Playground for Jesus

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I spent my whole day Saturday along with tons of other people from our church, and many other people from the community partnering with Keep America Beautiful to clean up the neighborhood around The Wesley House.

Not only did tons of people pick up trash, spread flower seeds, plant flowers, spread mulch and take unwanted furniture from people's homes, but we did some MAJOR work on the Playground for Jesus. If you're not too sure what the Playground for Jesus is, please let me give you some background.

This past summer, the Sunday School classes of our church were challenged to go outside of the church walls and do something for the community in the name of Jesus. One of our classes had the idea that they wanted to raise money and create a safe playground for the children in our community that go to the Wesley House and live in the surrounding areas. Between $40,000 and $50,000 later, the basketball court was poured, a fence was put up, mulch was brought in, a pavillion was built, a new playset was donated, and the whole project started coming together.

So this past Saturday, we spent the whole day getting the place ready for the dedication ceremony and fun day that will take place from 10-6! I hope that you will take a few hours out of your day this coming Saturday to go and see the great things taking place in the East End community!