Kicking Bear Event

Blessed to be a blessing! Live2Serve had the honor to serve at the Kicking Bear Camping event held at Livingston Conservation & Sports Association on August 27 & 28th in Brighton Michigan.

God's presence was in abundance from:
- Glorious weather
- Opportunity to lock arms and share God's love and nature with 211 disadvantage youth.
- FUN: Hats and Tee shirts for all; Games including Dunk Tank; Marshmallow Roast Kicking Bear style (i.e. 10,000+ marshmallow fight - looked like snow in August); Bon Fire complete with Ray Howell, founder of Kicking Bear sharing his story of salvation; Craig Mortz's inviting youth to give their hearts to the Lord with a Salvation poem; and distribution of New Testaments and that was JUST Friday night! Saturday provided one-on-one mentoring to youth with archery. The event wrapped up with an awesome raffle for both Volunteers and Participants.
- FOOD with the help of our volunteers, we served 3 meals to 350+ people - and we had some hungry campers.
- Opportunity to partner with Kensington Field & Stream Team (FAST)

The list goes on and on - check out some of the pictures and mark your calendars for next years event (Last weekend in August)

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Mixing it Up with Christmas in July for Operation Christmas Child Project

Live2Serve partnered with Samaritan's Purse to host a Christmas in July event this year. True to River's Mission & Vison they jumped on board to match every box filled with a “Greatest Journey” donation, which is the Beyond the Box discipleship program to help children become faithful followers of Jesus Christ.

Even though the official drive in the lobby is over, the actual collection week for Michigan is not until Mid-November. With that being said, there is still time for those of you who missed the drive and want to participate... Just stop by the Welcome Center table any Sunday to obtain a shoe box(s) and instructions or to drop off your filled box(s). To date over 240 boxes have been collected.

What a wonderful opportunity to the touch the heart of a child =))

Thanks for being the hands and feet of Jesus in action.