Look, the Summer is flying by. Vacations, overtime, weekend trips, evenings with friends. All good stuff. But it’s easy for us to simply live life at our pace, doing our thing, hanging out with people we choose to hang with, and miss out on vital opportunities we need. I mean, our lives suffer (no matter how enjoyable we try to make life) our lives always suffer to some degree when we are not serving people who are different from us. We live in a world where it’s too easy to be surrounded by everything and everyone you choose to surround yourselves with. That’s not all bad, but it sure as heck makes it easier for us to become complacent and content with the issues in life or the stresses in life that only affect us and those who are like us. At Engage we believe that life is so much greater than the issues and problems that simply affect us. Life is ultimately not about you, or me. A life lived most fully is always a life lived in the wake of the one who had life all figured out–Jesus Christ. So at Engage we don’t want the summer to slip by without us being intentional to our vision of Engaging the Community. Engage is a community with a desire to pour ourselves out in big ways and small, using our resources to generously meet the needs of those that God puts in our path. One of the ways we are doing this is through our Loving Initiative. Over the last several weeks at Engage we have mentioned our efforts to provide 50 backpacks for school children in need. In addition, we are partnering with area churches to distribute the school supplies at Project Share. On Saturday Aug. 8th Engage will participate in Project Fun Fest. Fun Fest is a carnival atmosphere where we will spend a fun-filled afternoon loving on area families in need. We need all of the Engage Community to take initiative, make the time, and join in the fun of providing backpacks and serving on Aug. 8th. Engage we will still be collecting backpacks up to Wed. July 29th.
You can also donate money by making checks payable to Project Share, and then they will buy the supplies. Please place your checks in the generosity box at Engage.
If you are busy on Aug 8th and would still like to be involved, the week prior to the event is a prep week. On August 3-7 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and 5:00-9:00 p.m. people will be gathering at Project Share to fill the backpacks with school supplies.
In addition, our parent church (New Life Community) has asked us to join them this Saturday July. 25th at Project Share (5 N. Orange Street in Carlisle) as they build a room inside their warehouse. If interested in using your skills this Saturday please show up at Project Share at 8:00 a.m. The project will likely take 8 hrs. if all goes well and enough people are able to help.
Thanks Engage for being a community of Jesus committed to living fully engaged in what matters most.
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