Ruth Schneider had a whole crew at her house Saturday morning cleaning out her garage, washing windows and fixing her porch.
“It’s fabulous. All of these people coming out here to help me,” Schneider said.
Members of the Eudora Baptist Church gathered for the Serve Eudora event Saturday to clean and fix up eight houses throughout the city.
Nearly 30 members met at the church at 9 a.m. to pick up their service assignments and to pray together before going to volunteer at various houses.
The Rev. Josh Monhollon and his family spent the morning at Schneider’s house to help her.
Monhollon said it’s important that the church serves and loves the community by helping out. He wants people to know that serving is what their church is about.
“We want to serve people. That is the heart of our God,” Monhollon said. “I want our people to have that heart as well.”
Event coordinator Emily Bromley said the purpose of the event is to spread the love of Jesus through serving the community in whatever way is needed.
“The whole point is no strings attached, just helping the city,” Bromley said.
Dozens of volunteers worked at Mindy Transmeier’s house cutting tree limbs, cleaning the yard and painting.
“It made me feel really good knowing that there are people willing to do this and not take credit for it,” Transmeier said. “They are just doing this because they care.”
Transmeier suffers from multiple health issues, making it difficult for her to do all of the work around her house that needs to be done.
“This is way above and beyond to come out here and do this for me, especially with what my family has been going through,” Transmeier said.
Transmeier said this work is not only impacting her house, but it’s also helping her return to her faith in God.
“It relays that God really does watch over us and is with us. It makes us want to go back to church,” Transmeier said.
Volunteer Victor Shenk spent the day fixing the siding on a house. He said volunteering helps show the church cares about everybody in the community.
“We are here to serve. Whether that means biblically, or to help someone spiritually, but we also have physical needs,” Shenk said. “What we’re striving to do today is help with those physical needs.”
Bromley hopes people in the community see what they are doing and want to help in the future.
“I hope it becomes an annual thing and that we can get more churches and people involved,” Bromley said. “I’m really excited to see how it grows.”
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