City Impact has a variety of ways they minister God’s love in Lincoln’s urban neighborhoods. Bible Clubs, Tutoring and Mentoring, Summer Camps and Programs and the “Gifts of Love” Community Christmas Store are just a few of the opportunities they have available if you want to serve with them.

Three high school age youth from City Impact are joining the LBC Youth on a missions trip to Costa Rica this summer (June 29-July 12, 2009).

Trip Details…

Cost: $1500 per person – covers airfare, bus transportation in Costa Rica, food, lodging, and some ministry supplies. City Impact is helping each student with $500 so each student must raise the remaining $1000 on their own.

Partners: We are working with a Costa Rican church in San Jose. We will be partnering 30 people from their youth group with about 30 people from Lincoln to reach out to the lost in Costa Rica.

Purpose: We will be doing construction for local schools and families in the morning (mostly concrete work). In the afternoon we will have a club for kids, and in the evening we will have creative evangelistic outreaches for the entire family, including sports, concerts, dramas, testimonies and preaching.

Here are the kids…

Mariah

Tyree

Taylor

This is an amazing opportunity to help some kids, here in Lincoln, spread the gospel in Costa Rica. These 3 kids do not have the means to raise this support on their own. You have the chance to be a part of something GREAT!

See below for the goal we are asking God to accomplish through us in Campus Impact this semester:

If you want to give towards this goal, you can bring your money to Real Time or College Worship Hour and give it to Matt Meyer or someone at the Information Desk.

Check out the next post below for information on the Impact Reading Center.

You can find out more about City Impact by visiting their website: http://www.cityimpact.org

Most Children entering the program are reading at 2-3 grades below their grade level. In about 2 semesters (18 weeks) most children graduate reading at their grade level.

Students achievement in reading also carries over into their school and home life as testified by many parents and teachers. When students gain confidence in their reading ability, it enables them to learn more readily and to better comprehend what they are studying.

Moreover, when students experience the small accomplishment of completing a story, they begin to understand they can achieve bigger things in life. They now have the skills and confidence to go into the world and be the person who God has created them to be.

Approximately 60 children are on a waiting list to be tutored.

Available Tutoring Spots are:

Monday-Friday
9:40 am-10:20 am
10:20 am-11:00 am
1:00 pm-1:40 pm
1:40 pm-2:20 pm

Our Goal in Campus Impact was to fill 15 tutoring spots during this semester. I am excited to tell you that 15 people signed up last week at Real Time! They are being contacted this week to discuss potential days and times for serving.

If you want to find out more about opportunities to serve in City Impact visit their web page at:

http://www.cityimpact.org