In three days, we are headed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We will have 18 students and 4 adults making the trip up to Milwaukee. Once again, we will be teaming up with Youthworks and serving with them. Here are some of the mission sites and evening activities:
Ministry Sites:There are a ton of great ministries that we partner with in Milwaukee. You will definitely have a chance to see a couple different volunteer organizations throughout the week as you serve in Milwaukee. Most of the ministries you will encounter are either faith based organization or non profit organizations that have said they need our help to facilitate their summer programs. Overall, I can’t wait for you and your youth to experience the ministries that Milwaukee has to offer. Below are some but definitely not
ALL of them:
The Gathering: This is a local soup kitchen that offers both morning and evening meals at several locations across the Milwaukee area. We will help serve both in the morning and evening throughout the week.
Gingerbread Land: This is a community of houses that a woman has acquired and is fixing up to help create a sense of close community for people to go if they need something. We will do mostly work on homes that she has right now and interact with Sister Clara, the woman who runs Gingerbread Land.
Scott Christian: We partner with this community center to serve meals as well as clean, distribute food and help maintain and fix things around the center. It’s an incredible place to see God’s hand at work in the lives of the workers and the homeless in Milwaukee.
Village at Manor Park: This is a nursing home that we have worked with for years. We help them serve drinks to the residents, walk them around and play games with them when they have time.
Milwaukee Rescue Mission: We work with this ministry to sort out clothes, clean and paint buildings and help them to do the work that they couldn’t do without us.
Evening Activities:M: Bradford Beach—we will head to the beach to hang out and just enjoy the evening swimming and spending time together.
T: Life Changers—we will be headed to a community center to hear stories about community members who have experienced gang life and how they came to know Jesus. It’s an incredible opportunity to hear and ask questions about their stories.
W: Soup Kitchen—we will be volunteering at two local soup kitchens in Milwaukee to understand more about what it’s like to eat there and prepare a meal for others less fortunate than ourselves. Some of your students will be doing this in the morning during the week and others in the evening as part of the activity. You will find out more about this once you get onsite.
Th: We will have a community prayer service at Scott Christian, one of our ministries. We will have the chance to pray for the ministries that we’ve been working with during the week. Afterwards, we will head to Leon’s which is a local custard place to eat custard together.
