User:Splashbartowinfo/SPLASH Bartow

SPLASH (Show People Love and Share Him) Bartow is a mission opportunity that takes place in Bartow County during the month of July each year. It is a Christian community outreach program that facilitates community service projects for students in the Bartow County region.

History
In the Spring of 2008, a group of local Student Ministers & church leaders began to consider how they might impact their community through various service projects. They realized that there was an opportunity for multiple generations to serve together in their own community for a common good.

In July of that same year, over 250 teenagers & adults from various religious affiliations embarked on a one-week, local mission experience. Little did they know that God would use these efforts to start a movement among the churches in Bartow County.

SPLASH has grown consistently each year, it has now grown to over 400 students and over 250 adult volunteers. Today, with over 200 completed service projects and over 1,200 volunteers, SPLASH Bartow serves as the catalyst for what God is doing in and through the churches in Bartow County.

About
Each night the participants come together and celebrate what God has been doing through SPLASH Bartow and through their lives, and then they disperse to their lodgings. On Friday, the participants are affirmed for making a SPLASH and then are challenged to go make a SPLASH in their schools and workplaces. To continue the SPLASH experience, each church is encouraged to commission students and school personnel to be missionaries in their schools. In August, churches gather to prayer walk the local schools. The first day of school, all students wear their SPLASH Bartow shirts.