August 2011
14 posts
StreetTeam - Being a Servant
“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.” - Isaiah 42:16
While being led along blindfolded during a trust opportunity, many youth, interns, and staff got an intimate experience of what God was...
Transformed
Harry, Jaci, Jazmynae, Tailyn, and Matthew being transformed this summer.
Bianca Bronson - Seek First His Kingdom
Well, since YouthWorks-Detroit I’ve graduated high school (Class of 2009) and I’m going into my third year of college at Eastern Michigan University. I’ve been graced with many opportunities (such as making friends with students of Campus Crusade for Christ) which have helped to keep me grounded at college and have caused me to grow. I interned in Camden, New Jersey last summer...
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
– Jim Elliott
Dancin' in the Streets
“This is what the Lord Almighty says, ‘Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” - Zechariah 8:4-5
In the summer of 2007, as we danced in the streets in front of the YouthWorks-Detroit men’s household, a car turned the...
Tanesha Hill - a year to remember
God has been so awesome! I got my first job March of this year working as an intern at Covenant Community Care Clinic. My top highlight right now is helping with the E.A.C.H. program. I help with the mobile medical trailer. We go to different sites and offer free medical and dental screenings. I love meeting the different patients and families and I love that we are there to help them in...
A Time to Restore
“Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord.” - Zechariah 6:15
“They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.” - Isaiah 61:4
Detroit has plenty of ruins…
Perhaps now is the time to restore.
Rebuilding the ruined cities -...
“Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell; I wish to run a...”
– C. T. Studd
Flashback - Emily Schafer – DSO Testimony 2011
I am just twenty-seven days into this summer set apart in Detroit and the Lord has already started to use this time, this city, and my sisters here to help me grow in relationship with him. We started out with three weeks of training with some formal service mixed in. At first, I was kind of disappointed that we weren’t starting right away with our ministries, but the Lord used this time and...
Greening of Detroit - by Dan Propson
The greening of Detroit has already happened. Where once there were houses, there are fields. Where once there were communities, there are weeds. Where once there were families, there are tall, tall trees.
Nature is winning in Detroit, repopulating a diminished city with new growth, with animals, plants, and trees — with everything that a city is not. It is often quite pleasant, but not...
Treasure in a Field
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all that he had and bought that field.” - Matthew 13:44
When I hear about Detroit, I often hear tales of tragedy, woe, despair, or cynicism. The “failed American city.” “Detroit: Will the last one to leave please turn out the...
Following His Voice
I am currently a law student at the University of Illinois; I just finished my first year. I was raised in a strong Christian family and grew up knowing the Lord. The last two years have been quite an adventure spiritually. God has awakened in me a deep passion for knowing and obeying him at all costs, which has truly transformed my life. One large part of this journey has been learning to...
Workers for the Harvest
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” - Matthew 9:35-38
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by...
Why am I here?
I am here because the Lord asked me to be. He has the best plans ever, and I just want to keep doing what he asks. I am here because during the last year of my life, which was my first year of college, the Lord has swept me off my feet and now I love him radically. I am here because I have been receiving so much over the past year and the Lord asked me to give for a summer. (Yet...
