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WOW, (Win Our World), is an urban mission ministry experience in the heart of downtown Knoxville, TN.  It is a mission trip - but so much more!  Youth Groups from across the region come to St. John's Lutheran Church to participate in five days of faith formation, leadership development activities and hands-on mission work with the homeless and less-fortunate folks in our neighborhood. It's an incredible opportunity for growth in our faith, our leadership, to serve others - and to have a lot of fun!

What type of mission work do we do?

WOW works with the ministries that serve our neighbors, the homeless and less-fortunate. These ministries are within walking distance of St. John's Lutheran Church and include:

• Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries (a homeless shelter, serving meals, providing counseling and beds for over 200 men and 40 women every night),
• Project Live (light construction work for the elderly poor)
• Salvation Army (homeless shelter and programs for men, women and families),
• The Wesley House (serving our inner-city youth in 1st through 5th grades),
• Volunteer Ministry Center (a day shelter for our homeless neighbors),
• Fresh Air Camp (day camp for inner-city and handicapped children, grades K-5).

Each location has different needs. Participants might be: playing with homeless children, picking up trash, scrubbing floors, providing music while folks wait for a meal, building a deck, cleaning a gutter, pulling weeds/planting a garden, folding laundry, sorting donated clothing, picking up more trash... We try to give everyone the opportunity to serve in a variety of locations - working with people as well as providing manual labor.

When is WOW?

We are hosting six and one-half WOW Weeks in 2010. They are:

WOW I:  Sunday, June 6 - Friday, June 11

WOW II:  Sunday, June 13 - Friday, June 18 - BOOKED -

WOW III:  Sunday,June 27 - Friday, July 2 - BOOKED -

Mini-Week:  Tuesday, July 6 - Friday, July 9

WOW IV:  Sunday, July 11 - Friday, July 16 - BOOKED -

WOW V:  Sunday, July 18 - Friday, July 23 - BOOKED -

WOW VI:  Sunday, July 25 - Friday, July 30 - BOOKED -

Leaders for WOW include Pastor Amy Figg, Nancy Friedrich (program director), plus well-trained interns (college students) and many of the youth from St. John's Lutheran Church who have completed WOW training and have served the neighborhood for years.

To learn more about WOW and how to get involved please contact:
Nancy Friedrich, 865.659.0161, FriedrichKnox@comcast.net, OR Pastor Amy Figg, 865.523.3330, amy@sjlcknox.org

 "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interest, but to the interests of others."
Phil 2:3-4