Sleep Out Saturday (Serve)

November 7th-8th the youth are challenged to see that we actually have homeless families right here in DuPage County. The youth collect money ahead of time, and then go to a rally before they take to sleeping outside or on the floor inside to help them relate and understand for one night how hard it would be to be homeless for a night. We talk about the issues of school, and hygiene to get at the real issues of being homeless in America.

Ski Trip

We travel up together to Upper Pennisula of Michigan to Covenant Point Camp! We spend the weekend worshiping God, sledding, learning about God, playing games, polar bear dipping, playing in the snow, playing broomball, watching skits that teach us about God, and over all having an amazing weekend designed to grow us closer to Christ.

30 -Hour Famine (Serve)

In a city like Naperville it’s not very often that we truly experience hunger. The next meal is almost always just a few hours away, and there is usually a snack in-between. The 30-hour famine is a perfect opportunity to teach our youth that they have the opportunity to use being blessed by living in America, and to learn that there is need beyond themselves. We spend the 30-hours not simply not eating, but we take this time to learn about the needs of others, and then we take it one step farther, and instead of just learning about it we do something about it! We pack food for needy families in Africa, we go to a local food pantry, and sort food to be distributed in the area, we do a road rally of mini missions, and play lots of fun games that get us in touch with the reality of starvation in our world.We all start the day thinking there is no way we can do it, and by the end we see how God did it, and we are amazed by his loving touch.  March 19-20.