Mission Waco Urbanquet
This year's Mission Waco Banquet will be held February 7, 6:00, at the Waco Convention Center with the theme "Looking Back/Looking Forward." We have been so privileged to be able to bring "good news to the poor," here in Waco and in countries like Haiti, Mexico and India. Your partnership and support has meant a lot to us these two decades.
The speaker for the evening will excite and encourage you. Dr. Scott Todd is the Senior Advisor for Compassion International, North America's largest Christian organization doing relief and development in 26 countries and sponsoring 1,200,000 children around the world. Prior to his work at Compassion, Scott was an award-winning scientist and a winner of multiple grants in medical research. Today, he speaks around the world about the impact Christians are making locally and globally. He has seen the impact Christians can make on local communities and all over the world.
Our youth group works closely with Mission Waco, and we've purchased a table this year. We have open spots if you'd like to attend. Please email trent@cccwaco.org if you're interested.
King's Club
Every month, we partner with Mission Waco and The Villages apartment complex to spend a morning bringing joy to children in the apartments. Whether it's football, or tag, or hopscotch, or anything else, our youth try to bring the Joy of Christ to these children. We then help with a snack, and help bring a Bible story for the children.
Next King's Club is Saturday, February 18th from 10-noon. We meet at Mission Waco's "The Rock" children's center (1525 West Ave) at 10AM. We then get in the church van and travel over to The Villages apartment complex (1100 N 6th Street) to have fun with the children there. After the morning is over, we return to "The Rock" to be picked up at noon.
RSVP on the facebook event here if you'd like to come.
If you'd like to eat lunch with us afterward, bring abou 8 dollars and we'll all eat at World Cup Cafe. Parents, if your youth want to eat at World Cup, they will be ready to be picked up at 1 at 1315 N 15th Street.
Spring Break Mission Trip--March 14-18--Galveston, Texas
This past summer, we went to Galveston, Texas to try to help out an organization called Galveston Urban Ministries. GUM is patterned after Mission Waco and strives to alleviate the poverty so prevalent in Galveston. In it's second year of existence, GUM is already making a big dent in the community. They've held toy supply drives for the new school year. They had a Christmas Toy drive. They have children's programs and much more. They're still looking to do more, and that's where we come in.
We didn't even make it back to Waco last summer when the youth were asking when we would be returning to Galveston. They loved the organization we worked with, the kids we played with, and the city in general. Well, we're going back!
We'll leave Wednesday morning of Spring Break and return Sunday afternoon. If you're interested in going, please email Trent at trent@cccwaco.org, or you can just call at 254-495-0907.
