Summer Missions Receive As Well As Give

Sharon Presbyterian Church sends members of our High School youth group on a mission trip every year. Last year our Sharon Presbyterian Youth (SPY) joined more than 300 youths and adults on a trip to Hamilton, Ohio, as part of a Group work camp helping low income residents make repairs on their homes. The 2012 mission trip brought youth and adult volunteers together for a week-long Christian workcamp where our youth served people in need with challenging home repair projects. For six days they joined other youth groups as they repaired sagging porches, rebuilt unsafe steps and wheelchair ramps, and painted homes. One of the wheelchair ramps installed in Hamilton last year enabled one man to leave his home for the first time in two years. A disabled local cancer survivor told the Hamilton News reporting on the event that he was overwhelmed with the group of youth and adults who repaired and painted his home as part of the volunteer initiative that helped revitalize homes in Hamilton, Ohio.

“What’s especially remarkable about these camps is that the experience isn't directed just at the folks receiving the volunteer work,” Terry Dawson remarked about her daughter Christine’s involvement. “The camps also minister to the kids who volunteer so that they encounter a real faith experience. That’s very important to me as a Christian parent.” Our SPY kids help transform a house and God will transform their faith.

The 2013 trip will be to Sturgis, South Dakota, from July 7-14. It is funded through church budget, SPY parents, and a BBQ and silent auction. On Palm Sunday, March 24, the youth will host the 2013 annual BBQ and Silent Auction in the gym following the 10:30 worship service. Your participation is needed, whether it is your donations for the attic sale or your purchases!

For more information contact:

• Lisa Mason, masonlisa9370@gmail.com, 704-552-7280
• Terry Dawson, terrypdawson@bellsouth.net, 704-365-6310