This is the entire group donating the more than 1,500 pillow cases that the St. Paul United Church of Christ congregation sewed over the past year. Pictured are Susan Wassung, Clydine Hardin, Rhonda Shubert, Sydney Cacioppo, Paige Epplin, Alexis Rice, Keely Epplin, Kyla Epplin, Cameron Hepp, Hannah Porter, Graci McDaniel,Tyler Rice, Blaine Shubert, Amanda Hepp, Ray Porter, Hunter Clark, Kyle Luke, Chase Witbracht, Will Martin and Keaton Hawk.
Courtesy of Rhonda Shubert
St. Paul United Church of Christ recently took 15 youth and four adults on a mission trip to Florida.
The group departed southern Illinois July 8, beginning their week with a fun day on Sunday. The group attended church and headed off to Manatee Beach on the Gulf before going back to Orlando to get ready to start their work for Give Kids the World.
The Give Kids the World Village, a wish-filling, carefree retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their very families, is a 70-acre village open 365 days a year and offering more than 1,400 individual and group volunteer opportunities each week.
Things the travelers got to do included operating the carousel, driving the train, serving meals, playing games, scooping ice cream, helping families for the Disney character pictures and most importantly working in the castle.
Pictured are Rhonda Shubert, Keely Epplin, Kyla Epplin, Paige Epplin, Alexis Rice, Hannah Porter, Graci McDaniel, Sydney Cacioppo, Cameron Hepp, Will Martin, Ray Porter, Tyler Rice, Chase Witbracht, Hunter Clark, Keaton Hawk, Kyle Luke, Blaine Shubert and Amanda Hepp.
Courtesy of Rhonda Shubert
Graci McDaniel, Paige Epplin and Kyla Epplin serve ice cream to Kylo Ren and the Stormtroopers. Give Kids the World Village celebrates Halloween every Tuesday night.
Courtesy of Rhonda Shubert