I was reminded a few weeks ago in church that God is not in a hurry…even when we are, BUT He is ALWAYS on time! Well, once again God showed up in a way that ONLY He can!
Our outreach birthday celebration last Saturday was incredible! We had an amazing team of youth lead the worship; Craig, Josi, Nico, Ernesto and Dallas on the drums! Then Craig Adderley shared not only a portion of his testimony with the teens, but also the Word. He has some incredible hip hop songs, but the tone today was a little different and it was very well received! One of the things he shared with the youth was a description of holding copper in one hand and real gold in the other. He then asked why would we hold onto something that is only going to rust and get our hands all yukie when we can have gold? Then he sang a few of his songs which were extremely anointed! He opened up the altar for anyone who wanted prayer and many came forward.
We had 65 teens with birthdays! Each teen received an awesome gift and also had all of their friends sing happy birthday to them. Then it was time for Rick and Dawn to pass out the trophies to the champions of the basketball tournament from the last party! What a joy it was to see the boys walk in front of their peers and get recognized and then a trophy – their smiles were uncontainable! The we had another basketball tournament the competition was fierce but everyone had a blast!!!
Lunch was great! We had hot dogs, chips, apple sauce, potato salad and for dessert we had snow cones, cupcakes, and root beer floats! The women did a wonderful job and also the men who cooked the hot dogs and helped set things up! The younger kids got bags of candy from the piñata! The girls were pampered as they got their nails done, and even makeup for the older ones.
I want to thank everyone that that volunteered, prayed, and donated to help make this possible! The Crossing Church, and all of the many many wonderful B2B family members. And a special thank you to Tre9 and Gifted for coming out to help!
The Vineyard Church has been a melting pot for all of Gods kids, big and small, to come together for His purpose – His other kids who have been abused, neglected and forgotten!!! Thank you Vineyard! When I look at The Vineyard Church and their parking lot (basketball court) I cannot help but to think He had this planned way before we had a clue! B2B is The Heart Of God in Action. He loves these babies and because of people like you, they know that they are loved and they do matter! Thank you! May God bless you all! Barbara
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