Power House is sending 16 kids to camp this year. We are doing fund raising with opportunities for the ‘future campers’ to help raise their money for camp.
Just this past weekend we had a flapjack breakfast at Applebee’s in Grandville. At the breakfast the kids who will be going to camp as well as Power House volunteers and L.I.T.’s (leaders in training) served breakfast from 8:00-10:00 AM.
The people who came to support this fund raiser received egg’s, bacon, all they wanted pancakes as well as their drinks. They were eagerly greeted by each volunteer and Power House kid. The kids were so happy to help earn their way to camp and in return were tipped very well by satisfied customers!
The kids made over $900 profit from this event. This money was put towards our Adopt-A-Camper fund which is now at $2,759.65. Wow!!! That’s over half way our goal is $4,240. If we surpass our goal we can send even more kids to camp!
On behalf of the kids and all of us from Power House I’d like to thank all those who supported the Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebee’s. We would also like to thank Applebee’s Manager Jason Bolinger and his staff for helping make this fundraiser a success.
But most of all we want to recognize God and give Him all the glory in all He’s doing through Power House Ministry and all the volunteers. Without God’s hand in all that we do here at Power House we would never achieve half of the things He has called us to do for the kids and their families.
1 Chronicles 4:10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
This is my prayer for Power House that God would bless our ministry and enlarge our territory and continue to keep His hand upon this ministry that we would be a blessing to the communities that we minister to.
When one comes to Christ they are saved by grace. The grace that God gave us by sending His son Jesus to die for our sins. (John 3:16 & Titus 3:7)
Although we may be saved by this grace it becomes a reality check as we live in this world. You may be saying what do you mean by this statement? I’m just saying that yes we are saved by the grace that God has extended to us. Are we extending that same grace to those who are not saved? It’s easy to be nice and act “Christ like” to those who are nice to you, but when someone does something offensive to you what do you do? How do you respond? Do you get your feelings hurt? Do you get mad, get even by reacting like the one who has not even a clue about the knowledge of Christs perfect love that covers a multitude of sins? (1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.)
Am I saying that we are immune to this world and all of it’s sin? No, that is not what I’m saying I am purely stating that how we react to them could mean whether we are able to lead someone to Christ.
Whatever you are doing there is always someone there who is looking at you waiting to see how you respond, even when you don’t think there is. As we work with kids at Power House we are constantly in a place where we may be able to pick up an offense. We need to always keep ourselves prepared by keeping in the word of God and surrounding ourselves with ways to detour the offenses and pray for those who are acting out in a way that is harmful to others and themselves. Speaking the truth in love sometimes can be hard to do, but it is necessary, especially when dealing with a new convert. Some who are not Christians and others are waiting to see how we may react are looking at you as an example as a leader.
Boundaries are sometimes difficult to establish but are necessary and healthy for you and those who are trying to “push the limit”. This is very evident when dealing with children. Dr. James Dobson talks about this in “The Strong Willed Child” Dobson states that when you give a child boundaries it makes the child feel safe and loved. This can also hold true for adults; Think about it, if you had came out of the restroom at a public place with some toilet paper on your shoe would you want someone to tell you or would you want to drag it around all day? You’re probably saying to yourself, “what’s that got to do with boundaries?” It’s like that though if you let someone behave badly you’re letting them do something foolish and your not letting them know that you care how they act you’re letting them drag around toilet paper on their shoe! I mean you are enabling them to continue in their bad behavior and not helping them grow as individuals or as Christians if they have received Jesus. (Ephesians 4)
God’s word tells us that offenses will come and that we are not wrestling against flesh and blood.. we are in a world full of sin and offenses we need to keep our eyes on Christ and filled with His Holy word…what we fill up with is how we will react so keep in the word to live right in the world.
Ezekiel 3:18-19