If you were traveling on Hampton Road near Antioch Road in Fayetteville, Georgia, during lunchtime on Feb. 8, you would have seen lots of smiling kids riding bicycles around Woolsey Baptist Church. This was not just kids riding their bikes, it was kids riding bikes on a mission.
Thirty-five kids, ages one and a half to 11, rode 356 laps around the church property on a 1/4 mile track to raise money for the church mission support offering, which goes to global mission organizations.
This bike-a-thon was part of Woolsey’s yearly world focus week.
“When we were planning it [the focus week], we knew we wanted to include this event as a way for the kids to get involved,” said kids ministry director Brittany Herget.
To raise money, each kid went door-to-door to get per lap or maximum pledges from family members, friends, and neighbors. They raised just over $6,000.
“Everyone who rode set a goal and I believe that everyone either met or exceeded their goal in terms of number of laps ridden,” said Herget.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Jason Queen and originally published by the Christian Index.
