.jpg)
Link to UM ARMY www.umarmy.org
The UM ARMY in Newton, Texas
(The United Methodist Action Reach-Out Mission by Youth)
Made up of Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Lake Jackson, Springwood United Methodist Church in Houston, and Lane's Chapel in Tyler
June 14-20, 2009
Friday, June 19 2009, work sites
|
|
|
Link to UM ARMY www.umarmy.org
|
UM ARMY Home Page |
| The UMARMY is affiliated with the
United Methodist Church and is headquartered in Houston. Each summer
hundreds of youth and adult mentors go on working mission trips throughout
Texas. Recently, the organization is spreading to other states. These
mission trips accomplish various tasks to help clients such as building
wheel chair ramps, making minor repairs, cleaning up yards and cutting
grass, painting, and the like. While these activities are of benefit to
clients and communities, the primary goal is the spiritual formation of
the youth. The youth work hard for their clients, and the daily worship
and prayer is focused on relating their work experiences to their
spiritual lives. That is to say, they work as part of the body of Christ
in his world and for God's children. In it is an extraordinary
organization that is making disciples for Christ for the transformation of the
world.
The following set of pictures show the progress that was made on the home of Bobbie Belcambre in Newton. The back porch was being finished when these were taken. |
||
 |
||
|
|
||
 |
||
A new project was started for Bernice Thomas in Buckhorn. This group was going to paint the roof of her porch, but the paint was incorrect, and they were waiting for new paint to arrive. |
||
|
|
||
 |
||
|
|
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
After completing the repairs to Pearl Adams house, this work team painted the exterior of the house... the first few pictures are of a popsicle break!
|
||
 |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
 |
||
| When you paint, you have to hold your tongue just right! | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
| The group above ran next door to Mrs. Adam's sister's house and repaired the wheel chair ramp | ||
 |
||
 |
||
The next home is in Jamestown. This team installed a roof on the top of an existing porch so that the client can sit on her porch during the day. |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
Marilyn Kent of Newton had some enormous crape myrtles that needed to be trimmed. A big job! |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
And work continued on the new sign for the church building |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
Harry painting the name "Newton" on the sign |
||
|
After all the fun, it is time to wash the vehicles before going home on Saturday |
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
|
||
