Great day today. We have 40 participants (or so) on base today and did the following events
- backyard blitzs x3
- children program at a local park (ballooning, drinks, games)
- aged care centres
- give away's on the parade

some things which have stuck for me
- at an aged care centre, one young man played for several hours chess with a resident who has very few visitors
- a young lady who has only become a christian in the past month, serving with all her heart
- the norwood parade event went really well as bwo crew gave out iceblocks to strangers

Jas

Big Week Out in January of 2009 saw almost 300 youth and young adults converge on the city of Adelaide with a week jam-packed full of various community service events.

Here some photos of what we got up to:

Hanging out at the base

Small Group Competitions

Worship and Night Life

Closing Celebration with all Bases on Saturday night

Service Events

The Big Week Out 2009 saw nearly 300 Particpants and Leaders reach out to their local communities across Adelaide.Here are some of the things people said about their Big Week Out experience:

• This week meant a lot to me because it actually gave me an opportunity to show how much God loves other people through me and funny enough someone called me a tooth fairy because they were surprised they got something for free
• Learning to let God take full control, learning to be proud of my faith and seeing enthusiasm for God in youth
• Time to learn about Jesus, help the community, get to know new people and have an awesome time, Big Week Out Rocks!
• This week has been so cool, I never thought serving could be so much fun. It has changed my whole look of life.
• Big Week Out has meant a lot, it was great to meet heaps of Christian youth and to serve with them. I recommend BWO to everyone!

The January Big Week Out week is well and truly under way. Many highlights and great service events already to share. Here’s a selection of some recent photos.

Thank you to everyone who went out there and served on the 12th July! You saw a need and went for it!

These are some of the stories from the 2007 event. If you need some inspiration, encouragment or just some proof that events do make a difference, read on! 

Tuesday | South West Base Graffiti Removal Team

On Tuesday a team of keen Big Week ‘Outerers’ were rostered on to do some Graffiti removal in the community. They found some on the side wall of a house. First they checked with the owner if it was ok that they remove the graffiti. The home belonged to an elderly lady who at first was a bit unsure
as to who these young people were. Through the screen door the team explained what the Big Week Out was and that the council had ok’d their event. Once the graffiti was removed the lady invited the team in for some scones! A friend of hers was also visiting and was so impressed that she
said she would write to the council to let them know what a great job they
had done!

Wednesday | Inner South Base
Cans for Canteen

Earlier in the week other teams had been dropping leaflets in the local area
to let residents know that the Big Week Out was collecting Cans for Canteen. When this team knocked on one door to see if they had any cans to donate, the owner gave the equivalent of 1100 cans worth as a donation instead!

Wednesday | West Base
Gardening at Fulham Gardens Primary School

The West base launched into action on Wednesday morning (West is running on Wednesday and Thursday only). The very first service event involved all 60 Participants going to Fulham Gardens Primary School to help tidy the grounds. Older members of the church congregations also came along to help point out what was a weed and what wasn’t. Others potted new plants into pots. The Principal and some Staff came out to see how the team was going and were overwhelmed with the volume of work already completed in only a few hours.

Wednesday | East Base
Backyard Blitz

The East base received a call from someone who had had their Backyard Blitzed earlier in the day. They called to say what a great job the team had done and that they were amazed at how much they had managed to do in only a few hours.

Thursday | Inner-South Base
Clowning

I’m from the Inner-South base and I was out clowning on Thursday Morning and we were at Rundle. We’d finished clowning and were waiting for the bus to come. We were bored so we were making some balloon animals while we waited. A lady came up to me with her partner. She wasn’t really happy and she was upset about something and hadn’t had a great day. She wanted me to make something for her and she said she would give me $2. I said sure I’d make her something but it was for free. I made her a dog while I talked to her about why we were doing this. She was amazed and said not many people would do that sort of thing. As I gave her the dog she was extremely grateful and said, “Thankyou so much! You’ve put a smile on my face.” She loved what we were doing and was a lot happier afterwards.I thought it was so awesome what something so little could do to brighten her day.
Anna, Inner-South Base 

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