Denver Service Learning Trip
July 9 – 16, 2023
14 students and three adults traveled to Denver, Colorado for a week of service & learning.
Check out their posts below to learn more about their experiences while they were in Denver.
Homegoing – Thank You, Prince of Peace.
Day 8 After an eventful night of church hide-n-seek that ended with the police doing a walk-through of First Lutheran of Kearney, most of the group got minimal sleep and was ready to be back in our own beds. Breakfast and clean-up were quick as the kids were motivated...
Van 1 (Julene and Erika’s) is better
Day 7 Today we woke up early to pack and leave Abiding Hope Church. We spent most of the day driving and originally planned on stopping at Mcdonald's quickly and then going on a hike. Unfortunately, our plans changed when one of the vans got stuck in traffic for an...
An Amusing Day
Day 6 Today we woke up early to pack for our trip to Abiding Hope Church. Everyone was assigned jobs like vacuuming and cleaning up. We ate turkey bacon and eggs for breakfast and Bryce got a gargantuan stain on his shirt, which was continually brought up throughout...
I think we need a new chaperone.
Day 5 Today we started out our day by splitting up into old dogs and youngins. The old dogs went to Poet’s Garden and then the youngins went to EarthLink. We weeded at Earthlinks for 1 hour. During the weeding, one of our chaperones, Bryce, banged his head on a metal...
The Youngins and the Old Dogs at it again
Day 4 Today we woke up at god knows what hour ( 6:50 am) and ate breakfast and hit the road by 8:20 am. Our big group was split into two today, the old dogs( seniors, graduated, Erika, and Scott) and the youngins (everyone else, Julene, and Bryce). The first stop was...
A Precious Child and Boulder
Day 3 We woke up around 7 and ate cereal for breakfast and packed a sandwich for lunch then started driving to A Precious Child. At A Precious Child, we split into groups and half of us went to the shop to work and half went to the warehouse. The people who went to...
Thank You
I want to send a sincere thank you to the whole community of Prince of Peace for your generous support in making PoP's Youth Trip to Denver happen. With the down deposits each family contributed and the many fundraisers, we were able to make a week-long trip to...
On The Road Again
Day 2 To start we woke up early to load the vans and get started with our day. Grandpa Scott insisted that we must get Starbucks before our 5-hour drive. We stopped at a Sinclair gas station waiting for the other van to show up. We took pictures of a dinosaur while we...
PoP Youth Trip – Denver – Day 1!
Day 1 Hey guys, today we started our morning off at 7 am in the church parking lot. We hopped in the vans and drove for a few hours before stopping for lunch and doing a quick get-to-know-you group activity. Then, after a few more hours in the car, we arrived at our...