Youth Mission Trips
Youth Auction is March 31: This year’s goal is $18,000
By Susan Shinn Turner “Flexibility is key to the game.” That’s the note Youth Minister Kai Thurow has attached to his printer. It’s a good thing. Kai has definitely had…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 3
This morning my service project was with Mobile Meals. We went to a bunch of houses and we went up to the door and brought them hot and cold meals…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 2
So my favorite thing today was probably being able to help the growers at Beardsley Farm grow food to give to people that need food. So another high of my…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 1
First, I woke up and we went to Cafe WOW where we talked about this guy who was being bullied by football players and the coach stepped in and…
Read MoreYouth Auction is March 24: This year’s goal is $18,000
By Susan Shinn Turner This is not Kai Thurow’s first rodeo. Before he became St. John’s youth minister, Kai led two trips to the National Lutheran Youth Gathering. From June…
Read MoreDrinking Coffee with Purpose
By Susan Shinn Turner If you have purchased a bag of Escuela Integrada coffee, then you are one of the first people to become involved in an exciting new sustainability…
Read MoreKnoxville Trip: Day 4
Blog 1: Today I went to Wesley House and played with kids. The kids were very nice and we had a lot of fun, but the kids were very sad…
Read MoreKnoxville Trip: Day 3
Blog 1: Today I went to the Wesley House and the kids were not there because they went on a field trip for the day so my group and I…
Read MoreKnoxville Trip: Day 2
Blog 1: So today I went to serve breakfast at KARM at 6:00, went to Habitat Re-store and Mobile Meals. At KARM I put biscuits and gravy on the resident’s…
Read MoreKnoxville Trip: Day 1
Blog 1: We went to Ladies of Charity Thrift Store and we sorted out some stuff. We first sorted cranberry juice and put a label on it to help people…
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