VBS, Visitation & Basketball in Floodway
The last two days have been incredibly busy but also a tremendous blessing. We began our ministry in earnest Monday with our first day at Floodway. We met up with Robby & Deanna Nichols for our first day of VBS. We also met Pastor Bong and his team in floodway. Pastor Bong’s church is sponsoring the ministry here. There have been about forty children at the VBS. They are very enthusiastic and they love to sing. The team has done a fabulous job with their various roles; helping with the music, teaching the memory verse, teaching...
Read MoreFeeding the children of Smoky Mountain & Happy Land
We spent the day in Tondo, a poverty stricken area of Metro Manila; really, the poorest of the poorest of the poor. We did two feedings for the children; one on Smoky Mountain, or Trash Mountain as it is called, an old garbage dump where about 150 families live. It rises high above the surrounding landscape and from the top you get an incredible view of the city and Manila harbor. But when you look around you see people in grinding poverty, eking out an existence in by scrounging through the trash. The other feeding was in Happy Land, a squatter area about a mile from Smoky Mountain where...
Read MorePhilippines Update
Today, our Philippines Mission Team presented information to the rest of the SCC congregation about what they will be doing in the Philippines. If you missed it, check out the info and videos below to get a taste for what our team will be experiencing. Please keep them in your prayers and check back on the blog for updates. SMOKEY MOUNTAIN & HAPPY LAND IN TONDO, MANILA Smokey Mountain and Happy Land are dump sites located in Tondo. They take in the garbage from the greater Manila area. Tondo is one of the most depressed areas in the Manila. The people who live there basically live on...
Read MoreLadies’ Spring Fling
Saturday, May 21 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Sunnyside Community Church Join us for a day of encouragement as we hear from Women of Faith speakers, put a useful craft together, and enjoy good food and uplifting fellowship.
Read MorePRAYER for GEM in Brussels
Please join us in prayer for Brussels, Belgium and specifically for Greater Europe Missions. GEM has posted the following press release. You can visit here for more information. March 22, 2016. Around the world, there are signs of solidarity with the people of Brussels. Today, we also stand in unity and kneel prayer with Belgium and all of Europe. Yet another attack on innocent citizens and tragic loss of life like this re-enforces the need for the saving message of love – the Gospel – to permeate Europe. As we were reminded a few months ago by French field leader Charles Cross...
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