News From Christian Service Mission: An Amazing Serve Day at CSM

A warehouse full of willing hands waiting for assignments

When someone tells you that they have almost 400 people with a heart for service available to serve with your ministry it can either incite panic or excitement. Depending on the leadership you have available and the plan you have in place, 400 volunteers with a mindset to work hard can get a whole lot done! That's what happened at CSM on February 25th in connection with Shades Mountain Baptist Church’s annual missions conference. Volunteers from the church began pouring into CSM at 8:30 that morning, and we were ready for them!

Tracy at the helm!

In every corner of the CSM property, fifteen leaders from CSM led fifteen different projects for 384 volunteers. In just one amazing morning, they had helped us to pave a walkway to our fish house, paint the baseboards for our front office "makeover," prepare our gardens for Spring planting, sort food for distribution, organize and count personal care gift items for our Mother's Day initiative, sort and wrap diapers with Bundles of Hope, and completely gut a part of our warehouse designated for our future kitchen ministry (#demoday)! This massive group of people included families with children (who pitched in to create hand-crafted Mother’s Day cards), missionaries in town for the conference from all corners of the planet, and lots of people who love to make a difference.

Two hours later, everyone was eating popsicles and heading home with much accomplished. Thank you to Shades Mountain Baptist for your continued partnership on this Serve Day and throughout the year! We are blessed and honored to host your GIC Serve Day every year because of the relational capital that you invest with us from February of one year to the next. God continues to use your efforts and faithfulness to advance His Kingdom and multiply His disciples! Thank you all!