Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through simple, gift-filled shoe boxes and the good news of God’s love through Jesus Christ.
Boxes will be made available in the foyer on Sundays, October 16th and 23rd. Packed boxes will be collected on Sundays, October 30th, November 6th and 13th.You can find out more at glenwoodcc.org/occ and by watching this video:
The team is headed out early for their departure from Port-au-Prince. They fly to JFK in New York, then home to PDX!
The team finished up the last of the doors on their last full day in Haiti and spent the evening in fellowship at Mason and Lauren Young's house. They leave extra early for the airport in Port-au-Prince Saturday morning in the event of delays due to Hurrican Matthew.
By the end of the day the Haitian workers made a good start on the 3rd story while the G.O. team worked on the 1st floor and the basement. Much progress was made on interior doors and trim. Last night we saw the moon and a few stars, and the sun was out quite a bit today. Please continue to keep the team in your prayers as we wrap up the week. Also remember the Haitians in the south who are dealing with the loss of loved ones, homes and livelihoods in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
--From Tom N.
The work continued on Day 5. A highlight was the team getting to have lunch with STEP's president, Wawa Jean-Baptiste.
Rain and wind were certainly present in Port-au-Prince, but thankfully work was able to continue inside the building (with electricity!). Here, John is routing slots for hinges of an interior door.
Despite the looming storm, work began Monday. Here, the team is working on door frames for the STEP building.
The team was able to worship Sunday morning with believers from Port au Prince.
Glenwood’s outreach strategy is to be involved in sending those called to serve on a long term basis, to assist the development of national missionaries and leaders and to send short term Global Outreach (GO) Teams to these areas. Glenwood has been involved in Haiti for many years and is eager to support ministry in any number of ways. A team of nine have gone to Port-au-Prince this last week to minister in a number of ways, especially in doing finish work on a construction project on the STEP campus. Check back for team updates as we receive them.
Mason giving us a tour of the jobsite, the new building at STEP Seminary in Port-au-Prince. The G.O. team arrived safely with all 20 of our checked bags after a delay getting out of Boston. -- Tom N.
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Sorry for the late notice, everyone. The Disc Golf Course will be closed today due to weed spraying. Have to get it in before the rains start. Thanks for your patience.
Course closed Wednesday, September 21st from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for chruch event.
Update August 24, 2016
The end of ‘this phase’ of road construction is near… starting Thursday evening (Aug 25) from 7pm until 7am Friday morning, and then again Friday evening (Aug 26) from 7pm until 7am Saturday morning, final paving work will be underway on the 72nd/119th intersection and the adjoining affected streets.
Here are the future scheduling details (as we have them today):
