Saturday of Service (SOS) January 23rd

SOS – Saturday, January 23rd

We have an awesome list of projects scheduled for our next Saturday of Service (SOS). Please see below for details on description of the project, location, time, and contact person:

Backyard Bible Club: These are like a mini VBS. We will be teaching a Bible Story, doing a craft, having a snack, etc. We will be holding them at 2 different apartments:

Redbud Trail Apartments: 1300 N Redbud Blvd, McKinney. 10 am - Noon. Sandra Vlahakis, Project Leader avlahakis@tx.rr.com

Woodside Village Apartments: 703 Bumpas Street, McKinney. 2 - 4pm. College and Youth, Project Leaders stephenp@thecornerschurch.com

Fix a House: This generally includes minor repairs, hauling away debris, etc. We will be fixing 2 houses:

Pastor Willie and Sweet Mama Simms – 216 Carver Street, McKinney 75069. 9am - Noon will be the house repair portion of the project. From Noon - 3pm we will have a Fish Fry and neighborhood outreach for the surrounding community. Greg and Chris Harden, Project Leaders christine.harden@kone.com bdagah0@yahoo.com

Pete Tanguma – 1300 Garcia Street, McKinney 75069. Bob and Brenda Willis, Project Leaders bobbrendawillis@tx.rr.com

Fix a School: Slaughter Elementary School, 2706 Wolford Street, McKinney. 9am - Noon. For information, please contact Sharon Neill sharonneill@rocketmail.com

We are taking part in Mckinney’s Adopt-a-School program. We will be working with Slaughter Elementary. To kick off our relationship with this school we will be helping with some projects at the school. For this project we will be partnering with Wesley United Methodist Church who is also taking part in the Adopt-a-School program with Slaughter.

The Corners Church will be taking the lead in building a small stage for a "Principal Reading Corner". Wesley UMC will be leading the project in "warming up" and decorating another room at the school.

5+2 Kids Club December Project

Christmas Play and Store at Victoria Gardens Nursing Home

On Monday, December 21st the children had a Christmas Party and play practice at the church. We had 20 kids and their parents participating in various activities:

• We outfitted all the kids in costumes. We must have had 10+ angels !! Special thanks to Amy Dryden for loaning us the costumes. The kids were so adorable !!
• The kids were so patient, cooperative, and attentive as we practiced the play.
• There were various craft projects ongoing throughout the afternoon. Ayeshia Duru was an angel making machine !!
• Special thank you to the Thrasher family for coordinating the party and project
• All the kids had a blast decorating Micole's delicious gingerbread and sugar cookies - YUM!!

Then on the morning of Wednesday, December 23rd we had over 20 children take part in the December project at the nursing home.

We began with the Christmas play which featured Bailey Dryden narrating the Christmas story which the children acted out. The play included several beautiful Christmas carols that all the children sang. They did an incredible job for learning it 2 days before !!

We had set up a Christmas store in the foyer of the home prior to our play. We had over 200 gifts donated !! A special thank you to everyone who gave so generously. We gave each resident 3 play dollars to "buy" Christmas gifts for themselves, friends, or family. At the end of the store we had a gift wrapping table for those who wanted their gifts wrapped.

The children (and parents) were incredible as they jumped right in helping push the wheelchairs, assist the residents in selecting presents, manning the gift tables, wrapping gifts, visiting with the residents, etc........ What a wonderful day we had "Sharing Jesus by Helping Others" !!

Christmas Party at Redbud Apartments

Christmas Party at Redbud Apartments

Brad Webb, Missions Pastor writes:

I went to the Christmas party at the Redbud apartments on Saturday, December 19th. I am blown away by Sandra Vlahakis and the ministry she is doing out there. Through Stephanie Johnson's assistance with the Angel Tree ministry and help from a few others, we were able to give 55 children Christmas presents at Redbud! Sandra, and Carolina (the lady that lives at Redbud and runs the program) did an incredible job leading the party.

The kids had learned 2 Christmas songs and 1 praise and worship song that they performed at the party. Then Sandra told the Christmas story and lead all of the kids and parents in an incredible prayer. It was truly a picture of heaven as these kids were filled with joy and wonder listening to the story of Jesus. Angelo, Sandra's husband dressed up as Santa Claus and delivered the presents to all of the kids. It was incredible !! I talked with Carolina and she said that it has been incredible to watch God move through this ministry.

There are now between 30-40 kids that come consistently Monday through Friday from 5-7. They have started a bible study for the parents, and the children have started sharing their faith and what they are learning with their parents and friends. God is so Good!

If you would like more information how you can help impact the lives of these precious children, please contact Sandra at avlahakis@tx.rr.com