Shannon Sullivan's last day as our summer Intern 07-22-2011

     Today is Shannon's last day here with us in York and Delta in her "official capacity" as Shalom Intern.  Shannon has been an energetic, vibrant, and extremely helpful intern with all of us and we will miss her greatly, however, she will be returning for the National Night out that is being held by The Far East Shalom Community, on Aug. 2, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. in the parking lot here at Fourth UMC. 
     I'm sure Shannon will be returning from time to time after that too.  We will truly miss her smile and her enthusiasm and we pray for many blessings to come her way today and everyday in the future!

    May God richly bless you Shannon!
    Judy Bupp and the Delta and York City Shalom Team

Check Out Our New Facebook Pages

The Tri-Village Shalom Initiative in Delta, Cardiff, and Whiteford and the Friendship Shalom Community, serving York City between Queen St. and Broad St. and between Arch St. and Princess, have Facebook pages now. Become a fan of us and keep your eyes open for all that God is doing in these two zones!

Meet Shannon Sullivan our Comm. of Shalom Summer Intern

     Shannon's first day in York, PA as Shalom Intern was Monday, June 13, 2011.  We had a very full day

touring through York City, and visiting some of our Shalom sites here in the city. 

     Tuesday, 6-14,  Shannon and I visited with Pastor Judy Walker and the DCW Board meeting members, followed by a tour in the DCW area, and a tour of the transitional house beside Delta UMC.  

Later we visited with Linda Meanor, who is site manager in the Friendship Shalom Community. 

Tuesday, at 4:00 p.m. we held a meeting for the Far East Shalom community. 

     Friday, Shannon was able to connect with Pastor Skip Spangler regarding the West End Shalom Community.

     At the end of the week, we took inventory of the sites we had visited, the meetings we were a part of and what was learned.  

We then began planning our next steps for the week, beginning June 20.  So far at last report this afternoon Shannon has made some great connections and met with come important contacts for Shalom in both Delta,Cardiff, Whiteford and York City Shalom Communities! Tomorrow, Wednesday, is her first day volunteering at York Inner City Day Camp.  

    Thank you to Becky Detwiler and Karen for opening your Bed and Breakfast to Shannon as she is joining us in York City.

     Way to go Shannon, great job!!!!

Our Summer Shalom Intern from Drew University

     I would like to introduce our summer Shalom intern, Shannon Sullivan from Drew University.  Shannon will arrive on June 13, and stay until July 22, 2011.  Shannon's home is Norrisville, Maryland.  She has completed her second year at Drew and plans to graduate next May, 2012.  Below are few words from Shannon:
 

     I bring with me passion and energy for doing the work of Shalom. I have worked at progressive non-profits like Faith in Public Life and Protestant Community Centers, Inc. (PCCI), that provided me with opportunities to better learn organizational and administrative skills, communications and media work, as well as opportunities to work with children (at PCCI). I have experience planning community events designed to bring diverse communities together, through my work linking churches as an intern with Carlisle, PA-area United Methodist Churches and through my supervised ministry work with PCCI's mentoring program between inner-city Newark kids and suburban and urban community houses of worship and universities. I also bring with me a willingness to be flexible and an eagerness to learn new skills.

INTERESTS: I am very interested in urban ministry. I learned some with PCCI in Newark, but I never had the opportunity to sit with people and listen to their stories. On that note, I am also interested in listening to people's stories.

     Shannon will return from a trip to Bosnia right before she starts her internship here in York, PA.  I will be contacting the Shalom Site Coordinators to schedule a day for Shannon

Update from Saturday's "Bridgeing the Gap" Block Party

   In my previous post I talked about planting seeds.  Last Saturday on the 600 block of west Princess St. in York, had the following results as a result of the Salem Square Pastor's Evangelism Outreach --The tent with bracelets had 169 commitments to Christ  (youth) and Pastor Speer had one adult commitment.  God is faithful!  Thanks for all the prayers and thanks to those of you who stopped by my tent to visit as I painted "hundreds" of children's faces and arms!

Blessings and Peace,
Judy

Spiritual Seeds. . .

    Have you ever thought about planting seeds?  I mean really planting spiritual seeds in other peoples lives for Jesus.  I've been thinking alot about this lately.  Perhaps because its springtime and planting seeds is something we do in springtime.  So perhaps, this has helped to bring it to my mind.  Jesus planted alot of seeds...with Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, with the woman who had the issue of bleeding, and with the woman at the well, to name a few.  The seed that Jesus planted in their lives when he encountered them changed their lives forever.  Spiritual transformation took place! 
    Tomorrow, the West Side Shalom Site along with many churches in the the Salem Square community will be part of a block party held in the 600 block of West Princess St. in York. 
There will be food, music, witnessing, singing, face painting, ministry and more.  It is my prayer that the spiritual seeds of transformation will be planted as well.
    Won't you join me in prayer for this event and for all those Pastors and christians who are part of this day!  Pray for hearts to be softened so that the message and seeds of Jesus will transform lives.

Our Delta Shalom Site Group! Aren't they AWESOME!