More Mission Trip Pictures #5

Jesse, taking a break from his endless sorting, shows how truly dangerous static cling can be.


Why is Garth Brooks sneering from Kylen's T-shirt? Doesn't he like the color of paint she's using?

More Mission Trip Pictures #4

Jacob and Fran (top and bottom pictures) joined Sam and John, along with folks from other congregations, in cleaning the Potter's House School in inner city Grand Rapids. The school began as a prayer, a dream, and a dare of faith with almost no cash. The school has continued to grow and bring the hope of Christ to a community that needs it more than most.

Our youth and adults were inspired by Potter's House.

They also worked very hard...including cleaning the entire building with paper towels!

More Mission Trip Pictures #3

Becky strikes a pose with her crew. They put in a full week at Mel Trotter Ministries.


Ask Hannah about her definition of tedium. It's bound to include as an example planting grass...one single blade at a time!

More Mission Trip Pictures #2

At the thrift store of Mel Trotter Ministries in Grand Rapids, a number of Saint Matthew mission trip campers joined their work crews in sorting through donated shoes, articles of clothing, sporting goods, toys, books, and other items. Literally thousands of shoes, each needing to be paired together with rubber bands and classified, were poured out of boxes where campers did the tedious work on the loading dock.

Mel Trotter Ministries, named for the man who in the early part of the century led it, helps people addicted to alcohol and drugs to get a new start in life. It's done in complete reliance on Jesus Christ. You can learn more about Mel Trotter Ministries in the book, Man with a Mission: Mel Trotter and His Legacy for the Rescue Mission Movement.

More Mission Trip Pictures

Stephen on the job.

Kylen and fellow crew members showing off the muscles they developed from their service.

Mission Trip Picture #1

In June, eight youth and four adults from Saint Matthew participated in the Group Work Camps Foundation's 'Week of Hope' mission trip in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's one of a number of such mission trip camps run by Group each year. Our particular camp brought together sixty campers from four congregations from three states.

The daily routine included opening worship, work at various agencies, schools, and homes, daily devotions, and evening worship. Participants also had a lot of fun.

Pictured above is the Saint Matthew group. Each day, they were put with people from the other churches in work groups of which they were a part all week long.

[Click on the image to enlarge it...if you dare.]

Picture #1 from Saint Matthew's Vacation Bible School

Power Lab, Saint Matthew's Vacation Bible School for 2008, took place from August 4 through 8. A fantastic group of adult and youth volunteers made sure that the 21 children who came to Power Lab had a great experience and learned for certain through Jesus Christ, God gives us all powerful love. AHA!




[If you don't know what the AHA is about, ask one of the participants in this year's VBS.]