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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...

11th Annual “The Walk’s” Youth Retreat and Lock-In January 14th (Friday) - 16th (Sunday) - MLK Weekend RSVP: starting December 5th Costs: $50 due December 5th Grades 6th-12th

6th Annual Passion in Atlanta January 2nd (Sunday) - 4th (Tuesday) RSVP: Now Costs: $125 due October 31st High school seniors and college students

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

16th Annual Bigstuf - Panama City Beach June 9th (Thursday) - 13th (Monday) RSVP: starting October 10th Costs: $450 $150 due October 10th $150 due January 30th $150 due April 10th Grades 6th-12th

Would you like to join us this summer for our 11th Annual New Orleans mission trip July 1st-6th? 30 people have signed up with only 10 spots left! This trip is for 7th-12th grade students who attend youth events regularly. The cost is $325 (due April 4th). If you would like a spot, please text Chris and he will add you to our list. Thanks! Chris, Amy and Lauren The Walk Youth Group oneneednow.com Building 229

The lesson at youth on Sunday was the called “The Comparison Trap”. The speaker asked “Is there anyone you secretly enjoy seeing fall? What can you do to extend that person grace?” In small groups after the lesson, one of our teenagers shared this: “Sometimes I feel that way when I see people that cheat get caught and get in trouble. It never feels good when you try hard and someone else doesn't and cheats and they do better than you. Sometimes it feels good when they get called...