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BBC Christmas 2011

EmilyDelong — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:56:12 +0000

The children at Backyard Bible Club enjoyed an entire week filled with Christmas Spirit, but Christmas began weeks beforehand, as the kids participated in community service projects around their neighborhood to earn vouchers to “purchase” a gift for a BBC friend. The service activities included working in the community garden and trash clean-up along Perry [...]

Thanks to all awesome volunteers!

Jenny — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:29:34 +0000

We want to shout out a super special “THANKS” to Tiffany Massey, Albuquerque Emmanuel, Brianna Marzett, Jermaine Philps, and Ni Zang! These new volunteers for Backyard Bible Club give their time tutoring and interacting with our neighborhood children. Tiffany and Albuquerque have been super-troopers by being there everyday! All of our volunteers have shown [...]

Congratulations Raymond!

EmilyDelong — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:45:58 +0000

Raymond completed the 2-week workshop at the WorkFaith Connection, a wonderful organization that empowers individuals to find meaningful employment and to build a new life through work and faith. We attended his class’s graduation ceremony, and it was a joy to see Raymond and his class filled with hope and courage. There were many uplifting [...]

Agape ACTION Girls Volleyball

EmilyDelong — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:26:21 +0000

This fall we started our first ever girls sports team at Agape. We have several girls ages 9-13 playing on the volleyball team. For many of them, it is their first time to play organized sports. I was amazed at their courage to get out on the court with very little experience or practice before [...]

Gateway: Phase One: Accomplished

EmilyDelong — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:27:10 +0000

Last Friday October 15 marked the end of Phase One of Gateway. For the first seven weeks, each of the interns (Justin, Raymond, Kentrell) participated in 147 hours of Labs (Life Skills and Personal Development) and worked between 80-90 hours in their local business internships at The Guild Shop and Goodwill. The day-in, day-out grind [...]

We’re done…almost!!

anne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:40:59 +0000

Yes, we have far exceeded the 60 volunteers, and everyone did a great job. This beautiful home on in the neighborhood did not look so great when we took it over, and one volunteer even commented,”When does the bulldozer get here?” Thanks to the hard work of men, women, and children, we have made this [...]

New Gateway Format

Jenny — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:59:23 +0000

For the past 3 years, Agape has offered a 12-month residential program called Gateway, whose purpose is to launch 18-25 year-olds into healthy, Christ-following independence. Jonathan Steele, Emily DeLong, and David Hill run the program and have been making great improvements for the 2011-2012 year. Our first major change is adding internships: We are looking [...]

Coming Volunteer Opportunities

Jenny — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:58:33 +0000

Relational Commitment

After-School Program – Tutor 1 child weekly for 12 weeks.

Community Garden – Work with neighbors weekly on their garden plots.

Youth Sports – Assist coaching a team, 1 practice and 1 game per week, 8-10 weeks in the fall.

Gateway – Host an unpaid 18-25 year-old intern, twice a week, for 10-16 [...]

Gridiron Days

Jenny — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:55:52 +0000

The Agape Action just completed its first flag football season. Practices and games were held at the new Houston Texans YMCA in our neighborhood. The season was filled with exciting plays and a bit of heartbreak at a few missed opportunities on the field. We saw notable growth in the athletic ability of each boy [...]

Last week of summer programs…

Jenny — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:12:15 +0000

We had an amazing last week of Summer Programs. Three awesome volunteers – Julie Aldrich, Sandra Organ Solis, and Joyce Wong taught different classes. Julie taught a cooking class and they made some healthy snacks and meals. Sandra taught a dance class and all of the kids loved it because it was a great [...]