Neighbor Night

Each week we host neighbor night at Olive Tree. It is an opportunity for homeowners and their neighbors to come and share their stories with volunteers.

Homeowner Velma Lewis talking with volunteer


Homeowner Gwendolyn Lawson and family


"Raise your hands", James (family of Velma) leading volunteers in song

Jesus My Superhero!

Singing "Jesus You're My Superhero" at nightly reflections



Nightly Reflection time singing Jesus your my superhero!

WELCOME BACK!

The Olive Tree blog is back and better than ever. Check back for new posts!

Pictures

Leesburg, FL

This is a post from one of the volunteer groups awhile back. If your group would like to submit a post to the blog please email it to the village manager account (olvtree1@pcusa.org) along with a group picture and we'll post it for you.


Lake Square Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, Florida returns to Olive Tree PDA camp for Hurricane Katrina
relief work.
By: Kay Visconti
October 26-31, 2008

LSPC traveled to Olive Tree PDA Camp in New Orleans for its fourth mission trip to assist with Katrina recovery efforts. The nine person crew partnered with neighboring First Presbyterian of Leesburg, Fl, New Life Presbyterian Church of Fruitland Park, Fl and a group from Charolette, North Carolina. Our group leader was Bill Welch from First Presbyterian.
On this trip our team joined other work groups from Illinois and Montana. The LSPC team worked with three different homeowners whose houses were located in the Chalmette area of St.Bernard Parish, the lower 9th Ward, and Jefferson Parish. Many different types of work were done including sanding, painting, laying tile flooring, hanging doors and windows and sitting appliances.
The teams were able to meet their homeowners at the work site and at the Thursday night meal at the camp. Stories and fellowship were shared and lasting memories were made. The team left New Orleans with sore muscles but excited about returning in 2009 .

Update

Wow, it's been awhile. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks. There have been a lot of interesting things going on at Olive Tree lately and we'll update more about that later.





A few weeks ago we had a jumping-picture-taking group!

Pictures!

This week at Olive Tree we were blessed with four wonderful groups from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Washington. We worked at eight worksites and ended our week with a home dedication on Friday afternoon. We all know that Katrina hit over three years ago but the work in New Orleans has not slowed down and will continue as an ongoing project for many churches and people across the States and beyond.



We hope that you are able to find a way to join us in the Crescent City as we assist families in the rebuilding process. If you have any questions about an upcoming trip or about planning a trip please email the village manager account at
olvtree1@pcusa.org



As a side note, our laundry facilities are now up and running!