Happy Students In Lincoln Heights October 7, 2011
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In July-August, our missions project was Daybreak, specifically collecting offering to give towards the purchase of school supplies needed by students in Lincoln Heights. We’re excited to share with you that Kid’s Quest collected and purchased enough supplies to fill 75 backpacks! Combined with the efforts of Frontline, we collectively filled 550 backpacks. Please share this news with your children to help them grow in their understanding of giving and how God can use their offering gifts to minister to others. Pray as a family for the 550 kids who received a backpack and the Good News that Jesus wants to be their forever friend.
Operation Christmas Child September 6, 2011
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For September-October’s missions project, we’re supporting Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief. Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.
Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe. However, while 61 million sounds like a lot, this represents just 1% of the total population of children in the world. The shoe box is a one-time gift as new children are selected each year to receive this gift.
Children who wish to participate should bring their offering to their area’s missions project collection container (for Preschool this is on the cart at each classroom door; for elementary this is in Large Group). Note: we are not collecting supplies or completed boxes.
FAMILY SERVICE PROJECT – Bring the family to Assembly Day on Saturday, November 5, 10:00 am – 12: 00 pm, in Room 1207 as we fill the shoeboxes with gifts. This is a great hands-on service project for kids.
Helping Kids in D.C. July 13, 2011
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Although school’s only been out a few weeks, local stores are already stocking their shelves with supplies for the next school year in preparation for the frenzy of parents taking advantage of the big back-to school supply sales in August. However, even with reduced prices, there are many kids living in the Lincoln Heights area of Washington D.C. whose families don’t know how they’re going to afford supplies for their kids this fall. The medium household income is only $24,000 and the majority of households are headed by single moms. The community is plagued with drugs, violence, and crime, leaving individuals living in Lincoln Heights with great physical and spiritual needs.
The kids in Lincoln Heights face some harsh realities, like witnessing murders and drug sales right in front of their homes. But we can help make their dim reality a little brighter. For July and August, Kid’s Quest is designating our children’s offering to make an impact on secular Washington through an auxilary MBC ministry called Daybreak. Daybreak is a Christian organization dedicated to serving the children, families and individuals on an on-going basis in the community of Lincoln Heights, a low-income housing community in the northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. We’ll be using your children’s offering specifically to purchase school supplies (note: we are not actually collecting school supplies). Volunteers from Daybreak and Frontline will package the school supplies in backpacks and distribute them to Lincoln Heights families at the end of the summer. Helping take care of this physical need goes a long way in opening the hearts of unbelieving families to the Gospel message. So please pray with us that our gifts will lead to many kids in D.C. coming to know Jesus in a real and personal way.
To learn about Daybreak, check out this video recently shown in church services:
Operation Kindness June 13, 2011
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Our June – 4th of July mission project supports Operation Kindness, an MBC Ministry that provides God’s Word as well as physical comfort items to soliders deployed overseas via care packages. OKM also provides support to wounded-in-action soldiers who pass through the area military hospitals. There are 4 ways your family can be involved:
1. Pray: click here to learn more about Operation Kindness and specific needs.
2. Pick Up A Flag: at Smith Center (1st floor) or Cafe (2nd floor) check-in stations while supplies last to donate a specific item indicated on the flag’s sticker. Each flag has a sticker on it with a requested donation item to make care packagaes for soldiers. Take your kids shopping with you to purchase the item indicated and have them drop it off at the same check-in stations by July 4. If you don’t pick up a flag, you can just pick up one of these suggested items:
- AA batteries
- Beef jerky
- Bible
- Tolietries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, shampoo)
- Christian literature
- Football, Soccer ball, Frisbee
- DVD’s
- Snacks, gum, candy
- Boxed baby wipes
- Suncreen, Lip balm, repellant
- White socks (6-pair packs)
- Cards, Games, Crosswords
- Powdered Gatorade
3. Pack Boxes: assemble care packages for soldiers on Tuesdays, June 14 or July 12 at 7:00 pm in The Rock Arcade (inside the gym). This is a great family service activity!
4. Write A Letter To A Soldier: click here to download and print one. Return completed cards to check-in stations.
Come Visit Jill’s House May 31, 2011
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