Students, faculty and staff at Anderson University will travel to New Orleans, New York and Myrtle Beach during spring break, March 17-21, to assist existing ministries with meeting the physical and spiritual needs of people in those areas.
A team of 20 will return to New Orleans, following a mission trip there last December, to work with the homeless and continue construction efforts with NOAH (New Orleans Area Housing Rebuild), a ministry of the North American Mission Board. The mission team will be taking 30 beds that will be donated for use in a homeless shelter. Team leaders Russ Bennett and Casey Bynum request prayer for the hearts of the people to be open to the gospel and that the construction efforts of the mission team will further the work of the churches there.
Team leaders Greg Allgood, campus pastor, and Daniel Bunner will accompany five students to New York City to work with pastor Aaron Coe at the Gallery Church. The team will assist with the HIV/Aids testing project sponsored by City Uprising, a program developed by Gallery Church, which is responsible for the largest single HIV testing effort in NYC history. The team will also help with an art benefit fundraiser to raise money for City Uprising’s projects. The team asks for prayer that, as they develop new relationships, the people to whom they minister will be open to the gospel and that they will be effective as they work with City Uprising.
Twenty-five people, including team leaders Liz Walker, David Vroblesky and Becky Walker, will spend four days in Myrtle Beach working with inner-city children in conjunction with Intracoastal Ministries, under the direction of director Peter Copeland. Their prayer requests include salvation opportunities with the children and that the work of Intracoastal Ministries will be furthered through their efforts.