Tomorrow, thirteen students students and a handful of adults will make the trek north to the snowy lands just outside of Pittsburgh to Homestead, PA. When the steel mills were booming in Pittsburgh, Homestead was a bustling place, but now that the steel industry has moved on, so have the jobs from Homestead.
While there we will partner with a ministry/coffee shop known as Eighth Ave. Place which has been fighting racism, poverty, and homelessness for years now. You can find more information on this ministry on their website, www.eighthaveplace.com, where they explain their vision, their passion, how to support the ministry, and show some pictures of the ministry. Under the vision section is the following quote: "It is God's will and our dream to unite the Body of Christ. 8th Ave. Place will welcome groups...to Homestead to engage in missions throughout Homestead and the city of Pittsburgh. Dialogue has begun...in hopes of working with mission teams to equip people to evangelize through word and deed in Homestead. The walls of racial tension must come down, and 8th Ave. seeks to work with any and all churches to pursue God's will." This is a phenomenal ministry, and we are blessed to have this opportunity to be a part of it.
For the past two months, our church has been collecting cold weather clothing to add to the ministries for the weekend; our students have been getting excited, and the members of our church have really rallied behind our teens. God is at work in the life of these high school students...lookout Pittsburgh, here we come!
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