Faith Like a Child

Each day of the summer mission trip, 5th and 6th graders helped a different mission partner serve the city of Dallas. Beginning with Austin Street center on Tuesday, they helped organize donations for the clothes closet. On Wednesday, Ring of Hope welcomed the kids to their boxing ring to show them how they are empowering youth to greater mental, physical, and spiritual health. 

The final, and most impactful day for many students, was spent with Community Partners of Dallas. During their hours of service, they learned about the foster system and helped pack 500 overnight bags for kids who are removed from their homes by CPS. Madelyn’s mom shares that this experience “reshaped her daughter’s perspective on Faith Like a Child gratitude for her own day-to-day life and gave her a newfound desire to serve her community at large.” 

After learning how Community Partners is helping the roughly 20,000 people with open CPS cases in Dallas County, Madelyn was inspired to make a difference too. When she returned home that day, she “asked her family if they could start volunteering at CPD so that we (as a family) could help children who had been removed from their homes.” 

These mission trips inspire students like Madelyn to live out their faith in Jesus by serving others. It is a sweet reminder that our faith is not complicated, and God’s love is for everyone. 

Learn how you can make a difference in a child’s life at hppres.org/serve-our-city.