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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
"Soul Renovation" in Little Rock!
PC's Notebook
What a awesome week!
Students and leaders worked to renovate 25 houses during the week of World Changers. While that's important, the most important statistic from the week is that 18 people made professions of faith in Jesus Christ! By the way, that is more salvations than the two previous years of the project combined (14)!
You could say we have been a part of God's "soul renovation" in Little Rock!
I am grateful for the group leaders, students and the churches that sent them! Thanks also goes to the wonderful job that Rushing Mayes of the Pulaski Baptist Association to facility the feeding of our group during the week. Areas churches did a great job!
World Changers appreciates its continuing partnership with the City of Little Rock. Since 2006, more than 1,000 volunteers have renovated 75 houses in the city. City officials estimate the volunteer labor at more than $750,000!
Please continue to pray for the work in Little Rock and for students and leaders who have been impacted by this week. May God continue to bless all they strive to do to share Jesus Christ in a lost and dying world!
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
What a awesome week!
Students and leaders worked to renovate 25 houses during the week of World Changers. While that's important, the most important statistic from the week is that 18 people made professions of faith in Jesus Christ! By the way, that is more salvations than the two previous years of the project combined (14)!
You could say we have been a part of God's "soul renovation" in Little Rock!
I am grateful for the group leaders, students and the churches that sent them! Thanks also goes to the wonderful job that Rushing Mayes of the Pulaski Baptist Association to facility the feeding of our group during the week. Areas churches did a great job!
World Changers appreciates its continuing partnership with the City of Little Rock. Since 2006, more than 1,000 volunteers have renovated 75 houses in the city. City officials estimate the volunteer labor at more than $750,000!
Please continue to pray for the work in Little Rock and for students and leaders who have been impacted by this week. May God continue to bless all they strive to do to share Jesus Christ in a lost and dying world!
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
Friday, June 27, 2008
God's Word is Powerful!
PC's Notebook
Day 6 - World Changers Little Rock
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18 (ESV)
Students and leaders are seeing the fruit of their labor this week, as 15 precious souls have come into the Kingdom of God!
They are using the platform of serving others through World Changers to open doors to be witnesses for Jesus Christ...and people are responding.
Continue to pray for our efforts as our week continues in Little Rock.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
Day 6 - World Changers Little Rock
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18 (ESV)
Students and leaders are seeing the fruit of their labor this week, as 15 precious souls have come into the Kingdom of God!
They are using the platform of serving others through World Changers to open doors to be witnesses for Jesus Christ...and people are responding.
Continue to pray for our efforts as our week continues in Little Rock.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Work and Fun in Little Rock
PC's Notebook
Day 5 - World Changers Little Rock
Wednesday was a short day for everyone as students were allowed to take the afternoon off and enjoy the sights and attractions of Greater Little Rock.
Some groups took advantage of Wild River Country, which is only a few miles from JA Fair High School. Others enjoyed the Little Rock River Market, which is downtown next to the Arkansas River. Still others took in dinner at a number of local eateries and a movie.
Things were back to normal on Thursday as crews worked all day at project sites, trying to get in a position to finish everything up on Friday.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
PS: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ran an article on World Changers today. Below is the text of the article:
300 youths aid LR elderly, disabled
Volunteers with Southern Baptist group repairing roofs in city
BY ALLISON NICHOLS
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Nearly 300 youth volunteers descended on Little Rock’s rooftops this week shingling homes in need of repair and doing other work.
Megan Wilson, 14, of Duluth, Ga., is spending part of her summer vacation for the second year with World Changers, a Southern Baptist missionary organization that works with communities to fix up houses for elderly or disabled homeowners who might not otherwise be able to afford repairs.
“It brings us as a group closer to God,” Megan said, explaining why she “really, really enjoy[s] this trip.”
World Changers volunteers are repairing homes in Little Rock for the third straight summer. This year the organization is sending 23,000 junior high, high school and college students to 95 communities in the world, said John Bailey, the team leader for World Changers at the North American Mission Board, a missionary organization with the Southern Baptist Convention.
“We would like to see these teenagers return to their communities and see their lives as an opportunity to serve others,” Bailey said.
Casey Rawls, 22, a World Changers spokesman who has worked with the mission for four summers, said one of the best things about the program is that the volunteers form a partnership with community leaders.
The city’s Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department identifies the houses through an application process and spends $50,000 for the supplies and materials using federal Community Development Block Grants. Homeowners who are 62 or older or drawing disability are eligible to apply for the program as long as they meet certain income- level requirements, said George Brown, housing programs assistant with the department.
