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Don’t Forget About Connie Maxwell:
Volunteer Renovation Teams Commit to 10-Year Ministry at Connie Maxwell
Volunteer Renovation Teams Commit to 10-Year Ministry at Connie Maxwell
Jason Shope loves Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries. He was first introduced to what God was doing in the lives of children and families at the Greenwood campus by his pastor, who invited him to be a part of a cottage renovation project in 2022. The team’s goal was to honor a church member’s last request – “don’t forget about Connie Maxwell,” a place where she had lived for a time as a child.
Jason owns an automotive repair shop in Rock Hill but has a background in construction, so his giftedness was a perfect fit for the Robert Black Cottage renovation project. Covid delayed the team’s work, but that afforded Jason the opportunity to process the needs, enlist tradesmen and volunteers, and coordinate their housing. During a whirlwind week last summer, the 60-member team worked from 7:00AM until 10:00PM to complete the renovation that included installing new fixtures, flooring, interior painting, and resurfacing tubs and sinks.
“It was unbelievable what we did in six days,” Jason recalls. “The day I left from assessing the cottage I had no idea how many people would come and help me do this. I just knew there was a need and I was going to meet it.”
Jason owns an automotive repair shop in Rock Hill but has a background in construction, so his giftedness was a perfect fit for the Robert Black Cottage renovation project. Covid delayed the team’s work, but that afforded Jason the opportunity to process the needs, enlist tradesmen and volunteers, and coordinate their housing. During a whirlwind week last summer, the 60-member team worked from 7:00AM until 10:00PM to complete the renovation that included installing new fixtures, flooring, interior painting, and resurfacing tubs and sinks.
“It was unbelievable what we did in six days,” Jason recalls. “The day I left from assessing the cottage I had no idea how many people would come and help me do this. I just knew there was a need and I was going to meet it.”
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