We’re sent to love.
On Sunday, May 19, 2024 we moved from the seats to the streets to serve our community!
Instead of gathering for our regular worship services, we went out to serve the communities Jesus has sent us to love!
Scroll down further to see some of the projects for 2024, or go back to look at highlights from past years.
Watch the highlights from Engage Sunday 2024 below.
Check out some of the projects on our list for 2024…
Milford Food Bank
Project Description:
Cleaning & mopping facility. Cleaning delivery trucks.
Tools Needed:
Shop vacs, mops, buckets.
Project Location:
111 South James Street
Milford, Indiana
Project Leader:
Angie Higginbotham
Local Family
Project Description:
We’ll be helping a local family in the Syracuse area with yardwork and other projects around the house.
Tools Needed:
Yardwork tools, other general tools.
Project Leader:
Ashley Weaver
Free Oil Changes
Project Description:
We will provide free oil changes for a limited number of people. Our focus in particular will be single parents and widows. People are needed to visit with those who drop off their cars for oil changes. May need some help doing the oil changes.
Project Leader:
Steve Farber
Syracuse Parks & Recreation
Project Description:
Spreading mulch throughout the parks.
Tools Needed:
Metal rakes, rakes, wheelbarrows, shovels for mulching, work gloves, etc.
Project Location:
Syracuse Community Center,
1013 N. Long Rd
Syracuse, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Byron Bauer & Dave Winters
Milford Town Cemetery Clean-Up
Project Description:
Cleaning up the Milford Cemetery, including any deadfall, branches, and other debris to help the cemetery look good just before Memorial Day.
Tools Needed:
Metal rakes, rakes, wheelbarrows, yard tools, chainsaws, work gloves, etc.
Project Location:
Milford Cemetery
13029 N 60 W
Milford, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Hayden Lechlitner
Rose Garden (Main Campus)
Project Description:
Cut up downed trees, clean out all flower beds, landscaping, hauling away limbs and debris to Syracuse Town dump, and need a small garden tilled 5 x 5.
Tools Needed:
Garden and weeding tools, rakes, trash bags, chainsaws. Trucks to haul away limbs and debris.
Project Location:
72876 CR 29
Syracuse, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Tom Speicher & Miguel Rodriguez
Leisure Living Retirement
Project Description:
Delivering food baskets to residences, visiting, praying, encouraging them.
Tools Needed:
None.
Project Location:
309 East Catherine Street
Milford, Indiana
Project Leader:
Jill Anderson
LITE Women's Recovery Home (Milford)
Project Description:
We’ll do yard work and cleanup (including some inside work) for the women’s recovery home in Milford.
Tools Needed:
Rakes, wheelbarrows, outdoor lawn and garden tools.
Project Location:
208 West Catherine Street
Milford, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Robin Stiffler
Coffee Give-Away
Project Description:
This crew will be giving coffee away as an expression of love to people in the Wawasee Lakes area.
Tools Needed:
None.
Project Location:
Mugshots
Project Leader:
Calvin Maxwell
North Webster Elementary
Project Description:
This crew will wash outside windows, rake mulch back into holes by swings, pull weeds in playground areas, pick up sticks down by trail entrance
Tools Needed:
Window washing supplies and yard tools.
Project Location:
5475 N 750 E
North Webster, Indiana
Project Leader:
Betsy Knafel & Jill Kistler
Wawasee High School
Project Description:
Yardwork and grounds work to help limited facility staff beautify the campus for spring, summer, and graduation. We’ll be laying down mulch and preparing the school to look great for graduation day.
Tools Needed:
Garden and leaf rakes, pruners, trimmers, shovels, wheelbarrow, yard tools
Project Location:
1 Warrior Path
Syracuse, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Matt Thacker
Fence Repair for North Webster Family
Project Description:
You’ll be helping repair a broken down fence for a family in North Webster.
Tools Needed:
General tools.
Project Leader:
Chad Hoffert & Joel Flora
Enchanted Hills Outreach
Project Description:
You will help with clean-up around the park in the Enchanted Hills neighborhood. We’ll also have games for the kids and a community cookout and devotion.
