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Above photos of the Easter Celebration at Village Oaks!
Friends,
Hundreds of our friends at Village Oaks and Willow Pond Apartments joined us for Easter celebration gatherings last Saturday. It was a wonderful day. Several friends professed faith in Jesus Christ for the first time!
Thank you to Pastor Anthony Brown for preaching at Village Oaks and to Rickey Fanning at Willow Pond for sharing his testimony. Thank you to the Behind Every Door On-Site Staff: Will Dowell, Suzanne Wallace, Jayda Ekundayo, and Rickey Fanning...and to the Men of Nehemiah, Joe Foster, Max Fincher, Latrisce Mathews, the Turpin family, the Hamilton family and other volunteers for your partnership and hard work.
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Above photos of the new playground at Village Oaks.
It's a joy to see the kids at Village Oaks playing on their brand new playground! Thank you to the Turpin Family for their generous gift.
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Above photos of the Village Oaks March Madness Basketball Tournament.
Over 60 young men competed in our first annual Village Oaks March Madness Basketball Tournament. The winning team won a new basketball for each player (photo above on the left). Thanks to Will Dowell, Jayda Ekundayo, Rickey Fanning, Mike Allen, Luke Allen and emcee Will Allen for helping to make the event a great success.
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Kids Club Garden is in process! Planting soon...
We are getting excited about the summer! Here is a partial list of the "stuff" going on...
*End-of-School Party on June 4th.
*W.O.W. (Women of Wisdom discipleship groups). We are excited to have a new volunteer point-person at Village Oaks, Barbara Grant.
*Real Men (discipleship groups). Assistant Community Director Rickey Fanning leads our group at Willow Pond and volunteer Josh Mittag leads at Village Oaks.
*Healthy Cooking Class...with volunteer Debbie Molo.
*Power Lunch: Job Training & Placement...in partnership with H.I.S. Bridgebuilders. Thanks especially to Mike Fechner, Von Minor and Sarah Begin.
*Kids Club Garden...sponsored by DeFord's Lumber Company. Thank you to volunteer Jerry Burns for his time and investment in the Garden.
*Rap Ministry...with Deacon Law.
*Clothing Closet and Food Pantry at Village Oaks: In partnership with the Greater Ebenezer Missionary Church.
*13 young people from Behind Every Door communities will be heading to Kids Across America Christian Summer Camp for a week!
*4th of July Cookout & Basketball Tournament at Willow Pond.
*Summer Food Program.
*Math Champs Camp and Summer Reading Club.
*2 Finish Strong Basketball Camps.
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We remember the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus this Easter season..."In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding." Glory to God.
We pray that you and your families had a blessed Easter weekend.
-- Behind Every Door Ministries
