As many of you already know, several youth and adult members of our congregation took a week out of their summer to help spread God’s love and serve on R.I.S.E, or Risingville Intercommunity Service Effort July 6-12 in Friendship, New York. PCM had 12 youth volunteers, four adult leaders to lead the teams, and five adults on RISE staff all volunteer this year! Together, with teams from Chatham United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church in Morris Plains, RISE was able to help six families make their homes warmer, safer, and drier with the various projects that they had throughout the week. PCM represented two teams, comprised of six youth and two adult leaders. We are so grateful for our adult leaders taking time out of their summer to help serve our community, and we’re grateful for our youth for taking the time to help those less fortunate than we are.
PCM Team 1 had a paint job on a home in which they scraped the old paint off the house to help prepare it for fresh, new paint, and started painting the house! Team 2 worked on repairing parts of a ramp and its railing to make it more sturdy and less shaky to hold onto to help the homeowner recovering from a stroke. Despite the elements being against their favor (between rainy forecasts and extreme heat), I’m proud to say that both teams were able to complete their projects! Although RISE is about helping others through different home projects, our youth still had fun! We took our annual RISE photo at the Lain’s Cider Mill on Wednesday, and they enjoyed a nice dinner out on Thursday. There were plenty of ice cream runs too!
I am so incredibly proud of our youth and the work they did this week, and if you know someone who was on RISE, ask them about their experience! If you’d like to hear more about RISE, or are interested in donating, please reach to me or follow @riseserviceproject on Instagram.
Thanks,
Caleigh Lawlor
Director of Youth Ministry
