Northminster Presbyterian Church

We kicked our morning off with Metro Hope painting hallways and bedrooms of recovery residents! 

We are excited to serve this minsitry this week and get to know some of the men who are serving with us! 

Yesterday our team was able to attend 2 church services! The first was in the morning at our Lodging site and the second we ventured to in the late afternoon after spending a few hours at the global market! 

It was a beautiful thing to see the diversity of the church looking at similarities and differences between the 2 churches! We were encouraged to recognize the main comparing factor that both congregations deeply love Jesus Christ! 

Our team was filled up and refreshed in order to jump into further minsitry this morning and rest of the week! 

Please continue to pray for our team as we bring the light of Christ into the community of Minneapolis!

This afternoon we have been hard at work sorting and organizing shoes! Good in the hood has the mission of "shoeing away hunger". This mission is done by receiving donations upon donations of shoes and then selling them at a low rate helping those that can't afford regular priced shoes still get nice shoes! The profit that is made from selling the donated shoes then directly goes to their local food shelf to buy food for those that also can't afford food! 

This mission empowers those that are less fortunate to impact others lives as their own lifes are being impacted!! Overall our team is having a great time with all the shoes!!

Jos and John are our shoe runners who get to run around looking for matching shoe size bins to put the shoes that are done being sorted in!

Ask Jos about her new hidden talent that she has discovered as a shoe runner! 

Before showers, we got to take a walk around the Philips neighborhood and hear all about the history of Minneapolis and the diversity that the city holds.  

Another morning of painting!! Our team is working hard and getting messy!! 

This afternoon we sorted through an almost endless amount of foods!! 

Please continue to pray for our team as we continue loving on the community of Minneapolis! 

Pray for energy and strength after long days of serving!! 

Our team spend the morning finishing up the painting jobs and had a ton of fun doing it!! 

Taking our lunch break in style!! Our team took a break at the Sculpture Garden this afternoon before heading off to our next work site! We had a ton of fun!

Serving at Good in the Hood has been a blast for our team! Sorted through a ton more shoes this afternoon!! Ask the team about the impact Good in the Hood has on this community!

Our team has kept huge smiles on their faces as they have served faithfully with great attitudes this week!! Ask them about the impact they have had! 

Emotional night to say the least! Taking time to stop and reflect on what the Lord has been doing in our hearts this week! Our team walked across the Stone Arch Bridge tonight praying for Minneapolis for the Lord to bring the gospel, passion, justice, and Jesus to this city! We also had time to pray over our time back home and serving back in Illinois! 

Our leaders also had the chance to lift each student up in prayer! Powerful evening!! Be sure to ask the team about what the Lord has been teaching them! 

Our team started the day of strong serving alongside Good in the Hood for the last time by helping put on a BBQ!! It was amazing to welcome the community to Free food and fellowship! 

Spend the afternoon at MOA for our rec day!! The team enjoyed shopping, eating and hanging out with one another for their last night in Minneapolis!! 

Pray for safe travels as the team makes their way home!!

Be sure to ask the team how their week in Minneapolis was!! These guys and gals have countless stories to share about what the Lord is doing in Minneapolis and how he used them to impact lives!!

Thanks for a great week!!!