Churches and Youth Giving Back to the Community

A community wide worship service on Sunday evening gave the youth a call to action.  
The worship band expressed that the purpose of the service was for people from different churches to come together in unity and love. Matthew Boatwright said:
“Tonight’s event was aimed at bringing all of the churches that are involved specifically together to praise God and ask Him to anoint this special time and to have the community come out to anoint these kids as they go out to serve.”
Patricia Banthomer, a member of the worship band, expressed:
“The purpose of this event is to spread the Gospel and to let our community know that we love them and there’s One True God who loves them also.”
The entire worship service was to kick-off a project called Youth Evangelism Project or Y.E.P. Boatwright explained:
“Y.E.P is an event aimed at sharing the truth of who Christ is in the community and we do this through service, prayer, and other means.”  
Towards the end, the youth participating in Y.E.P came down to the front, holding hands, and the audience prayed over them for this week. The youth stood in a circle and prayed as well. There was also an invitation for those who might not know Christ and everyone prayed and worshipped. It truly looked like what God intended-one church coming together and being the body of Jesus.
YEP, in its fourth year, saw youth from four churches in Hardeman County go into the county June 28-30 taking on projects ranging from giving away baked goods to washing cars and painting houses. Eighty-nine youth from Parrans Chapel, Hornsby First Baptist, Middleton First Baptist and Dixie Hills Baptist participated.