Just finishing student orientation week for Hampton Beach Summer Project 2011 (HBSP)!
This week, we had three Project-wide meetings with all 25 students in our three church partnerships. These churches are a huge part of HBSP! They not only allow us to use their facilities for our big meetings (pictured right) but they also support us through “adopting” students for the summer. Students are dividedly equally between each church partnership: Bethany Church, Faith Community Church, & Hampton Falls Baptist Church. Members within each congregation “adopt” a student by feeding them a home-cooked meal or taking them to a restaurant after church, taking them to buy their groceries Sunday afternoons, and sitting with them in church. Another way the churches partner with us is by helping us train students to participate in their church leadership as much as possible. This gives our students experience and training but also encourages the church body. Some of our students have already “signed-up” for their positions at churches. Some may be working with children, while others are helping lead worship.
Glad to have you with us Tabby!
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