A Lifetime of Memories in Killbuck Village

A Lifetime of Memories in Killbuck Village

By Pastor Chip Woodall

As I keep feeling led to write these short blogs, make videos and send other information to you, my prayer is it gives you encouragement for today and hope for tomorrow! Especially, when it comes to investing in the children, which is the future of Killbuck Village and the surrounding areas.

I know that traveling (10)hours back and forth from North Georgia to Millersburg (2-3) times a month does not make much sense when you consider the expense, time, sacrifice and energy it takes to stay committed, but this is what God has asked us to do. He also has put together a church of eager volunteers at Christwalk Millersburg over the last year and a half, backed by a sister church filled with more eager volunteers from Georgia. They all are committed to do whatever it takes to show love to families where ever we are led.

Many of these volunteers at Christwalk Millersburg have grown up around Killbuck, which means some attended school there and frequented the Duncan Theater back in the day. I have listened to one story where Evelyn Wooten, a lady in our church, helped the PTO buy computers for every classroom in the elementary school in 1980. This made Killbuck the first elementary school on the Ohio side of the Mississippi River to have computers in every classroom.  To have roots like that means the history and investment in the education of your children has paved the way for others to build upon it. Another couple that attends Christwalk Millersburg, Joanna and Michael Dewitt, live in Glenmont. Both of them feel called to lead the Children’s Ministry. And yet another young lady, Sabryn Cutlip, has a whole family who currently lives in Killbuck. She recently shared several stories of going home to her grandma’s house in Killbuck and how she remembers the Quick Check and Sweet Shoppe as a little girl, walking around town. Now these individuals are all coming back to the memories to help make new ones with your children and grand children.

This is what our heart desires to do with the Duncan Theater, all over again. We want to create more memories and give the children in the area an opportunity to make their own as they grow up! Making meaningful deposits in kids today, leads to a stronger community tomorrow. We want to share a part of your rich history and help further many stories for years to come.

Through our Wednesday NightKids Club at the Duncan, Christwalk plans to make a difference every week in the life of families. With teaching that promotes character development and recreation that engages kids physically, we plan to watch more and more kids get off the sofa, off the streets and off video games, as well as social media. Kids deserve to be kids and not have to grow up too fast, because of the convenient influences the world throws at them.

As I lead the overall ministry of Christwalk and sometimes feel pressed for time, I remind myself it does include two churches in Georgia and Ohio, a 55-acre mountain retreat with (8) cabins and a dining hall and now, the Duncan Theater. But nothing that is required of me is more important than investing in families in a community, especially their kids and teenagers.

I am the father to five children; three boys and two girls, two being adopted, plus several grandkids. They all have given Donna and I a ton of joy, but also a humble education on how to raise kids in this day and age. This is why we want to reach unlimited kids through Christwalk. Will you let us borrow your kids for the summer and help you pour positive things into their lives?God bless you, stay encouraged and rest assured that help is on the way!