Imagine Your Life Without Any Access to Clean Drinking Water?

Turn On The Tap

Imagine not being able to access clean drinking water for one day. What impact would that make on your life?  It would be PROFOUND. Now imagine that this is your entire life.

Turn On The Tap is all about helping families in this situation. They have no access to clean drinking water and it they are suffering because of it.

We can help.

Some details of the Turn On The Tap project are still being worked on. Please check this blog for updates

Here is what we know

• The date of the event is Saturday April 9th
• Students can be part of this project if they raise $50
• Each Student is challenged to raise $100
• For $100 we can buy one whole clean water filter for families in the world (like in Haiti) who desperately need clean drinking water.
• This project is a collection of youth groups in the region working together to raise $10,000
• The project is in collaboration with Samaritans Purse. They are the ones who distribute the filters.
• We are going to do a walk from IGC in Downtown Kitchener, walk along King Street to Waterloo Town Square, pick up water jugs in teams, and walk back to IGC for our celebration of all that God has done through this project.
• Students will be given Turn On the Tap t-shirts to wear for the walk and promote awareness about the program
• There are several needs we have: People to help count the finances as they come in on the Saturday, Event Coordinators on the day, people to supply water for students as needed, etc, etc. Contact Ian for more details

Epicentre - A Word to Get Familiar With

EPICENTRE is on my tongue lately!

And it will be for a while.

Keep reading to find out.

WINTER RETREAT REPORT: I have heard nothing but good from the leaders and students about what happened at the Winter Retreat. I am so thankful for the many ways that several Highviewers helped make this happen. I am also very thankful for the support of my family as I couldn't attend! So many people helped with making important phone calls, shopping, leading the students, and spiritually making an impact on the youth. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

YOUTH SERVICE - JAN 30TH: A big THANK YOU to all the students for the many ways they influenced and led the service on Sunday January 30th. You all did an amazing job communicating the meaning of the Promises we have made in the Launch Highview Student Ministries. Also, a big THANK YOU to the leaders who all played a major part in making this service happen. THANK YOU also to the parents for the many ways you supported this work as well. It truly was a collaborative effort!

EPICENTRE: This is a word you are going to hear the students talking about in the near future. Epicentre is a collaborative effort with the Billy Graham Association of Canada and several youth groups in the Guelp, Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge regions. It is the biggest thing I have ever been a part of as a Director of Student Ministries. What is it? It is a large scale evangelism training and outreach initiative. Highview Community Church is going to be a sponsor church for this initiative and the Launch Student Ministries is going to play a key role in making the phases of this initiative go forward. Stay tuned for more details.