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The Walk Holiday Newsletter December 2022 “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:19-20 At the end of each year, as we reflect back on all the incredible and often unfathomable ways that God has moved, we always find ourselves unable to express anything...

We had a wonderful time at our 17th Annual Fall Youth Kickoff event! We would like to thank everyone for their help, prayers, love and support! We had 195 students (counting everyone once) attend our youth events in the last 5 weeks. We are so blessed!

The River Church in Thomasville GA gifted Building 229 to 1NeedNow, Inc. (The Walk Youth Group) in September of 2017. Temple Baptist gifted The River Church the building in January of 2007. Temple Baptist originally built this church building in 1960. None of the above parties have any religious affiliations with each other, but they have a common calling. We are so blessed to have been gifted this building and the opportunity to continue its history of showing the love of Christ to our...

We love feet washing, serving and praying for others at Feed the Multitudes in New Orleans on the 4th of July

We are overjoyed to announce that ten of our students accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior at BigStuf!

Students celebrating the 4th of July in New Orleans.

We would like to thank everyone for their prayers, blessings and support! Chris, Amy and Lauren

We encourage our teenagers to look for opportunities to show the love of Jesus to others in their everyday lives. We were encouraged to hear this story from one of our students. The Walk Youth Group oneneednow.com Building 229 Thomas County area ministry

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...