Mission team helps community

DANVILLE Living Faith Church of Danville served the people of Hendricks County last week.

A mission team made up mostly of students helped out residents June 16 through 20. The church took requests from people who needed help with yard work, light construction, painting, cleaning, manual labor, or a similar project.

Calvary Baptist Church out of Nacogdoches, Texas, sent 20 students to serve Living Faith Churchs new and growing church here.

They attended church with them on Sunday and then planned the activities for the week.

As a church, we want to be known for our willingness to serve our community and those who live here as our neighbors, Living Faith Church of Danville Pastor Jonathan Hearing said. So we took advantage of this group who came to serve and asked them to serve us by serving Danville.

They had a great response from community residents who requested help.

As I suspected, there were many in the area who could greatly benefit from 20 sets of willing hands, Hearing said. I set up appointments to do work for six different residents throughout the week and the project turned out to be a huge success. We showed up with a Calvary Baptist Church van full of students and we offered several hours of our time, doing anything that was asked of us.

Throughout the week they pulled weeds, mowed yards, laid mulch, installed a patio area, pressure-washed a house, painted a bench, cleaned out a garage, vacuumed, mopped, and did minor repair jobs within their homes.

Most residents were overwhelmed by the humble attitudes of the students and their willingness to do whatever was asked of them.

The fact that the students had given up their summer to come and serve with my church had a moving effect on me as well, Hearing said. These students represented well the attitude of Living Faith Church and our desire to humbly serve those in need, just like Jesus did. Its one thing to serve our community as a whole, but to impact an individual in a tangible way was a blessing to everyone involved.

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