The Youth at Birmingham First UMC, Birmingham, MI, decided one day over a planning lunch that they wanted to do something BIG for missions. So they've decided to raise one penny for every person afflicted with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Prepared with statistics regarding food and wealth distribution around the world [from Church World Service] our youth and counselors participated in a meal together that exposed the disproportionate availability of food to different groups around the world.
Since the youth of Birmingham First began studying Africa for their "Penny Project" they've looked for ways to know about that region of the world more authentically. So last Sunday we invited Ryan Edwards of Likewater Drumworks to come lead a drum workshop and tell us about his experience living in West Africa.
Join the movement that is transforming Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving.
Souper Bowl of Caring equips and mobilizes congregations, schools and businesses to positively impact their communities by collecting money or food on or near Super Bowl weekend. 100% of the collections are donated directly to the charity of each group's choice.
B1 is a 24-hour fasting event for youth which raises money to empower the poor and disempower unjust systems sustaining poverty in our world. B1 is a ministry of The Advance, a project arm of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.
Likewater Drumworks to come lead a drum workshop and tell us about his experience living in West Africa.
“STOP Hotel Darfur”
Join the movement that is transforming Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving.
B1 is a 24-hour fasting event for youth which raises money to empower the poor and disempower unjust systems sustaining poverty in our world. B1 is a ministry of The Advance, a project arm of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.