An estimated 1900 children in Warren County are living below the poverty line. On Memorial Day Sunday, Kids on Mission committed to remembering these kids in our neighborhoods by gathering 1900 pennies - one for each of the Warren County kids whose lives are critically impacted by poverty.

Two weeks later, the kids have collected 6,380 pennies, over three times our original goal, representing the estimated 1900 children below the poverty level in Warren County, plus the estimated 2,220 children below poverty level in neighboring Washington County, and more than half of the estimated 4,385 children below poverty in neighboring Saratoga County. In addition to pennies, people have been throwing in nickels, dimes, quarters, even bills and checks. So the value of the collection now totals $376.70.

Our penny collection will benefit the WAIT House in Glens Falls, a home for homeless youth. The WAIT House has just opened a new section for homeless teens who are either pregnant or new mothers.

The Penny Project is part of the Children in Poverty initiative of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies.

In July and August, a small group gathering will study Deitrich Bonhoeffer's classic study on what it means to be a community of Christian disciples in fellowship together.

Bonhoeffer, a teacher in an underground seminary in Germany during the Nazi years, gives practical advice about sustaining community in the most trying of times, including the role of personal prayer, worship, everyday work, and Christian service.

Check back soon for specific dates and times.

Join us this Summer as we read and reflect on the thoughts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the future of the civil rights movement. It was a future Dr. King never did see for himself, for this is the last book he wrote before he was murdered in 1968. Still, his observations of the dynamics at work in mid-20th century America are cogent for today, and the question lingers, especially for the church of the 21st century: Where do we go from here? Chaos or community?

Dates, times and places will be announced soon. Please check back.