Church youth mission group to provide service to community – Corsicana Daily Sun

Over the week of July 16 21, the Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission group will gather at the First United Methodist Church to stay inside the church as they set out and volunteer in construction-based mission work. This group is one of many that travel across Texas to provide community service, with groups also gathering in Crowley, Granbury, and Temple.

The CTCYM serving in Corsicana consists of individual youths and adults from five different United Methodist churches; this includes groups from China Spring, Grapevine, Weatherford, and two from Arlington.

Christina Norris, Junior High Youth Director explained to The Daily Sun what her volunteers will be going through.

Our students and adults give up a week of their summer to work hard, sweat, and sleep on the floor because they want to follow the teaching of Christ, she said. They want to be a tangible example of Christs love We eat, sleep, play, and worship together as one family.

During the day, 10 different work teams of youth and adults will head out to do construction-based mission work in the community. Projects normally worked on may be building a wheelchair ramp for someone who is unable to easily get in and out of their home.

It is difficult to adequately describe the feeling you get when you see a wheelchair-bound home owner use their new wheelchair ramp for the first time, knowing that you and your team have truly had a difference in their life, Norris said. It is always amazing to see what a group of junior high students and adults can accomplish in one week when they work together towards a common goal. We hope to inspire others to come together and share the love of Christ to those in need.

The Daily Sun will be following the CTCYM during their stay in Corsicana and provide updates and pictures of the groups' work. To learn more about the mission group, be sure to visit the trinity student ministries website found below.

psparks@corsicanadailysun.com

OntheNet:

http://www.trinitystudentministries.org

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