Finishing up

After taking a break for the summer ministries, I am trying to get my house done so we can be done with it and get my building permit closed.  My last big project is to redo the flooring in the entry, hall, and bathroom.  The hardwood floor has had so much damage that I am having to pull it all up and install new sub-flooring and then we will tile these areas.  Hoping to get the majority done this week.

At 2:00, I'm meeting with some youth to finish painting a room in the church we are using for an after school tutoring and internet cafe.

Thanks for your prayers.

Kanrockas

Dana and I spent all day Friday and Saturday at the Kanrocksas festival selling t-shirts.  We were manning the merch trailer to raise money for Grandview Park Church.  The festival would give the church $1000 for all of our help.

This morning, we are still quite worn out from the weekend.  It was a lot of fun working with the adults and youth from Grandview Park and it was a lot of fun talking to the myriad of people who visited our trailer to buy their festival or favorite band t-shirt.  We also enjoyed a variety of artists performing throughout the day.

I couldn't help but think about all of the crowd that we saw, ranging from teenagers to old school hippy rockers.  Were they there for a good time, some comfort or hope, an experience to enrich their lives and souls?  Perhaps they are just going through the motions, attending the latest concert which as guitarist Craig Chaquico said have become the churches of today.

How do we capture this generation with a real hope? How do we present the Good News to these thousands of wanderers?  I wish I had an easy answer or program that would do that.  I am convinced that we need to be more bold and definitely more creative in our efforts to reach out with God's Love.

Getting ready for Back to School.

As we get ready to transition back into our fall.  There are a few things you can help me with.

1.  Pedals In Prescott Bike Club will be kicking off soon.  I am starting to collect more bicycles.  It seems that I can never get enough bikes and parts.

2.  I've noticed a lot of the youth in our neighborhood don't have access to sports equipment.  If you have any baseball mitts, bats, soccer balls, skateboards, footballs, etc.  laying around the garage or basement, we could use them.  I am constantly loaning out the little bit that I have.  It would be awesome to get a whole baseball game or take a bunch of kids skating.

Thanks

August Newsletter - Important Funding update!

Here is our August Newsletter.  It's been a busy month.  Thank you for all of your love and support for our ministry!  

Trotter's August Newsletter