Peace and Unity By Executive Director, Rob Appel Last month I wrote: “We all need to accept the people who came before us, and who are coming behind us. In unity and understanding, encourage those who do things differently in a positive way (even though things are not being done my way). And I also left you with “how we all can work together in maintaining our...

Apr 27, 2015

The Beacon By Elianna Chroniger I recently finished up the musical season at school. Our high school put on the show “Mary Poppins” during the second weekend in March. I played the role of the much loved nanny, Mary Poppins. In this role I was tasked with the job of learning lines, songs, blocking, and choreography for a lot of scenes. As we read through the...

SCSC: An Opportunity to Grow By Katrina Goodrich   I have been privileged to be involved with the Summer Christian Service Corps (SCSC) program since a very young age. My mom was a project director (most summers that I can remember) and then she was on training staff. I participated four years as a student and two years as a project director. SCSC is a...

Mar 26, 2015

“I Can Only Imagine…” William Villalpando Note: Thank you Jane Mackintosh for coming up with this idea and inspiring me to write this. Today I thought it might be fun if we tried using our godly imagination. I would like you to go sit and read Genesis 2:4-25 and imagine the change from the barren wasteland that was earth to the creation of the Garden of Eden....

Mar 26, 2015

Dorotha Shettel Fund by Nadine Lawton Wow, SCSC is starting its 51st year of servant leadership training! It was wonderful to see so many former and current SCSCers, from the first year through this past summer’s teams, gathered on the stage to share in a special Friday evening service to celebrate the first 50 years! Many changes have taken place over...

Mar 26, 2015

You Are In Good Hands Caleb Crouch I’ve lived a very exciting life for a fifteen year old. I’ve lived in eight or nine different houses across three states. My family has been a homeschool family, (briefly) a Military family, and (recently) a quite large family—five brothers and one sister. Dad has worked a lot of jobs, from fabric cutting to locating work to...