Faith Community Church of Hopkinton

We made it to Pittsburgh safely! We are excited to see how the Holy Spirit is going to move this week here in Pittsburgh and throughout the multiple locations we will be serving in! Pray for us!

During our meeting, God blessed us with a beautiful rainbow!

Teams: Yellow, Green, Blue- we are here at Church of Our Savior! Cannot wait to hear Pastor Diana and what God has laid on her heart for us this morning! Praise God for a new day and new grace! 

Before church, we explored driving by the stadiums and then walked down to Heinz stadium. What a beautiful day for a walk, especially since we have some Steeler fans! 

Before church, we took a group picture and learned about the history of the church 

Before church, we took a group picture and learned about the history of the church 

Zahir (14 year old at Church of Our Savior) and Elijah (Orange Team) competing to catch the football!

Such a fun carnival with the teams! Had a great time and hung out with some even cooler kids! 

All of us got together on the Westend Overlook to pray over our awesome city of Pittsburgh!

At Daily Bread, We had many God moments and moments to remember. We shared Jesus with others through our actions. Even after people left, more continued to come for food. One man had run to get here before we left. Some of us broke out of our comfort zones. We worked wonderfully as a team. We also had the opportunity to meet with the director and learn more about the people who come to Daily Bread. 

Red team starting the day at Northside Common Ministries, learning about what they do.

Serving hard through painting and cleaning up the daily bread at New Hope UMC! 

The yellow, green, and blue teams have been busy at work this morning with various work projects at Church of Our Savior. 

Today the orange team did an amazing job cleaning up the park area with Light of Life. Everyone had a great attitude about picking up the trash!

Red team painting at Northside Common Ministries

Purple and Black Teams joined together to do the impossible at Daily Bread.  We moved eberytgibg out of the dinibg room and kitchen; degreased the floors: painted the dining room floor,  kitchen, and a storage room. In addition, we also cut wood and prepared tge storage room for shelving. This picture shows the difference. 

Our adventure to Met Towers is going great so far! Having a blast with the elderly and about to start a Sundae Bar! That's right, we are about to eat ICE CREAM! 

Hanging out with the Kids Meal Network

Tonight all the teams invaded Primanti Bros for a unique dinner experience.  We had an awesome time.

Yellow Team is building picnic tables for the Church of Our Savior!

Yellow Team makin' those table tops!

We had an amazing time worshipping and sharing God moments at our large group meeting. Many had God moments and funny experiences.

While at Kennywood amusement park for Rec day, we were able to celebrate Haley's birthday! 

For our recreation day,  we went to Kennywood Amusement Park We had a wonderful time riding the rides and spending time with friends. The picture is some of us waiting in line. 

Some of the girls hanging out after riding Ski Rocket.

The orange team is working hard this morning at Fabled Table to clean up the yard and overgrowth around the building.

The orange team is on a roll at Fabled Table.

The orange and red teams are having a blast playing with kids at the West End after helping with Kids Meal Network.

The black Team is having a fun afternoon after working, playing bingo and hanging some awesome people at MET Towers! 

We having fun doing a VBS outside of Church of Our Savior. We had time to do a skit and music. Then we did tossed some water balloons around and played 9 square in the air.

We are playing 9 square in the air.

Josh teaches a VBS participant how to use his camera!

This morning,  both of our groups went to Daily Bread to continue working on our projects.  We finished painting the dining room floor,  heaters, and poles. This was taken while they were painting the poles. The floor was previously a concrete color. The poles and heater also look so much better. Now, the food can be served in a warmer and peaceful space.

This morning,  both of our groups went to Daily Bread to continue working on our projects.  We finished painting the kitchen and put it back together after cleaning all the counters. This picture demonstrates some of them working as a team, which was how our group consistently did throughout the week.

8After a nice dinner at Calvary,  we had both our small group and large groups. We loved worship, including when someone led us in 2 songs with the organ. We shared many stories and God moments. It was an awesome day!

The ladies of the orange team digging up a shrub at Fabled Table.

Today Black Team is making a meal and serving the homeless at daily bread! So excited to learn about these people's stories and see how thy found the Lord. Pastor Bob is amazing and can't wait to work with him and the team!

Shoveling the dirt into wheelbarrows so we can move the dirt that we just dug up. This will help to make the stage look much cleaner. 

Finishing up with painting the tallest part of the wall.

Ed Kelly eating some grub.

Today, the group finished re-tiling 2 bathrooms at Daily Bread. This was the almost finished project before the toilet was put back in. Doesn't look Good? 

The Purple Team just gave Daily Bread the capacity to organize their donations. 

A group of kids from Northview Heights plays war with water balloons on the basketball court.

At Parkview Towers,  we celebrated Christmas because they had a fire in December and were not able to celebrate. So we brought snacks. They sang Christmas songs and received gifts. They loved it! 

During Bingo for more gifts,  a lady's grandaiughter was given a teddy bear which she loved almost as much as she did us. The group won various items such as blankets and pillows. 

After celebrating Christmas, we continued to  bond with the Parkview Towers residents through talking and various activities.

A group  of us took turns playing a man who was a pool shark. He had been playing since he was 16.  He loved playing us. 

We also  played Apples to Apples; and other card games.  It was sad to say goodbye.  

We prayed with Paster Diana as we left her church. She was so thankful for the work we had done and the time we gave to the kids of the community. A few hugs and a prayer later we hit the road to go back to the hotel for a shower before supper. Our last day was a bitter-sheet one.

After the rain started our day was cut short, but we know how to still have some fun! Just some good food and conversation! 

A powerful beginning to a sad but amazing night! Worship time! 

We are on our way home after amazing week!