Tools Needed:
Rakes, trimmers, outdoor lawn and garden tools.
Project Location:
9799 East Excalibur Place
Cromwell, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Myra Steele & Salt Company Student Ministry
Rose Garden (Graduate Home)
Project Description:
Moving some furniture, bed upstairs. Outdoor work including flower beds, etc.
Tools Needed:
Shovels, trowels, trashbags
Project Location:
11007 SR 13
Syracuse, Indiana
Project Leader:
Eric Jackson
Teen Parents Succeeding
Project Description:
Mowing, clean up the garden, clean up around both AC units and Mulberry tree, weed-eater by fence row, powerwash yard toys and other projects.
Project Location:
604 South Poplar Drive
Syracuse, Indiana
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Project Leader:
Steve Unruh
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are we doing this?
Our mission states: We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us! Engage provides Wawasee Bible the opportunity to move out of our seats and into the streets on a Sunday morning to live out our mission in a unique way!
By cancelling our regular worship gathering and tackling community work projects, we are learning that church is about more than just the four walls.
Throughout the year people from Wawasee Bible already serve all over our community, but Engage Weekend is our change to make a big impact, loving our community and honoring Jesus.
How do I sign up?
There are several ways to sign up!
- Visit this link to sign up online for engage.
- Visit the Connect Desk on Sunday morning.
- Call the Church Office at 574-658-9161.
What will the schedule look like for that morning?
- We are going to start off the morning by gathering at the church at 9:00a (Kids can start checking in at 8:45a.)
- After prayer and a few instructions, we will head out to the project sites. Each project has an assigned leader. Follow your leader! You should be at your project site until about 11:45a.
- There will be Connections Ministry partners in the Commons for the entire morning to give directions and welcome any visitors.
- Head back to the church at 11:45a to gather for a church picnic to start at noon!
I've never done anything like this before. Where do I start?
There are projects for everyone! Many of them do not require a particular skill—just a willing heart and a pair of hands. There are usually projects involving yard work, visiting and worshipping with elderly, meal prep & delivery, clean up projects in the community, and more! Many projects are family friendly. It varies from year to year exactly which types of projects will take place.
Where will the projects be located?
Our projects are scattered throughout the greater Wawasee Lakes area including, Milford, Syracuse, and North Webster.
What about kids? Can we bring them along?
You are welcome to serve as a family! Take a look at the list of projects on the sign up or at the Connect Desk and see what would fit your family best.
If you are unsure, we will also offer Kids programing for younger kids at the church from 9a to noon.
What do I wear?
Dress appropriately for the weather! And grab your “You Are Loved” shirt for the day. Don’t have one? Grab one from the Connect Desk or the Church Office!
How can I participate if I am physically unable to do yard work or clean up? Is there something for me?
Yes! Here are some options and there will be more to come!
- If you are able to drive, you can participate in the prayer walks taking place in Milford. Just plan to drive instead of walk!
- You can stay at the church and help prep meals to be delivered into the community.
- You can help us rock babies in the nursery.
What happens if there is inclement weather?
First, pray for great weather that day and plan for it! Then, we will plan as the weather dictates for that morning.
What should I bring with me in order to serve?
That is based on the project that you choose to participate in.
- For the general clean-up and yard work projects, by yard tools, buckets, lawn trash bags, and whatever else would be helpful.
- For worship and visiting with elderly, bring your smile and be ready to spread joy.
- For meal prep, bring a willingness to prepare food and help organize meals.
- Unsure? Contact the Church Office or Pastor Dave.
Have a Different Question?
Email us anytime
Or call — 574-658-9161
Wawasee Bible is a growing evangelical church located in north-central Indiana between the communities of Milford and Syracuse. We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us.
Wawasee Bible is a part of the Evangelical Free Church of America.
The EFCA exists to glorify God by multiplying transformational churches among all people.
Learn more about the EFCA at www.efca.org.