Kids Club Easter

Interns organized a skit, put together treat bags for each child, and planned special activities. The older classes dyed eggs, while the younger classes made little baskets and planted grass seeds inside them.

Teen Night

On a typical Teen Night, there's a bit of hang-out time prior to going inside for the teaching session. Our basketball court is a big attraction for teens on a Friday night (almost any night, really!), so there's usually a game in session when it's announced, "Time to go inside!"

At a recent Teen Night, someone must have grumbled about this because Caleb reminded the group: "You all know that this is what we do at Teen Night...food, teaching, basketball, and plenty of time to hang out."

For some, taking that step inside a church is much more uncomfortable than they'd probably like to admit. The call comes to go inside, and they scatter instead. Others follow the crowd of usual attenders and venture in.

In JB Phillips' paraphrase of the New Testament, he translates Romans 12:1-2 in this way: "Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within."

"...but let God."

There's the victory for each teen who's looking for direction and hope: letting God do His work.

Trip to Mexico

A team from Aim Right spent the day in Mexico on Saturday. The primary purpose of the trip was to visit the i6eight ministry in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point).

Some highlights were meeting i6eight leaders and visiting children and their families in the community. Click here to view photos from the day.

Needed: Youth Groups to Teach VBS

Do you know of a youth group that may be looking for a summer missions opportunity?

Aim Right has openings for two youth groups who would be willing to come and serve for a week this June. The primary responsibility would be teaching VBS, but other urban ministry opportunities are available as well.

For more details, read the info. here.

Spring Break

Students are enjoying Spring Break this week, and that means extra time for OFR's (Opportunities For Relationships). Interns planned some fun activities with the children and teens, including trips to the train park, volleyball games, and a Fun Night for Kids Klub.

Alexa was able to pray with a young boy to receive Christ during water games on Monday. He had told one of the youth group members, "I want to know more about Jesus," and the youth group member found one of our staff to talk to him.

There's a lanyard here that one of the youth from Oklahoma seems to have left behind. Printed on the back of the name tag is this:

How to Know Jesus
God created us to be with Him.
Our sins separate us from God.
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds.
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again.
Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life.
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.

He came for water games. He left with Living Water.

Mustang, OK Youth Group

It's a fact that many of the youth we minister to rarely go out of state. When funds are limited at home, or you don't own a vehicle, that makes trips and vacations impossible or rare. When groups come here from various states and serve, though, I believe it's a special blessing for the kids, and in a small way, expands their horizons.

A large group of 6th-12th graders from the First Baptist Church in Mustang, OK, are in Phoenix for a Spring Break missions trip and stopped by Aim Right today for a few hours. Half of the group organized water games for neighborhood kiddos that just kept coming and coming, while the other half served across the street at Garfield Elementary, cleaning classrooms and willingly tackling other not-so-fun yet necessary cleaning projects.

The youth group will be spotted at various locations around the Valley throughout the week, singing (they're a choir) and serving. We're just blessed that they were able to come here for a few hours.

Auction Week & Mobile Pantry

The countdown is on: two days until our annual benefit auction! The auditorium is being readied for our preview, which will be held this Friday from 3:30 - 7:00 p.m. The public is invited to come and see the items that will be sold on Saturday.

For more information about the auction, visit our auction website. Also, our Facebook page has several photos of items on display (you need not have a Facebook account to view the photos).


And...the staff may have let out a few moans and groans several weeks ago when they realized that The Mobile Pantry also fell during auction week. However, God has blessed us with a beautiful morning and extra volunteers who are in town for the auction. Today, there's bok choy, grapefruit and oranges, apples, a variety of breads, and much more that we've given away.