Day 2: On the Midnight Run

June 28, 2009

The first thing we did today was attend the Jan Hus Sunday church service. It is PRIDE Heritage Sunday, and Rev. Bagnuolo talked about diversity among congregaations. They had a very small congregation and our group tripled the number. They have a beautiul church with stained glass and sun shining through it. Instead of a choir, they had a small band with a pion, bass guitar, and a drumset. It sounded amazing and not only did we sing hymns but at the end we also sang "Somewhere over the Rainbow." After the service, there was a church lunch, and we had pasta with the members. They were all very welcoming, and it was great to talk to them. For the rest of the day we prepared for the Midnight Run service project until we actually started the project around nine.
Sara Beeken


Today we did a service project called Midnight Run. We made about 100 sandwiches and met up with two guys -- John and Bruce. They had things like shirts and shorts, coffee, shoes, and we had plastic bags full of toiletries and we went around New York passing out the different things to the homeless and the people in need. It was so much fun interacting with the different kinds of people and hearring their stories. Some of them were hesitannt to take the stuff, and I even got yelled at by one guy. This was really late and night, and we didn't get back until 1:30 am.
Holly Burgess