The Spire - St. Luke's United Methodist Church
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Awaken Embrace Train Move<br />
<strong>St</strong>udy, was an acolyte, volunteered as a VBS teen<br />
helper, and was a member of Pure Sound. Through<br />
all of these various activities and experiences, I was<br />
able to grow and mature so much in my<br />
relationship with God while making lasting<br />
friendships and memories.<br />
As an intern this summer, I hope to learn how youth<br />
ministry works and how to best spread the Gospel<br />
with others. I am looking forward to working with<br />
the middle school students, and am so excited<br />
to see how God can work through them in amazing<br />
ways. I’ll be responsible for teaching Sunday<br />
school, helping with paperwork and logistics, planning<br />
Random Beach Retreat, being a leader on all<br />
trips and activities, and building relationships with<br />
and learning the hearts of the students. Because<br />
I am very organized and detail oriented, I hope to<br />
really be able to help with event planning and other<br />
activities.<br />
It was an incredible weekend for 54 students and leaders on the middle school mission trip to San Antonio!<br />
Six hard-working student teams partnered with Blueprint Ministries and worked two full days in the<br />
scorching heat to paint homes in low-income communities. Evenings ended with worship and small group<br />
time where students reflected on why they served… and realized it was for the glory of God. After all their<br />
hard work, the group ended the weekend with an awesome day at Fiesta Texas Six Flags. Although both the<br />
students and leaders came home exhausted, they said the experience was rewarding and they can’t wait to<br />
go back and partner with Blueprint Ministries next year!<br />
Left to right: Carissa Mark, Rhett Dunson, and Katie Brown.<br />
Meet the Interns<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>St</strong>udent Ministry of the <strong>St</strong>. Luke’s Westheimer<br />
campus is delighted to welcome three outstanding<br />
summer interns to grow, help and teach our youth<br />
what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Let’s meet<br />
Katie, Carissa and Rhett.<br />
Katie Brown<br />
Hi! My name is Katie Brown and I am the high<br />
school intern for this summer! I will be a senior at<br />
UT Austin and am majoring in Elementary<br />
Education and Kinesiology. I was born in Houston<br />
and was raised in the Humble area with an amazing<br />
family. My parents just recently celebrated their<br />
25th wedding anniversary, and I have a younger<br />
sister who also attends UT, majoring in Radio, Television,<br />
and Film.<br />
I have a lot of hopes for this summer which include<br />
learning more about how student ministry works,<br />
learning how to teach the students about God, and<br />
learning about each student and what God has in<br />
store for their lives.<br />
This summer I’ll be responsible for teaching Sunday<br />
school, helping the student ministry leaders in any<br />
way that I can, and most importantly, investing in the<br />
lives of the students and listening to the call that God<br />
has for each of them.<br />
I believe that I excel in connecting with others, and<br />
with this skill I hope to be able to connect with all of<br />
the people that I meet and I hope to help the students<br />
connect with other students.<br />
Something that no one would ever guess about me<br />
is that I almost had my leg amputated from my knee<br />
down. While in the 7th grade, I developed a staph infection,<br />
and if I had waited another two weeks to have<br />
it checked, the doctors told me that my leg would<br />
have had to be amputated from the top of my knee<br />
down!<br />
Carissa Mark<br />
My name is Carissa Mark, and I will be a sophomore<br />
at Texas A&M University this fall. I graduated from<br />
the Awty International School in the spring of 2011.<br />
Along with my two amazing parents, I also have a<br />
younger sister, Colette, and two older brothers, Rob<br />
and Jared.<br />
Having grown up at <strong>St</strong>. Luke’s, I consider it to be my<br />
second home. I actively participated in the youth<br />
group, went on mission trips, attended Midweek Bible<br />
Something that no one would ever guess about me<br />
is that I once camped out in a tent in the middle of<br />
the Serengeti in Tanzania, Africa with lions,<br />
elephants, and giraffes roaming nearby!<br />
Rhett Dunson<br />
I went to Willis High School in Willis (a little town<br />
about an hour north of here). I am currently a<br />
sophomore at Houston Baptist University and am<br />
majoring in Christianity with a minor in Biblical<br />
languages. My family consists of three brothers and<br />
one sister; I am the second to youngest. Up until<br />
now, I have gone to First Baptist <strong>Church</strong>, Willis my<br />
entire life.<br />
One thing I am definitely looking forward to this<br />
summer is getting to know the kids and<br />
ministering to them. I am glad to be interning at <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Luke’s because I like working with students, and the<br />
kids I’ve already met here are awesome.<br />
Something most people don’t know about me is I<br />
am an avid bowfisher… Yes, that’s where you shoot<br />
fish with a bow!<br />
If you were at the Westheimer Campus for<br />
Vacation Bible School, you probably ran into Justin<br />
Ikpo who is spending his second summer as an<br />
intern in Children’s Ministries. Justin, a student at<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen F. Austin, says he loves VBS and “everyday is<br />
an adventure at <strong>St</strong>. Luke’s.”<br />
Westheimer Campus: 3471 Westheimer | Houston, Texas 77027<br />
Gethsemane Campus: 6856 Bellaire Blvd. | Houston, Texas 77074<br />
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