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Youth on Mission and the
Appalachian Regional Ministry
are partnering to provide needed volunteers to bring the
love of Jesus to eastern KY, western VA, western MD, TN,
and WV, This area has the lowest income and the highest
percentage of people living in poverty in the US. The
floods have produced high unemployment and a sense of
hopelessness.
Group Projects Include:
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Repair homes*
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Give hope in Jesus
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Distribute food
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Distribute clothes
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Do Vacation Bible School
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Hollow parties
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Adopt a family
Other
things your group can do:
1. Adopt a family: Meet the
needs of a family—food, clothing, home repair. You will be
offering hope for the future and sharing the love of Jesus
with them.
2. Choose a week to help
them repair their home.*
3.
Remember the family at
times other than the summer.
4. Raise funds to provide
materials for your repair project.*
5. Invest a week of your
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In Summer
2006, over 1,400 YOM
volunteers came from 24 states to do missions in
Appalachia. A great variety of ministries were
accomplished.
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 A group provided a refurbished mobile home for a mother
and three children including furniture, dishes, and
clothes.
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A group put a new roof on a former school that is now
used as a church, installed new showers, and built bunk
beds.
Several hundred salvation decisions were reported from
church revivals and Vacation Bible Schools.
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