Each Mission Year team is paired up with a church. At the church, team members are encouraged to become actively involved in teaching, ushering, kitchen crews, childcare, clean up around the church and other church activities. Paradise Missionary Baptist Church was the church we attended this past year. Charles Harper III was the pastor and was actively pursuing engagement within the community. PMBC is a southern Baptist church with traditional values. Each of my team members was involved in a different aspect of the church. We sang in the choir, participated in Sunday school classes, as well as taught classes. Our team helped during Vacation Bible School as well as in the start of a children's Bible Study on Wednesday nights.

Sunday attire

These pictures show members of the church I attended as well as teammates from my house teaching different classes. At church we often had the opportunity to spend time with lots of kids, which was something new and refreshing.

The one thing I enjoyed most about PMBC was the welcome song that was sung each week to new members, guests, or visitors. The song went like this:
We welcome you
to Paradise
we're glad you stopped by
it is so nice
why don't you
come on in and join us
in serving Jesus Christ
because its twice as nice
at Paradise.

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