Farewell from Salt Lake City
First we would like to thank everyone that has been following our blog and all our participants! It has been a great week in Salt Lake City and the effort put forth by the students and adults will have lasting effects here.
This week there were 12 homes that were worked on. 8 of these homes received new roofs while the rest received paint jobs. After the gospel was shared 34 times we had 8 who were interested in seeing a pastor. Tonight, 1 of the homeowners who attended closing celebration received Christ into his life after the celebration! Our greatest WOW moment of the week. The Lord showed the participants that even though their work may be done on the worksites, He is never done!
Here are shots of our 12 crews from this week!
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Salt Lake City: Going with the Flow
Salt Lake City has had another great day of work and activity!
Tonight was our planned community night but due to high winds and the threat of rain we were forced to cancel. Instead we held a worship service where speaker Nate Ray called students to turn their every day lives into a mission field. The following pictures give a glimpse into the service.
Two nights ago we held our offering to support five different church plants student ministries across the U.S. Through the giving of the participants we raised $712. This is very exciting and through the entire summer of World Changer’s offerings we hope to see the church plant student ministries grow and begin having an impact in their communities.
Tomorrow is our final day of being at the worksites and tomorrow night will be closing celebration!
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Goodbye for now from Salt Lake!
Hard Work and Fun Times Happening in Salt Lake
Today was another great day in Salt Lake City! Crews headed out this morning to continue with their roofing and painting projects. Many crews are coming close to finishing up at their sites and will be able to move on and help those with larger projects. Here are a few pictures of the crews we checked in with today. They stayed hard at work the whole day!
We held Concert of Prayer tonight; the youth group devotions afterwards were very fruitful and students were feeling filled after the service! Everyone is excited for our community night tomorrow night. There will be a carnival in one of the local parks that will include snow cones, inflatables, and lots of fun!
Free time is always an exciting time here in Salt Lake. Here are some pictures of students tonight playing Knock-Out, Whoonu, and just bonding with students from different areas!
Cool Days in Salt Lake City
We had a great day here in Salt Lake City! We started off the day with “The Great Send Off”! This is where we circle everyone up outside and pray over the project as a whole. Then, off they go! Twelve crews went on their ways out into the cities of Salt Lake and South Salt Lake. Five crews are working on painting and yard work while seven of our crews have roofing projects. The day included exciting activities like birthday parties for home owners and ice cream cones provided by generous citizens of South Salt Lake City.
The weather is wonderful here this time of year; the days are between 75-80 degrees. All the crews are enjoying this as they work on top of the roofs! Here are some pictures from the day, including the send off and the crew’s first days on the roof:
Worship tonight was also a great time. The offering was taken up and before his message speaker Nate Ray had the student’s play a game of the blind leading the blind. Check out Nate’s entire message via the Word Changers podcast on iTunes!
We’re excited to see what the Lord has in store for the rest of the week!
SLC: Ready to Go!
Salt Lake City had a great start to it’s fifth year of World Changers. All the churches arrived safely and resting now are 150 participants ready for work in the morning!
Much was accomplished today. Everyone went through registration and got settled into their rooms. We then had an exciting Opening Celebration that included a pick-up line game. After dinner everyone gathered for crew chats, group picture, position training, and finally our first worship service. Speaker Nate Ray challenged students to reach out to those in need. Now everyone is fast asleep, ready for the 7am “Great Send Off” in the morning.
Churches that arrived today are:
Calvary Idaho Falls from Idaho
Cypress Avenue Baptist from California
Emmanuel Baptist Church from Utah
First Baptist Church of Kirtland from New Mexico
Gateway Fellowship SBC from Arizona
Kingman First SBC from Arizona
Red Hills SBC from Utah
THE WORLD CHANGERS PARTICIPANTS OF SALT LAKE CITY 2011
Jumping Into Salt LAKE City
Hello Salt Lake City and welcome to the first week of World Changers projects for the summer! The Midwest team is so excited to be serving here in Salt Lake for the week of June 13th-18th. We have close to 150 students coming who will be on twelve different crews serving in both Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake City.
Our summer staff team consists of:
Our office manager, Carly Silas. She is an elementary education major attending Union University. She is excited to be serving her first year on staff and loves keeping things organized!
Our AV Tech, Logan Vincent. He is a math major attending Louisiana Tech University. This is his fourth year on staff and he has a great passion for World Changers! You’ll be seeing him a lot with the Action Cam!
Here is our Music Leader (If you couldn’t tell from the picture) Jared Patterson! Jared is majoring in Audio Engineering at Belmont University. Get ready for some great worship time and lots of singing the World Changers song!
Finally is the Missions Communications Specialist, Devan Malone. She attends Ouachita Baptist University and is a double major in Mass Communications and Speech Communication. You’ll be able to come to her with any questions about missions and opportunities offered!
Our coordinators for the week will be:
Project Coordinator-Sean Patrick
Associational Coordinator- Mark Madison
Construction Coordinator- Wade Gayler
Our lodging will be at Canyons Church, we are so thankful for them allowing us to stay here!
You can check the blog for daily updates of how things are going in Salt Lake City!