By the end of the week, World Changers aims to have repaired 25 homes, which would bring its total in Little Rock during the three years to 75 homes. Brown said all told, World Changes has saved the city $750,000 in labor costs.
And Rawls said the work benefits the student volunteers, too.
“To see the joy and excitement in the homeowners’ faces just blows them away,” she said. “It changes their world at the same time that they’re changing the people in Little Rock’s world.”
Altha Richard, 78, has lived 53 years in her Chester Street house, which is getting a new roof and a fresh coat of paint this week.
“I’m so grateful and thankful,” she said, expressing regret that she couldn’t bake for the volunteers as she used to do for area schoolchildren. “They’ll never know how much I thank them.
Copyright - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Day 5 - World Changers Little Rock
Wednesday was a short day for everyone as students were allowed to take the afternoon off and enjoy the sights and attractions of Greater Little Rock.Some groups took advantage of Wild River Country, which is only a few miles from JA Fair High School. Others enjoyed the Little Rock River Market, which is downtown next to the Arkansas River. Still others took in dinner at a number of local eateries and a movie.
Things were back to normal on Thursday as crews worked all day at project sites, trying to get in a position to finish everything up on Friday.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
PS: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ran an article on World Changers today. Below is the text of the article:
300 youths aid LR elderly, disabled
Volunteers with Southern Baptist group repairing roofs in city
BY ALLISON NICHOLS
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Nearly 300 youth volunteers descended on Little Rock’s rooftops this week shingling homes in need of repair and doing other work.
Megan Wilson, 14, of Duluth, Ga., is spending part of her summer vacation for the second year with World Changers, a Southern Baptist missionary organization that works with communities to fix up houses for elderly or disabled homeowners who might not otherwise be able to afford repairs.
“It brings us as a group closer to God,” Megan said, explaining why she “really, really enjoy[s] this trip.”
World Changers volunteers are repairing homes in Little Rock for the third straight summer. This year the organization is sending 23,000 junior high, high school and college students to 95 communities in the world, said John Bailey, the team leader for World Changers at the North American Mission Board, a missionary organization with the Southern Baptist Convention.
“We would like to see these teenagers return to their communities and see their lives as an opportunity to serve others,” Bailey said.
Casey Rawls, 22, a World Changers spokesman who has worked with the mission for four summers, said one of the best things about the program is that the volunteers form a partnership with community leaders.
The city’s Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department identifies the houses through an application process and spends $50,000 for the supplies and materials using federal Community Development Block Grants. Homeowners who are 62 or older or drawing disability are eligible to apply for the program as long as they meet certain income- level requirements, said George Brown, housing programs assistant with the department.
By the end of the week, World Changers aims to have repaired 25 homes, which would bring its total in Little Rock during the three years to 75 homes. Brown said all told, World Changes has saved the city $750,000 in labor costs.
And Rawls said the work benefits the student volunteers, too.
“To see the joy and excitement in the homeowners’ faces just blows them away,” she said. “It changes their world at the same time that they’re changing the people in Little Rock’s world.”
Altha Richard, 78, has lived 53 years in her Chester Street house, which is getting a new roof and a fresh coat of paint this week.
“I’m so grateful and thankful,” she said, expressing regret that she couldn’t bake for the volunteers as she used to do for area schoolchildren. “They’ll never know how much I thank them.
Copyright - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Media Comes Out for World Changers!
PC's NotebookDay 4 - World Changers Little Rock
It was a hot and steamy day for the second work day at World Changers. After a rousing start on Monday, many crews began to settle into the work week.
One of the highlights of the day was a news conference conducted by the City of Little Rock for World Changers. All of the local TV affiliates were present along with local newspapers. Numerous city officials welcomed World Changers and provide the media information about the week's project. Here a link to coverage by Channel 7.
World Changers representatives Tom Ford, coordinator; Tim Yarbrough, project coordinator; and Rushing Mayes of the Pulaski Baptist Association spoke to the media. Ford presented City Director Joan Adcock with World Changers T-shirts and caps; one set was for Mrs. Adcock and one was for the mayor of the city.
Crews will work a half day tomorrow. Following lunch youth groups will get the afternoon and evening off to enjoy the sights around the Little Rock area.
Below is another link to another news story about World Changers Little Rock:
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=67878
Monday, June 23, 2008
God Provides "Sonshine" After Rain Scare
PC's Notebook
Day 3 - World Changers Little Rock
Dark skies greeted students and adults as they gathered for The Great Send-off this morning at JA Fair High School. However, after a few sprinkles and some scattered showers dissipated and everyone hit the work sites and got started in record time!
Crews worked diligently and by noon significant work had been done on many of the sites.
