Youth for Christ at Sugar Creek

06/09/2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
MS MCKENZIE JACKSON (MALLARD CREEK)
MS SIMONE JONES (JULIUS CHAMBERS)
MR ETHAN NELSON (CUTHBERTSON )

06/07/2026

Join us for a fun filled day of bingo to help raise funds for our homeless community!!! Everyone is a winner (multiple times). Sugar Creek kids are free with paying adult. Guaranteed FUN!!

06/03/2026

Night 2 ....

Gospel Meeting Spring Revival Sugar Creek Church of ChristGuest M...

06/02/2026

Congratulations Bro Braylen Tripp 5/31/2026

06/02/2026

Join us this week for our GOSPEL MEETING with Bro Terry Wallace, another one of our Youth were added to the Body of Christ ( Bro.Braylen Tripp )

05/30/2026

2026 CHURCH COOK OUT.....

05/29/2026

Join us for our Youth Retreat! If your child is interested in attending and you have not confirmed with Bro Mike or Sis Shawnda, please confirm as soon as possible.

05/25/2026

The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died, about two-thirds from disease.

The work of honoring the dead began right away all over the country, and several American towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Researchers have traced the earliest annual commemoration to women who laid flowers on soldiers’ graves in the Civil War hospital town of Columbus, Miss., in April 1866. But historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers’ graves a year earlier, to make sure their story gets told too.

According to Blight’s 2001 book Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, a commemoration organized by freed slaves and some white missionaries took place on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, S.C., at a former planters’ racetrack where Confederates held captured Union soldiers during the last year of the war. At least 257 prisoners died, many of disease, and were buried in unmarked graves, so black residents of Charleston decided to give them a proper burial.

In the approximately 10 days leading up to the event, roughly two dozen African American Charlestonians reorganized the graves into rows and built a 10-foot-tall white fence around them. An archway overhead spelled out “Martyrs of the Race Course” in black letters.

About 10,000 people, mostly black residents, participated in the May 1 tribute, according to coverage back then in the Charleston Daily Courier and the New York Tribune. Starting at 9 a.m., about 3,000 black schoolchildren paraded around the race track holding roses and singing the Union song “John Brown’s Body,” and were followed by adults representing aid societies for freed black men and women. Black pastors delivered sermons and led attendees in prayer and in the singing of spirituals, and there were picnics. James Redpath, the white director of freedman’s education in the region, organized about 30 speeches by Union officers, missionaries and black ministers. Participants sang patriotic songs like “America” and “We’ll Rally around the Flag” and “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In the afternoon, three white and black Union regiments marched around the graves and staged a drill.

05/22/2026

The Story of Gideon and His Army of 300 Men

Gideon was an Israelite farmer chosen by God to deliver the people from the oppression of the Midianites. Although he felt incapable, God led him to victory with an army of only 300 men, demonstrating that the power of God equips the chosen ones. From his story, we learn about faith, courage, and trust in God during difficult times.

At that time, the Israelites had turned away from God, which led them to a period of oppression under the rule of pagan nations. The Midianites were a constant threat, as they plundered and destroyed the crops. For this reason, the people of Israel lived in fear and extreme poverty.

Gideon was the son of Joash, from the tribe of Manasseh. He worked in hiding on his farm to protect what little remained from the Midianite attacks. It was in this context that the angel of the Lord appeared to him and called him to lead the liberation of Israel. The angel called him a “mighty man of valor,” but Gideon considered himself the least in his family and questioned God’s choice. Therefore, he asked for two signs to confirm his mission.

A representation of Gideon

In the first sign, the dew appeared only on the fleece, while the ground around it remained dry. In the second sign, the opposite occurred: the fleece was dry and the ground was wet. These signs revealed God’s answer and strengthened Gideon. With God’s confirmation, Gideon gathered an army, but God reduced the number of his men from 32,000 to just 300, so that the victory would not be attributed to the men, but to the power of God. With strategy and faith, Gideon defeated the Midianites, restoring peace in Israel.

Gideon was given the name Jerubbaal after defeating Baal, the god of the Midianites. The name was given as a symbol of his victory over idolatry and the worship of false gods. After the victory, Gideon made a mistake by creating an ephod with the gold collected from the battle. Although his intentions were good, the ephod ended up becoming an object of worship, leading the people of Israel away from true worship of God. This mistake of Gideon highlights the importance of keeping faith pure and avoiding the creation of idols.

05/20/2026

Join Carver Rd for their Su***de Prevention call on May 29!