First Baptist Church Allentown
Serving In Kentucky
July 9, 2022
Community: Logan County
Partner: Agape Service Foundation Inc, Good Samaritan, New Vision Community Church, Southern Heights Baptist Church
Staff: Gene Bracken, Natalie Wych
by Natalie Wych | July 9, 2022 11:42 PM
We arrived to our lodging location safely and got settled into our rooms!! We met our new friends and had our orientation meeting. We are looking forward to serving this week and seeing what God does through us!!!
by Gene Bracken | July 10, 2022 8:46 AM
After the team meeting, we spent some time with our Trip Leader cutting up strawberries. We had lots of laughs and told several stories. We are grateful that God is using us, as we prepare for breakfast!
by Gene Bracken | July 10, 2022 8:52 AM
This is Pastor Jered, the pastor of our host church. We are honored that we get to serve with him and his church.
by Gene Bracken | July 10, 2022 11:27 PM
Today, we took a brief tour of some of the tornado-affected areas in Logan County. We heard about the effects of the tornado on families and on churches.
We then gathered in the parking lot of one of the churches damaged by the tornado and prayed specifically for them and for the other churches in Logan County.
by Natalie Wych | July 10, 2022 11:44 PM
After church, we were invited to a church member’s house for lunch and a pool party!! We had fun in the sun and had a relaxing afternoon!!
by Gene Bracken | July 11, 2022 12:18 AM
by Gene Bracken | July 11, 2022 11:23 PM
Today, we served at Logan County Good Samaritan, a local food pantry and benevolence ministry. They have over 30 local churches supporting them. We quickly helped them receive donations from a large business and then did some clerical work. Our PPM Staff reminded us that often times several little undone jobs end up being one huge nightmare. We were grateful for an opportunity to take one of those little undone jobs for them today! Later, we spent time listening to the stories of their clients.
by Gene Bracken | July 11, 2022 11:24 PM
by Natalie Wych | July 12, 2022 6:58 PM
This morning we went door to door putting flyers out to invite kids to VBS! It was fun to get out of our comfort zone and interact with others in the community!!
by Natalie Wych | July 12, 2022 7:13 PM
by Natalie Wych | July 12, 2022 7:26 PM
by Natalie Wych | July 13, 2022 12:47 PM
After breakfast this morning we pulled out tables and chairs for the church’s Wednesday night program!! We felt accomplished even before we went to our job sites knowing that we had already begun the day of ministry at the church!
by Gene Bracken | July 14, 2022 9:37 AM
Tonight we joined our host church in a Hawaiian themed children/youth event to promote their VBS and Awana program.
by Natalie Wych | July 14, 2022 7:05 PM
This morning we helped our partner church decorate for their upcoming VBS next week!! We had fun getting to se the behind the scenes of what goes into making VBS look so fun!!
by Natalie Wych | July 14, 2022 10:11 PM
Tonight we had a picnic style supper at the Red River Meeting House! We enjoyed supper under the trees while listening to the cicadas and frogs! We even roasted a few marshmallows!!
by Gene Bracken | July 14, 2022 10:33 PM
Tonight, we had our final team meeting in a replica of the Red River Meeting House. This was the site of the beginning of the Second Great Awakening and the camp meeting movement of revival meetings. Our Trip Leader told us of some of the history of the Second Great Awakening and how a leading pastor, James McGreedy urged people to pray that revival "rain may fall again on Logan County." We spent time asking God to renew us and to help us reach our friends, family, even enemies that may not know Jesus as Savior.
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