Ministry celebrates fundraising effort
Tuesday, 5. January 2010
Realife Student Ministries in Ozark recently celebrated a yearlong effort to raise $200,000 for missions.
The local event, “Overflow ’09,” was also available online as a live webcast so other youth groups from around the country could be a part of the celebration.
In 2008, Pastor Scotty Gibbons, director of Realife Student Ministries at James River Assembly, presented teenagers with an challenge: Raise more than $50,000 for missions in just 11 weeks. In the midst of a down economy, the 1,000-student youth ministry took to the challenge and ultimately gave more than $75,000.
As a result, Gibbons wrote a new book, “Overflow,” an inspirational guide to giving for students. In 2009, “Overflow” quickly sold more than 50,000 copies.
