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Sunday morning Thomasville outreach story from Lauren: “Joy and I took a group of teenagers to two different apartment complexes in town. As we began to leave our last location, we saw a woman running from her porch trying to flag us down. We pulled over and realized it was Ms. T, one of the women we have met and prayed for several times during outreach. She and her friend came running towards us. Ms. T said, “We were just sitting on the porch and when I saw the big white van drive by I...

Written by a student: “NYC mission trip story: While we were picking up trash in a Manhattan neighborhood, Chris saw a woman smoking a cigarette on the steps of a hotel across the street. We decided to walk across the street and asked her how her day was going. She almost immediately started crying as she told us about her daughter’s sickness. She told us that her daughter has had an issue with swallowing food and drink since she was 15 years old; She is now 18. She was scheduled to have...

NYC Mission Trip from Ellie: “This past week, we took 10 students from ages 12 to 16 up to New York for a mission trip. We stayed in Living Waters Church in Brooklyn, New York. For our first day of mission work, we wrote verses of love on slips of paper and walked around placing them on cars or handing them to people. Of course, we wanted to do outreach, so we split into two groups and had lots of encounters. We noticed there was a huge language barrier in the areas where we were, but that...

Written by a student: “New Orleans summer mission trip story 2021: Today we met Leon. Leon was an older man, born and raised in New Orleans. He told us he had not talked to his family in the city in 20 years. We prayed for him. He told us that he grew up Baptist. I asked him after the prayer why he had not seen his family. He said that 20 years ago that the FBI had investigated the murder of his niece. He had been investigated and evidence showed he did not do it. He cried as he told us...

“The story of how we found San Francisco has God’s faithfulness written all over it. We had a dream of doing missions in Los Angeles this summer; however, God continued to close that door. We decided to take a mission trip to NYC instead. While we were in NYC, Chris struck up a conversation with a family from Tennessee. We were amazed that this family had so many connections to our lives. The father graduated from Lipscomb University the same year that Chris did, one of the daughters...

Written by a student: “Street ministry in San Francisco (Fall Break 2021). We were doing street ministry and walking down the sidewalk and there was this lady who was lying on the sidewalk. Everybody else just walked past her and I thought she was sleeping. I stopped and put a box of cookies next to her. She instantly started crying and asked, “why did you give me this?” I told her that I gave her the box to show her God’s love and that He cared about her. She started to cry even...

1st Annual San Francisco mission trip October 9th (Friday) - 16th (Saturday) Grades 6th-12th - invite only

2nd Annual New York City and Brooklyn NY mission trip April 1st (Friday) - 9th (Saturday) Costs: to be determined Grades 6th-12th - invite only

13th Annual New Orleans mission trip July 1st (Friday) - 6th (Wednesday) RSVP: starting November 7th Costs: $350 due May 15th Grades 7th-12th

We had an incredible trip to New Orleans this past week! While this week looked much different from the mission trips of the past, the word that kept coming up throughout the trip was obedience. We wanted people to know that they are loved, they are seen, and they are known, and we did not want difficult circumstances to dictate whether or not we chose to help people. In a time of paralyzing uncertainty, God still whispered “trust me” and by trusting Him, we learned this week that while...

We took 8 of our teenagers on a trip to Atlanta last weekend. On Saturday, we found a small park near the Ferris Wheel where lots of homeless live during the day. We prayed for homeless people in the park and the surrounding area for a couple of hours. Here is one of the stories that Lauren shared with us that we would like to share with you: We met a homeless woman named Kathy sitting in the park. We went and sat with her and gave her a rose and bandana. She stared at the Rose and went on...