Sunshine Gospel Ministries Trip! July 19th-25thHello Everyone,
My palms are sweaty with the anticipation of taking our youth into the inner city of Chicago, and my former stomping grounds. Nothing can be as life transforming as making a connection with the impoverished who dwell in our own back-yards. It is eye-opening, compelling and at times a little frightening to realize that whether you are in the suburbs or in the inner city you are just a few steps away from being in the shoes of the helpless, homeless, and hurting. This is why I am so excited to be working alongside Sunshine Gospel Ministries. Sunshine as been an established inner city mission for over 100years, with long standing relationships and a real time tested passion to be the hands and feet of Christ in the Woodlawn Community of Chicago.
This summer the youth of Woodbury Community church will be partnering with Sunshine to run a morning vbs/day camp for inner city children. They will receive urban ministry training from a variety urban leaders and staff members from Sunshine. In the evenings we will be visiting and helping a plethora of different inner city ministries such as the Pui Tak Center, Pacific Garden Mission, South East Friendship Center and Breakthrough Urban Ministries.
In order to attend this trip each student will have to fill out an application that will be due by May 17th 2009. At the time they submit their application a $50 dollar deposit will be required. This deposit will be non-refundable once students are selected to go on the trip. Along with the successful completion of the application there will be six pre-trip training sessions that student will be required to attend. These sessions will deal with inner city training, support raising and developing and finding prayer partners.
The cost of this trip will be $450 per student. It will include travel, a t-shirt, room board and food. While the cost may seem steep we trust that God will work in such a way that each student will have means above and beyond what they expecting. So please, join with us in prayer as we begin to seek the renewal of the city along with Sunshine Gospel Ministries.
-- Dan Boal, Youth Pastor
