Madison Messenger - July 22nd, 2018

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Gospel Road builds sense of service in teens
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Editor
With a smile on his face and his teammates cheering him on,
Sean Noonan screwed together two pieces of an information kiosk
destined for the Little Darby Preserve in Plumwood.
The 15-year-old from Galloway had used a power drill before but
was new to the chisel and table saw he used in an earlier phase of
the project. His grin was a good indication that he was happy to be
picking up new skills. Project organizers were happy to see another
young person building an appreciation for serving others.
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Noonan was one of 150 high school and
college-age youths and adult chaperones
who spent July 15-19 completing community
service projects at 50 work sites around
Madison County. The massive effort, known
as Gospel Road, is organized annually
through the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
“It’s a great opportunity to get young people
together from all over the 23 counties of
the diocese and instill in them a sense of
service and giving back to the community,”
said Sean Robinson, who works for the diocese’s
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
and served as a team leader during
this year’s Gospel Road.
This year marks the second time the diocese
has chosen to send the young volunteers
to Madison County. The last time was
in 2014. Once again, St. Patrick School
served as home base for the group. They
camped out at the school, sleeping on air
mattresses in the gyms and eating food prepared
by local volunteers.
Denise Zimmerman, director of family
faith formation at St. Patrick Church, coordinated
the job sites, gathering ideas from
government and social service agencies and
soliciting requests from area residents who
needed a hand.
Projects ran the gamut, from cleaning
gutters and power washing siding for a
woman with disabilities to organizing food
and clothing donations at HELP House
Community Outreach.
“A family in Plain City needed a safe outdoor
space where their children could play,
so we’re building them a deck,” Zimmerman
said during the course of the week.
Messenger photos by Kristy Zurbrick
Noel Sarver, 17, of Hilliard paints a classroom door at Fairhaven
School. He and a team of two adults and four other teens spent
five days last week completing improvement projects around the
London school as part of the Catholic Diocese’s annual Gospel
Road service project.
The youths stained a log cabin, painted classroom doors at
Fairhaven School, built a wheelchair ramp at a home in London,
and caulked windows and did yardwork for an elderly woman who
lives in the country.
“No matter where they were helping out, we prepared them to
show dignity and respect to the people they were helping,” Zimmerman
said, noting that in many cases, the people being helped were
unable physically or financially to do the work themselves.
Organizers also taught the youths to respect each other as they
worked in teams and got to know one another.
“We mixed them up on purpose so that no one from the same
church was on the same team. That way they came in with no prejudgements.
It seems to work out beautifully. It’s a nice way to do
it and they make new friends in the process,” Zimmerman said.
The theme of this year’s Gospel Road was “Be the Heart of the
World for God.”
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