2008 Woodie Awards
Impact team forms relationships at Palmetto Boys Home
By: Anna Goff
Issue date: 11/29/06 Section: News
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Anna Goff
Staff Writer
The Baptist Student Union sends out 16 community teams and 13 weekend teams that each find different ways to witness to a variety of people around South Carolina.
One community team in particular has had a great run with its project, the Palmetto Boys Home. The team goes out every Monday night and focuses on the Christian fundamentals, such as salvation and growth. The Palmetto Boys Home is a branch of Miracle Hills and is short-term emergency housing during custody battles and court cases. Many of these kids have been in danger and are victims of neglect, abuse and many other troubled backgrounds.
The team tries to form a relationship with the kids, but it can become difficult because many of the kids are not in the home longer than a few weeks. They play games with them, such as football and basketball, just hang out and sometimes show them movies like The Passion or other movies with a Christian viewpoint along with a small Bible study and devotion. The team consists of Chris Moore, sophomore Christian studies, Nicholas Thomason, freshman Christian studies, Joshua Taylor, freshman Christian studies, and the team leader, Brandon Amick, sophomore youth ministries.
"I started as a member of this impact team last year. After learning that the team was going to be without a leader, I prayed about it, and I e-mailed the BSU office and told them I might be interested in being the leader," said Amick. "As a youth ministry major, it has been hard for me to adjust to the Palmetto Boys Home because there are constantly new kids coming and going, so the salvation message and the 'fundamentals' have to be reviewed constantly. Since taking over the impact team, I have seen four kids come to know Christ as their personal Savior. Sometimes these kids can seem a little hostile due to their background, and it seems like they just shut you out a lot of the time. So to see the decisions we have is just amazing; God never ceases to amaze me."
Staff Writer
The Baptist Student Union sends out 16 community teams and 13 weekend teams that each find different ways to witness to a variety of people around South Carolina.
One community team in particular has had a great run with its project, the Palmetto Boys Home. The team goes out every Monday night and focuses on the Christian fundamentals, such as salvation and growth. The Palmetto Boys Home is a branch of Miracle Hills and is short-term emergency housing during custody battles and court cases. Many of these kids have been in danger and are victims of neglect, abuse and many other troubled backgrounds.
The team tries to form a relationship with the kids, but it can become difficult because many of the kids are not in the home longer than a few weeks. They play games with them, such as football and basketball, just hang out and sometimes show them movies like The Passion or other movies with a Christian viewpoint along with a small Bible study and devotion. The team consists of Chris Moore, sophomore Christian studies, Nicholas Thomason, freshman Christian studies, Joshua Taylor, freshman Christian studies, and the team leader, Brandon Amick, sophomore youth ministries.
"I started as a member of this impact team last year. After learning that the team was going to be without a leader, I prayed about it, and I e-mailed the BSU office and told them I might be interested in being the leader," said Amick. "As a youth ministry major, it has been hard for me to adjust to the Palmetto Boys Home because there are constantly new kids coming and going, so the salvation message and the 'fundamentals' have to be reviewed constantly. Since taking over the impact team, I have seen four kids come to know Christ as their personal Savior. Sometimes these kids can seem a little hostile due to their background, and it seems like they just shut you out a lot of the time. So to see the decisions we have is just amazing; God never ceases to amaze me."
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