was from 10:30 am un l about 9:00 pm!
ff
ti
tti
fi
ff
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti
tt
ti
ti
ti
Many youth leaders gave up their day or days to come and help out. We are very apprecia ve that they con nue to volunteer their me for our student ministry. There is no way we would be able to do this without each one of them! We also had folks volunteer to cook for us and bless us with cold drinks and delicious snacks. Thank you so much to all involved!
(cont.)
ti
ti
AUGUST 2023 | VOLUME 49 | ISSUE NO.8