A Habitat Afternoon

On Sunday afternoon Joslaire and Noah Lucien, Amanda Duntz and I participated in the walking tour and dedication of five Habitat houses in New London. It was a great event. We got to meet the families and see what was happening in the neighborhoods where Habitat was working to make a difference. There were five houses in different stages of rehab and/or being built.


There were at least seventy five people on hand as we began the walk. with singing and prayers and short devotionals we dedicated each of the houses. We participated in some demolition in the first house. We prayed over the walls in another house. We wrote our names and made our mark on yet another house. At the last house a group actually erected a wall.

We support Habitat with an offering from our mission budget every year but this year we plan to take the next step. We are going to offer a foundations class at church which will allow the participants to work on homes. The date for the class is Monday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. right at the church. Then we plan on organizing a couple of days to actually volunteer on one of the houses. The good news is that in the next year there is a house scheduled to go online right in our own neighborhood. We want to be ready to jump in with both feet.

So come on board and let's make a difference in our own community by making this mission part of our mission at FBC Norwich.

Cal