Dunbar ministry
On March 17th we invited our Lifegroup to come with us to Dunbar Elementary/Terry Park in South Dallas. Since it was St. Patrick’s Day we carried that theme into our planning. We used craft time to teach them about the Trinity like St Patrick did, with the shamrock. They a
lso got to decorate their own cookies with green icing and sprinkles. As usually we spent most of the day just hanging out with the kids and building relationships. Matt got to sit down with one of the new faces (Eric) and hear how things are at home. Larry, Larika, and Lamar are still around as well as several of the regulars. Many of the kids were away visiting family for spring break but we met a few new faces. Thanks to Larika we found a new housing development and apartment complex. We will be going back in May to continue to invest in their lives and build relationships.
Dallas Ministry and prayer requests
South Dallas ministry is alive and well. World Impact has a new leader named Ted Smith. He has been prayerfully seeking God’s will for the ministry and for South Dallas. Through this seeking God has really opened up the ministry. The Hispanic church that meets at WI is seeing as many as 90 people in service and Ted is leading up a church plant team to start a multiethnic church as well. God has also kept Ted busy with people and ministries contacting him to join in what God is doing at WI. We will be partnering with WI this summer to help them continue to train and raise up Disciples with the elementary age children from local neighborhoods and apartment complexes.
Pastor Chris and Cornerstone are also staying busy and active in the community. We had a group from Canyon Creek Christian Academy come to South Dallas in February that worked at the shower house and soup kitchen. Sadly there are so many people needing assistance that they have to offer two consecutive times of meals and showers. Praise God they have the resources and volunteers to accomplish this. We had an awesome moment where a young man who was working the shower house was partnered with a homeless man to take him through the clothes closet. While he was walking him around the man was looking for shoes and there were none that would fit him. God opened the young man’s eyes to how blessed he was and stirred him to give up his brand new shoes to the homeless man. We pray that the young man continues to find ways to serve God with the resources God has given him and that the homeless man see Christ by this young man’s love and sacrifice.
Prayer Requests
Unity of the ministries in South Dallas
Workers for the new church plant
Missionaries for Word Impact
More Churches from around the area to partner and serve with Cornerstone and World Impact.
