Barefoot’s leadership in Lansing for Haiti on WLNS CBS 6 News 7/15/10.
Already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti was recently devastated by a massive earthquake. We are a core organizing church for the Lansing for Haiti church network in Lansing; which is a 3-way partnership between our Lansing churches, World Relief, and a network of Haitian churches. Check out at www.lansingforhaiti.com
Tuesdays @ Foster Park are up and running! T@FP is a kids’ ministry at Foster Park in Lansing that we have been doing for 4 years now. Foster Park is located on Kalamazoo St., near Foster and Francis Ave., just west of Highway 127. 4-6pm all summer long: ages 4-18 welcome.
We begin the afternoon at 5:30pm with a variety of games and activities for kids and teens. You can learn how to juggle, do arts & crafts, play all kinds of sports, play great games, and even paint your nails! After this, we eat a pizza dinner together in small groups, which includes a discussion about life and God. After our small group time, we finish up by giving away great prizes. You can win all kinds of toys, sports equipment like basketballs and footballs, clothes, jewelry, and of course tons of candy! We will be done at 7:00pm each Tuesday. We’ll run T@FP all summer, every Tuesday, except when it rains. See you at the park! Contact Cayden with questions or if you’re interested in volunteering.
Visit www.flickr.com/barefootlansing to see photos from our Foster Park ministry.
We have the great privilege of being friends with a large group of Bhutanese refugees from Nepal. These refugees fled from Bhutan due to ethnic cleansing and have lived in refugee camps in Nepal for 18 years. They have lived in Lansing now for anywhere from a year to only a few days, and more arrive on a daily basis. On Saturdays, we meet together at Lansing Christian School’s playground (3405 Belle Chase Way, Lansing). We hang out, play soccer, and play cricket. Our refugee friends are predominantly Hindu. Our prayer is to build authentic long-term friendships with them, to help them adjust to a new life in America, to help them with their physical needs, and to both show and share the love of Christ with them that they too may someday know Jesus as Lord and Savior. All are welcome to come and assist with this ministry. (We meet every other Saturday… July 10th & 24th; August 7th & 21st, etc.) Contact James if interested.