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Camp Calvary

Published on August 13, 2010

Laurel United Methodist Church in Springfield, Illinois "camped" at Calvary Church while building Milwaukee homes with Habitat for Humanity. Eleven youth and seven adult mentors brought all their gear, including all the tools for the job, to Milwaukee for the week of August 8-13 to work on building two houses on the near north side. To help reduce the costs, church groups doing volunteer work with Habitat stay with other local churches. The Laurel UMC group found Calvary through Rev. Bill Johnstone, a retired minister active with Habitat--who also happens to be Pastor Mark's father-in-law! They slept on air mattresses at night, showered next door at the Marquette Rec Plex in the Straz dorm building, and ate three meals a day prepared and served at Calvary by Laurel's own kitchen crew. Thanks to their wonderful contribution, two new homes were added to the Milwaukee landscape. God bless their work!