This year we had Power House Christmas at 8 different locations with a total attendance of 370 parents and kids and 53 decisions for Christ. I was able to be at all but two of our sites. I guess you could say that I had the privilege of getting a bird’s eye view of our event.
Our lesson was about being a gift to God. People are valuable and God cares for each one the same. It is awesome to be a part of a church that reaches out to the community. This year particularly, even during a recession that has shook many in our own congregation, I saw people with the heart of God give of themselves to bless others that are less fortunate. Church members donated turkeys and other food items which were given to a parent from each site. Volunteers went beyond the call of duty. At one site, a couple of our volunteers baked cakes and knitted together stockings for all the kids. The night of the blizzard, volunteers battled the weather to make sure the kids didn’t miss out on Power House Christmas. Lives were touched. This year I saw God’s love demonstrated.
See pictures of our event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=photos&ref=ts&gid=68532346215
Well its that time of the year when we are celebrating our saviors birth! We have already had 3 of our celebrations! We have learned that the best gift for God is YOU!! God wants a relationship with you, He created us to have a relationship with us. Parents and kids alike have really responded to the invitation to receive the free gift of salvation. Remembering why we celebrate this awesome time of the year when our savior was born.
We have 3 more sites in Grand Rapids also 2 sites in Lansing next week.
If you want to come out to help just give us a call for information @ 616-261-3778.
Power House Christmas starts next week! We are currently collecting Christmas dinner food items like, turkeys, dressing, stuffing, canned food items etc. At this point, parents at each site will enter a drawing for a chance to win a food box. If we get enough food boxes, we will give them to the parents who show up. Donations can be dropped off at the Rezkidz office. Here are the Power House Christmas dates and times:
- December 1st – Alexander Elementary 7 PM
- December 3rd -Traditions Apartments 6:30 PM
- December 7th – Sun Flower Apartments 7 PM
- December 8th – Clancy Street Ministries 6:30 PM
- December 10th – Acts Gospel 7 PM
- December 10th – Grace Korean Church 7 PM
- December 14th – Lansing 6 PM
Come out and join us!
Can you believe that summer is practically here?! School will be over and summer vacation for the kids is just around the corner. With that it brings us to a variety of changes; Power House will be out side and we will be using the trucks and or the van and trailer to do our sidewalk Sunday school. We will be using water balloons and will possibly have more straggler’s (kids and adults who come and go and stay in the outskirts) just wondering what Power House is all about. It’s an amazing opportunity to really minister to people who have never heard the good news of the gospel.
We have some up and coming events for summer; Camp Ao-Wa-Kiya is coming up real quick June 15-19 we have 3 kids from Alexander going and two leaders along with two of our teen volunteers. The Springhill Camp is at the end of the summer break for the kids and will be August 17-21 and the rest of our sites will be sending their kids to this camp. It gives more of an opportunity for those sites that started their season a little later to pick out campers and to help them with fundraising for their campers.
The Adopt-A-Camper program is coming right along RezKidz offering is now at $761.13 and donations from Adults are at $662.92.
The carwash was a success and the kids who were there raised 309.77!!! We want to thank all those who helped support this cause by getting their cars washed and for their generous
donation. We also would like to thank Walgreens for letting us have our carwash fundraiser in their parking lot.
So here’s a list of summer activities for Power House:
• Camp Ao-Wa-Kiya June 15-19
• Car Show July 19th
• Springhill Camp August 17-21
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR OPPERTUNITES TO BE A PART OF FUNDRAISING AND HELPING OUT WITH THE CAR SHOW
Last night was the second time that we were able to bring Power House kids to be baptized. We had 4 kids from our Sun Flower site come. I drove the van to pick them up and drop them off. They were very excited on the way to church. I think they were even more excited on their way back. (They got pretty hyped up on candy and cake.) 
We baptized 29 kids including our 4 Power House kids. In my opinion, the two most powerful events that we have here in Rezkidz/Power House is camp and baptism. I love it! After the kids got baptized, we laid our hands on them and prayed for them. When it is all said and done, the kids had a special reception in their honor decorated like a Birthday party. It was another awesome event. Check out a few pictures from the event.
On Saturday, March 21st at 6 PM we will be having an all team meeting to kick off this season of sidewalk Sunday school. Come be encouraged and informed. We’ll be in room 513 by entrance I. We will have food. If you have kids, you might want to come early to check them into the service. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
If you aren’t currently volunteering with Power House, but are interested, feel free to drop by the meeting.
jonl@reslife.org
(616) 534-4923
As always we had a great time this year with our Power House Christmas events. With all the locations combined, we had a total of 444 kids and parents attend. And we had a total of 25 decisions for Christ. The parties took place at 7 different locations. 6 in the GR area and 1 in Lansing. (We were unable to have 2 of the parties.) Each person who attended received a slice of pizza, a water bottle filled with candy, and a chance to receive Jesus. Continue reading ‘Power House Christmas 2008 Report’
Wow it’s already the 2nd week in December and we have 3 of our sites already finished for the year! That’s 3 down and 6 sites to go for our annual Power House Christmas EXPLOSION!!!
So far each site has been very diverse and added their own special flavor to the mix. On Tuesday, December 2nd, Clancy Power House held their Christmas. Clancy split up into two rooms. The teens and older kids went into one room and taught Pastor Jon the game of spades, and the younger kids were in the main room playing games of their own. Continue reading ‘Power House Christmas is Here’
We had a great time at Metro Ministries in Brooklyn. The craziest part was probably driving into NYC the first day. If you can drive in NYC, you can drive anywhere. When we finally made it to Metro Ministries, we were about an hour late due to traffic. We were rushing to nibble on whatever food we could as we were split up to go with different ministry teams throughout NYC. Some of us went to the Bronx, some to Harlem, and some to Coney Island. Continue reading ‘We Made It Back.’
By the time you read this post, we will be on our way to Brooklyn. There are 11 urban missionaries ready to tackle the 12+ hour road trip.  We are going to have a blast. Continue reading ‘New York, Here We Come’
