#servedaystories

#SERVEstory: Ps. Brandon Barber, Elevate People, Houston TX

Meet James,

We met James under the bridge in downtown Houston last month with one of our serve days. At a young age he lost his mother and father and turned to alcohol. Through addiction and other life circumstances it pushed him to be homeless for two years. We want to brag on James! Ever since we met him he’s been faithful to church every single week. He serves in every area possible that he can. James says, “A lot has been going on in my family, but God brought me an additional family at Elevate. Everyone here says ‘hi’ and speaks positive things to me. I love this church.”

#SERVEday18 Story: Ps. Tim Webb, Connect Church, West Pittston PA

We are really excited about all that has happened from the Serve Day. Our church is be blessed and on fire to serve. Of the events that took place that day, the best so far was the email we got from a person reached on our Redbox outreach. We put $2.00 in a movie case and a note that the movie was on us. The receiver of this movie decided to pass it forward. 

This is the email he sent to me: “Evening pastor, hope this email finds you in good health and spirits. I just want to say thank you for your kind gesture and let you know that I've decided to pass it forward to someone else. Honestly, I feel in my heart that it's the right thing to do. I am also leaving a note explaining why. Again thank you for reminding me of a few good values”.

#SERVEday18 Story: Ps. Marc Pannell, Celebration Church, Mozambique Africa

There were many great things that we experienced here in Mozambique. Our Celebration family had an opportunity to serve at 8 locations. One of those was the local prison. Our team had been asking God to provide us an opportunity to minister in the local prison if possible. As we were praying, it opened up the door for us to serve them; we provided the prison with 40 new chairs. Upon arrival, over 400 inmates welcomed and sang to our team. We had an opportunity to preach the Gospel as well! As the team was leaving, the director handed us a piece of paper... it was inviting our church to minister the Gospel on a regular basis. 

 Here is another story. Our church had a team from America visit in June and the team prayed for a man who could not walk because of a leg injury. For Serve Day, we had a team praying for people in the community and one of our stops was at this man's house. We experienced healing as he was now walking! 

#SERVEday18 Story: Ps. Craig Dyson, CONVO Church, Reno NV

#SERVEday18 Story: Impact Church, Savannah GA

This is by far One of our favorite #SERVEday18 projects.

#SERVEday18 Story: Celebration Church, Austin TX