The last Sunday of every month members of the Sr. High Sunday school class deliver bags of food, prepared and provided by PATH to residents in the Salvation Army's William Booth apartments on Golden Road. It is a rewarding, fun and certainly not time consuming ministry; great for those of us who may not have an abundance of time to spare but want to get involved. In this ministry a single hour makes a big difference in people's lives! After delivering the bags, we eat lunch together at a local restaurant. Lunches are dutch treat, but scholarships are available if needed.

Mission Projects

Appalachian Outreach, June 6-12, 2009: Christ Church youth and friends currently in 7th and 8th grades will travel to Jefferson City, TN to work on home constuction or renovation projects with the residents of this beautiful, yet proverty stricken Appalachian area. The cost is $550. A non-refundable deposit of $150 is due at sign-up. Please click here to download a brochure and registration form. Feel free to call or email Bobbie Schroeder with any questions. 903.597.9854.

Houston Urban Adventure, June 26-28, 2009: Christ Church youth and friends currently in 5th and 6th grades will go to Christ Church Cathedral, Houston to learn about the needs of urban homeless. We will go on a scavenger hunt through an area in Houston with a high homeless population, work at the Bishop Dunn Outreach Center and in the kitchen of a local Salvation Army men's shelter. We'll end the trip with an afternoon at Splashtown, USA! Cost is $130 which includes the Splashtown ticket. A non-refundable deposit of $60 is due at sign-up. Please click here to download a brochure and registration form. Call or email Bobbie Schroeder with any questions.

Past Mission Projects

In 2006, the youth of Christ Chruch joined a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) group from Denver to work in and around Lake Charles, Louisiana. Clean up efforts are on-going from Hurricane Rita, known as the "Forgotten Hurricane." Please click here to view pictures of this trip.

During Spring Break, 2007 we traveled to Bay St. Louis, MIssissippi to continue aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Our host was Christ Episcopal Church. View pictures from this trip here.

In summer 2007, the Sr. EYC went to Jalonga, Dominican Republic and partnered with the national diocese of the DR to help continue construction on a community center in the village of Jalonga. The trip was an awesome experience for all those who participated. To see pics from the project, please click here. Jalonga 2007

Also in summer of '07 the Jr. EYC headed to Sewanee, TN. In Sewanee, the youth partnered with Housing Sewanee, Inc. an organization of the Outreach Department of the University of the South. Since 1993, Housing Sewanee has built one home each year for a local family in need of decent housing. Approximately 80% of the work completed on the 14 homes has been done by young people ages 13-22. The youth of Christ Church began framing on this year's home. They constucted interior and exterior support structures such as headers, T's and corners. Please click here to view pictures from this terrific week on the mountain.

Summer of 2008 Sr. High EYC traveled to the Windy City of Chicago for a week-long urban mission project. We worked with worldwide mission organization, YouthWorks, who partners with in-place non-profits and religious organizations to make a serious difference in the lives of the poeple of inner city Chicago. We worked in two separate low income neighborhoods remodeling a church office, planting a garden, hosting Vacation Bible School, and playing with kids in the Roberto Clemente Community Center. It was an awesome week of service and sacrifice. Not to mention we also took in some of the best Chicago sites, sounds and flavors!

Senior EYC once again partnered with Youthworls! in the summer of 2009 to serve in missions in San Francisco. We spent a week working with children in various inner city programs, serving in a food pantry for the terminally ill, helping out at the San Francisco Food Bank, and serving those who are less fortunate in an inner city soup kitchen. The week was also an amazing time for our group as we learned more about ourselves as individuals and who we are as a group. the Holy Spirit was amazingly present as he touched the life of every student who was blessed to be a part of this amazing opportunity.