On Sunday, May 5th, Beta had an outreach at Trinity E.C. church in Boyerstown. As usual, we met and rode together to the outreach. The church has three services and we presented for two of them. We arrived at the church during their first service, so we had plenty of time to put on our mime paint, pray for the outreach, and hang out in the church’s fellowship hall and lobby. We had fun stroll miming and entertaining people. 🙂
Soon it was time to present and we walked single file up the aisle and onto the stage. Our three songs went very well, with no major mistakes and no problem with the sound. The speaking also went very well. Almost before we knew it, we filed back down the aisle.
We spent the time between presentations in the church’s youth room, hanging out and talking about our first presentation. Then we headed back for our second one, which went just as well as the first, if not better! It was neat to see some of the youth, who had seen us stroll miming, come in just to watch our presentation. Afterwards, we sat in the back of the sanctuary and listened to the sermon.
When it was over we (very gladly) took off our face paint and ate lunch, which was provided by the church. Then we headed home.
Overall, it was a great outreach! We were able to interact with a lot of people, had fun stroll miming, and laughed at a large number of things! Also, every single one of our members was able to be there, which was a first for this session. So we praise and thank God for an awesome outreach!

On Saturday, April 13, team Beta spent a day helping Carlos and Migdalia DeJesus. Carlos and Migdalia bought a former school building and turned part of it into a community center and a small shop. They give out free clothing and food to needy people in their community. Some of the building has been finished, but most of it still needs to be cleaned out.
At a fairly early hour, we piled into the DRAMA van and started the three hour drive. It was lots of fun, full of laugher and silly jokes, even though two of our members were unable to come.
We arrived in good time and soon got down to work. We spent most of the morning shoveling extra gravel from the parking lot and along the side of the road and using it to fix up their gravel drive. Then we washed the baseboards and swept the floor of their large auditorium before stopping for the delicious lunch Migdalia made for us.
After lunch, a few of us mopped the auditorium while the rest of us moved on to different jobs. Some worked on vacuuming out a large room in an unfinished part of the building, while the rest worked on moving boxes from a musty, mildew-filled room in the basement.
We spent the last hour of our afternoon “spring cleaning” the finished part the building, washing baseboards, sweeping, and mopping. Before leaving, we spent some time praying for Carlos and Migdalia and their ministry. Then we said goodbye and packed ourselves back into the van for the ride home.
We had an awesome time helping out Carlos and Migdalia, and were blessed to be able to partner with them in their ministry!

Before…                                                                    …After!

On Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, team Beta presented at Water Street Ministries in Lancaster. Once all of our team arrived, we had about forty-five minutes to practice before we were supposed to present, so we were able to run through all five of our songs.
When the audience began arriving, a few at a time, we spread out and greeted them. We made small talk and answered questions about our ministry.
Then it was time to start. We walked single file onto the stage and set up for our first song. Each of the songs went very well, especially the first one, when the audience began clapping in the middle of the song. The speaking went well, too, until the mike stopped working while one of our members was speaking. But he finished his speaking, and the rest of the presentation ran smoothly.
Afterwards, we spread out again and thanked our audience for coming. When they had all gone, we helped the staff gather and stack all of the chairs before heading home.
Overall, this was a great outreach! The audience was very responsive to our mimes, the speaking went well, and we could definitely see God working throughout the evening!

Team Beta’s first outreach of the session was on Friday, March 15th, 2013, at Bowmansville TNT (a youth ministry). We met and drove together, and the van ride there was, as usual, full of laughter and fun jokes.
We arrived in good time and began practicing the songs we were going to present. We were able to run through each of them once, and some of them more than once, depending on how much practice we needed. One of our members wasn’t able to be there, but thankfully our Assistant Director knew all of his parts, so she filled in for him.
Then the kids arrived and we started our presentation. Our three songs went well, as did Tim’s speaking! Our sound system had been acting up a little bit during practice, but thankfully it was fine for the presentation.
When we were done, we headed downstairs with the kids. We hung out with them and played games for about half an hour before piling back into the van to head home.
Overall, it was a great first outreach for the session! We had great team time to and from the outreach, an awesome time hanging out with the kids, and are grateful that God gave us this opportunity!