A news conference sponsored by the City of Little Rock will be held tomorrow. We hope to get copies of a TV news story that ran on Sunday, as well as other stories about World Changers in Little Rock. Be sure to check out this news story done by Little Rock TV station Fox Channel 16.
What was the most awesome aspect of our day is that five, yes five, people were saved at project sites today! So literally God provided "Sonshine" after the rain scare this morning!
God is at work! Continue to pray for our efforts.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
PS...be sure to check out photos from the project being posted on Flickr! Enjoy!
Day 3 - World Changers Little Rock
Dark skies greeted students and adults as they gathered for The Great Send-off this morning at JA Fair High School. However, after a few sprinkles and some scattered showers dissipated and everyone hit the work sites and got started in record time!
Crews worked diligently and by noon significant work had been done on many of the sites.
A news conference sponsored by the City of Little Rock will be held tomorrow. We hope to get copies of a TV news story that ran on Sunday, as well as other stories about World Changers in Little Rock. Be sure to check out this news story done by Little Rock TV station Fox Channel 16.
What was the most awesome aspect of our day is that five, yes five, people were saved at project sites today! So literally God provided "Sonshine" after the rain scare this morning!
God is at work! Continue to pray for our efforts.
-Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
PS...be sure to check out photos from the project being posted on Flickr! Enjoy!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It's Been an Awesome Day!
PC's NotebookDay 2 - World Changers Little Rock
Everyone awoke today to discover what crew they had been placed in for the week.
Our 25 crews are the Brush Bunch, Cool Caulkers, Crow Bars, Dandy Sanders, Drips & Runs, Dumpsters, Googus Roofers, Hammer Heads, Hands Saws, Hard Hats, Knot Heads, Level Heads, Nail Heads, Night Awls, Paint Chips, Plumb Bobs, Roller Kings, Saw Horsemen, Scrapes, Splatter & Roll, Shingle Bells, Short Cuts, Sore Thumbs, Square Feet, Stone Rollers and Tool Timers.
Today was also the day crews worshipped in their host church which will providing their meals at work sites during the week.
Following worship in area churches crews took a tour of their work sites during "Meet the Neighbors." Many students and leaders got the opportunity to meet the resident whose house they will be working on this week.
Training for various crews was held this afternoon, along with training for crew chiefs. Tom Ford, construction coordinator, is returning for a third year to Little Rock. Also held this afternoon was evangelism training led by Chad Meeks, our speaker. Crews met together for dinner for the first time tonight, a meal which featured fried chicken.
- Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
We're Underway!
PC's Notebook:
Day 1 - World Changers Little Rock
Everyone arrived safely on Saturday excited and ready for the week ahead! We are grateful for the lodging facilities at JA Fair High School. It is a great facility to house a bunch of folks just itchin' the change the world!
After check-in, groups brought in their bedding and lodging and set-up their sleeping quarters for the week. The school facility is laid out so that we can house females on one wing and males on another wing.
A Welcome Celebration for students and leaders was held in the auditorium where introductions were made and the band, CollectivElement, kicked everything off with a spirited rendition of the World Changers song. A bit later, group leaders and adult chaperones were dismissed for their first meeting and orientation to the week in Little Rock while students enjoyed more music and games.
During evening worship, speaker and camp pastor Chad Meeks set the tone for the week by speaking on the week's theme, LEAP from 1 John 1:5-7.
Please be in prayer for our students, leaders, residents on the projects and the witness for Jesus Christ we seek to be this week! Pray for God to open doors for the gospel and to bring worshippers into His Kingdom through our efforts!
- Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
Day 1 - World Changers Little Rock
Everyone arrived safely on Saturday excited and ready for the week ahead! We are grateful for the lodging facilities at JA Fair High School. It is a great facility to house a bunch of folks just itchin' the change the world!
After check-in, groups brought in their bedding and lodging and set-up their sleeping quarters for the week. The school facility is laid out so that we can house females on one wing and males on another wing.
A Welcome Celebration for students and leaders was held in the auditorium where introductions were made and the band, CollectivElement, kicked everything off with a spirited rendition of the World Changers song. A bit later, group leaders and adult chaperones were dismissed for their first meeting and orientation to the week in Little Rock while students enjoyed more music and games.During evening worship, speaker and camp pastor Chad Meeks set the tone for the week by speaking on the week's theme, LEAP from 1 John 1:5-7.
Please be in prayer for our students, leaders, residents on the projects and the witness for Jesus Christ we seek to be this week! Pray for God to open doors for the gospel and to bring worshippers into His Kingdom through our efforts!
- Tim Yarbrough
Project Coordinator
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