And just like that, fall is in the air and the Holidays are right around the corner! We’ve been enjoying some beautiful weather. We’ve spent the last couple of months learning about emotions and what the Bible says about them. We’re learning about the importance of prayer. And, like always, we’re having a blast week …
Kids are back in school and back in the swing of things. That mean’s we’re having big, rowdy crowds full of pent up energy! The kids are missing Caitlin while she’s out for maternity leave, but our team has done a great job filling in and picking up the slack. Enjoy these pictures from the …
First of all, huge congrats to Caitlin and her husband Des on the birth of their son late last month! Caitlin experienced her first summer working with Mission 2540, and wrote this reflection on all she experienced. She’s off for a few more weeks to be with her baby. Our kids are counting down the …
The end of Summer means it’s time to focus on making sure kids have all the supplies they need for school. And we’ve had enough Back-to-School fun to last us for the year! We did our annual backpack and supply handout to our families who signed up for help. We passed out 132 backpacks to …
The last week of July, we took 52 leaders and kids on our annual summer highlight, Camp Awesome, for 3 days of fun at Hidden Falls Ranch. We have 2 big goals with camp each year. #1 – to make memories that last a lifetime. #2 – get our kids out of their home environment …
The first month of the summer was full of non-stop fun! We kicked June off with Block Parties with Hillside Christian Church. Their youth groups came out to Greentree, Cathy’s Pointe/North Grand Villas, High Plains Ranch, Amarillo Garden, and Glenwood with bounce houses, popsicles, crafts, and all kinds of fun! The week of June 16, …
And just like that, summer is here! It’s time for water balloons and mission groups, and Camp Awesome prep. But before all that, let’s look back at May and all the fun we had – and all the new kids we met! We’ve had lots of growth in several of our apartment communities lately, which …
April was all about Easter – and beautiful weather that allowed us to get out and have some fun. We provided over 180 Easter goodie bags to our kids the week before Easter Sunday. The kids were pumped! April was definitely a month of growth. At GreenTree, Plum Creek, Amarillo Garden and Ridgecrest, we had …
March has come and gone. We had a fun Spring Break – Cathy’s Pointe and Greentree got some extra week long fun as part of the Hillside Youth Group’s Mission Week, and all our kids got some super fun Spring Break goodie bags. Following that was several days of nice weather, and several other days …
We made it through the cold of February and into the beautiful springlike-weather that made us ready for permanent warmth! We can’t believe it, but Spring Break starts next week. Hillside Church held its annual “Greatest Weekend Ever” for 4th and 5th graders. As part of their service project, the boys stuffed 200 backpacks filled …