Kentucky
Baptist youth group lends helping hand to Kentucky ministry for disabled
Teenage parishioners of Westfair Baptist Church have spent the previous week loaning their companies to a Kentucky ministry that cares for folks with disabilities.
The youth group at Westfair, 14 Clark Drive, left June 18 for a mission journey to the Galilean Dwelling in Liberty, Kentucky, and are returning residence right now. First opened in 1969, the Galilean House is a non-profit ministry that takes care of youngsters and adults with developmental disabilities whereas additionally instructing them about Christianity.
In line with Westfair youth pastor Kaleb Rhea, the ministry has introduced in additional than 1,000 folks. A few of them have been in a position to go away the house to stay on their very own, whereas others proceed to be sorted there.
Throughout their keep on the Galilean Dwelling, youth group members helped handle residents by telling Bible tales, singing songs and making crafts with them. The kids additionally helped the ministry itself with tasks similar to organizing the donations the house receives and washing home windows so the workers might do different issues.
Rhea mentioned he wished to take the teenagers on a mission journey as a result of they had been unable to make their ordinary journey to Camp Chautauqua in Miamisburg, Ohio. The Galilean Dwelling was a welcome change of tempo, he mentioned.
“I’ve totally loved myself right here,” Rhea mentioned. “I’m fairly drained from working all through the week, nevertheless it’s been very totally different and positively one thing I’d need to do once more.”
Members of the youth group agreed, Rhea mentioned, including that, in his discussions with them, all the teenagers agreed they need to do one other mission journey like this one.
“…They’ve all been inspired and pushed in such a means that they’ve grown, and so they wish to have extra experiences like that,” he mentioned.
The expertise of visiting the Galilean Dwelling has taught Rhea to belief extra in God, he mentioned, explaining how just a few points that arose whereas touring to Kentucky had been resolved shortly.
The journey additionally had memorable moments, similar to when one of many teenagers, who usually may be very shy, was inspired by her friends to learn a narrative.
“She was terrified about it,” Rhea mentioned. “After which, one of many residents mentioned, ‘Man, you probably did such an important job. I might inform you had been nervous, however you probably did a beautiful job right now.’ And that actually touched me.”