This year Messiah in association
with Reach Workcamps will be hosting a weeklong mission of service
work camp in Joliet on June 17th thru June 23rd. Working with local
agencies and local churches, the camp will seek to make an impact on
residents, the community, students and adult sponsors who attend. It
is a life-changing experience as campers participate in activities
that build community and self-esteem, encourages spiritual growth
and enables them to understand their role in combating poverty.
Reach Workcamps organizes and
coordinates the completion of basic home repair projects for
elderly, disabled, and low-income families. Each homeowner is
referred to as our "neighbor" based on Mark 12:31, during which
Jesus talks about loving our neighbors as ourselves. Each neighbor
is visited during the year before the camp by one of our staff to
look over the home and meet the person whom we will be serving. The
construction aim of the workcamp is to provide neighbors with a
warmer, drier, and safer home. The workcamp also helps to restore
lost pride and hope in the neighbors. In many cases, the repair work
helps to reduce utility costs. It is a priority of the workcamp to
establish positive relationships between the neighbors and
workcampers. The workcampers are encouraged to spend time talking
with and listening to the neighbors they are serving. The
relationships that are established enable the workcamp to achieve
one of its goals: meeting the emotional and spiritual needs of the
neighbors.
We are currently looking for
"neighbors" that are in need of basic home repair. If you know of an
elderly, disabled or low-income family in need of this type of home
repair please contact the church directly or fill out the Online
form below and submit the information electronically.
Please provide the following information about
the individual you are recommending Full Name, Address,
Contact
Information, Type of Home Repair Need in the block below.
