Taking a break from our community garden initiative, our Lifeline students chipped in their small hands and able bodies to help load food bags for one of CWE's favorite annual events, the Community Christmas Dinner. The first Saturday of December, these Lifeline students descended on the Jones Center building, swarming the CWE365 office and filling it with smiles, laughter, and energy.
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| Transporting bags to be inspected! |
These youth have a vigor to serve! They formed assembly lines and slowly packed canned goods and pastas, peanut butter and applesauce into reusable Walmart sacks. They stocked supply lines and kept the packers moving. Some double checked items and tied off bags, while others hauled packing materials to the recycling dumpster. Each student played a small role, and yet their synergy and collaboration allowed this event to be a huge success! What a picture of the body of Christ, humbly bringing what we've been given to make the body whole and allow Christ our head to be glorified.
Students were allowed the opportunity to process the morning, and these second through fifth grade students had some profound thoughts. How quick our generation is to label these kids distracted and aimless. One student even ventured to say that she serves because it "keeps people from staying mean to me." Jesus' words to love your enemies ring true from the mouth of a youngster.
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| Lifeline Leader Taylor with his team! |
When all 150 bags were packed, they were distributed to some of our favorite families, but that's for another blog! Check back soon for an update on our 2012 Community Christmas Dinner!
To see more photos from the event, go to our CWE365 Facebook Fan Page!
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