Immanuel CRC Orange City

After about 11 hours on the road, we finally made it to Okmulgee! Pastor Chet met us for dinner at Braum’s, where we had a great time catching up and sharing fellowship over a meal.

This morning, we kicked off the day with a relational training focused on having more meaningful and intentional conversations. We used a creative mental image to help us build conversations step-by-step, moving from surface-level questions to deeper, more personal topics.

The image looked like this:

• A nameplate forms the foundation, reminding us to start with their name.
• On top of the nameplate is a house, representing where they live.
• On the house are people, symbolizing their friends and family.
• Reaching up from the house is a work glove, prompting questions about work, school, or how they spend their time.
• The glove is holding a plane, which represents travel.
• The plane has a tennis racket as its propeller, pointing to sports, hobbies, and interests.
• Attached to the racket is a lightbulb, reminding us to ask about their ideas and passions — “What lights you up?”
• Next comes a PFC soldier, representing their problems, frustrations, concerns, or challenges.
• Beside the soldier is a goalpost, symbolizing their goals and aspirations.
• Inside the goalpost are praying hands, reminding us to pray for them and invite God into the conversation.

We got to worship with our friends at First Free Will Baptist Church this morning! They fed us lunch and we enjoyed getting to chat with some familiar faces! We also put the finishing touches on VBS set up before night #1

Our friends Pastor Chet and Rachel host an event called Church on the Street a couple times a week and today we had the privilege to join them! We got to worship with them and Pastor Chet gave a word of encouragement!

After Church on the Street we passed out bags of food to the people in the neighborhood! 

The men stayed behind at First Free Will Baptist and started some work on things that Pastor Chet needed done!

We were given the opportunity to write Bible verses on the baseboards in the sanctuary that they’re redoing at First Free Will Baptist!

We got to go to an apartment complex to knock on doors, hand out Jesus bags full of snacks and pray with the people there!

The men finished making a beautiful sliding barn door for the kitchen at the True Life Center!

We got to go to another neighborhood this morning to pass out more Jesus Bags and pray for the members of the community!

After lunch, we prepped dinner for VBS and finished up some things at the True Life Center! 

This morning we woke up bright and early to go serve at Bridging Hunger! We helped sort food items, make Jesus bags and so much more! It was a blessing getting to help the people here!

For our Rec Day we got to go to The Gathering Place! We went pedal boating and played on the splash pad! It was a fun, relaxing day!

As a little goodbye, First Free Will Baptists had us out for a fun potluck before we leave! We loved getting to have one last meal with everyone!