Feeding the 5000
This mission is where the adults and youth in the St. Mark’s UMC Youth Group will work with the community to gather funds and 5000 non-perishable food items. The youth will distribute these donations to those in the community who have the greatest need. To top off this mission event, the youth hold a lock-in during the month of October. During this time the participants fast for roughly 30 hours and sleep outside to experience what it is like to be hungry and homeless. The last Feed the 5000 brought in 6119 non-perishable food items! To culmonate the competition, the youth held a lock-in where they slept in cardboard houses and fasted for 30 hours to replicate the feeling of being homeless and hungry. They held a scavenger hunt and went shopping for groceries at 1:00 a.m.! Funds from a church yard sale and car wash went to buy the food items. Way to go youth!
$2145 – Yard Sale
$575.00 – Car Wash
Meetings to plan the next Feed the 5000 will be held over the summer on July 11 and August 1st from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dinner will not be provided. Youth and parents are welcome to attend and plan out how to raise even more food for the needy in our community.
Appalachian Service Project
ASP is a mission is where the youth that have completed 8th grade and adults of St. Mark’s UMC get the privilege of working on homes that are in need of repair or that are in need of an overhaul. The teams spend a week in a local community spending time with the families, with teams from other churches, and with each other.
Youth / ASP trip 2009
