Purciville Baptist Church Mission Team from Virginia

There were 14 members of Purciville Baptist Church that arrived on Thursday, June 21st, to minister with us here at the MAC. They truly hit the ground running.  Today is their last full day of ministry.  They have provided the resources and the man power to put new flooring throughout the first level of the building (they laid all the tile themselves and a carpet crew is coming in on Friday to put carpet in the back room), new roof on a portion of our building (they provided materials and a member at South Side Baptist came in with his roofing crew to do the labor), removal of chimney and patchwork on roof, wall repairs (from water damage) throughout the building, junk removal and so much more.  They led the Sunday morning worship service at South Side Baptist.  A few of them helped out in the mornings at South Side Child Care - they were able to go in the classes and minister to the children and teachers.  They also did 2 Fun in the Sons - one from 1-2:30pm with the School Age Child Care Group from South Side and another from 6:30-8 for the community at 14th and Banklick.  It has been an amazing week to watch them work.  I praise God for connecting them with us to do service. 

Union Baptist Youth Group Mission Team

June 18-21 the Union Baptist Youth Group came over to Covington to help us put on a Fun in the Son.  They did a wonderful job each night sharing God's Love with each of the kids and youth in attendance.  There were 23 kids on Monday, 41 on Tuesday, 32 on Wednesday and 35 on Thursday.  Their night consisted of playing at the park, singing, Bible story, craft, snacks and recreation.  This is their 8th year doing Fun in the Son with us.  The kids have created relationships with each of the youth that really does change their lives.  Thank you Union Baptist for working with us at the MAC.

Kicks for Kids

Kicks for Kids does a great job of helping us to love on the children and youth in our programs. They provide opportunities that we could not do on our own. Once a year they have a River Run that helps to raise money for their program. I would like to invite you to join me in this event. Please let me know if you are interested and if you would like to be a part of the MAC team. It is scheduled for May 26. Registration is $15.

Christmas Giveaway

We just had a wonderful night at our Christmas Giveaway.  We were blessed with a college mission team from Georgia that did an amazing job with our worship service for the families.  We had wonderful volunteers help to give out the things that were given by the wonderful people, churches and businesses.  It is a blessing to give.  Pray that everyone who received help will remember the true meaning of Christmas.  Pray that lives will be eternally changed by what they heard and experienced tonight at the giveaway.

Mission Teams and Volunteers

Open to mission teams and volunteers coming in to help us minister to the people of Covington.  If you are interested feel free to call (859-261-2300) or email (macmissions@aol.com).

Summer

The summer schedule has been keeping everyone busy here at the MAC.   We have had Simply Dinner in June and July.  We have served 362 meals so far this summer.  We have reached 147 people through this ministry. Free tickets were given to us for a Red's Game so some kids got to participate in that event.  We have been doing our Giving Back Projects, teaching everyone the joy of giving.  We have had playground nights, art nights, and game nights for the kids.  We tried to do a Half Marathon throughout the summer, but this event has not been desired by the community (live and learn).  We have had a Community Wide Picnic across the street from the MAC and had a great turn out for that.  Youth Night has been a lot of fun this summer - great to connect with the youth.  One of the youth accepted Christ over Facebook one day while I was chatting with her - praise God.  Banklick Fun in the Son just ended yesterday.  We enrolled at total of 62 children during the week.  Main Street Baptist Church from Alexandria came to help us put it on and they did a wonderful job.  So much more is still on the agenda:  Peaselburg Fun in the Son is next week (July 18-21).  South Side Baptist Church's VBS is July 25-29.   The week of August 1st we have 3 big things going on:  Kicks for Kids Basketball Camp, Holman Street Fun in the Son with Union Baptist Church, and Gobel Fun in the Son with Hickory Grove Baptist Church.  Inner City Day Camp is August 11-12 at Piner Baptist Church. Lots more as well.  Be sure to look at our calendar.  We would love for you to help us out - call if you have questions.

Inner City Lock-In

30 kids and 10 youth will be joining us tonight for our annual inner city lock-in.  We are looking forward to a great night filled with games, food, bible time, crafts, gym time, an auction, a movie...so much more - and a little bit of sleep.  Please pray that the night goes well.  Also pray that lives are changed.  Thanks.