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Day 1 Sunday, March 3rd




After settling in, the group took a trip up to the Bicentennial Tower. Since today was the first Sunday of the month, it was free! Maddie read a diversity dialogue and then afterwards the group had time to read the plaques and come back together as a group to share one new interesting thing they read about Erie, Pa. It was a great way to start our week by seeing the beauty that our city has to offer!

Our main "service project" for day one was helping to serve dinner at Sunday supper!

We served dinner and at dinner with people at First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant!

Heba and Ashlyn are serving food at the main line! 

Tim learns some martial arts from a new friend he met at the Sunday supper! 

Heba engages in conversation while sharing a meal with a local neighbor!

Caroline, Claire, and Heba show their bright smiles as we begin to serve the meal.

 Katie wipes down the tables after the meal while Heba continues her conversation with a new friend!

We ended the night comparing prices between Aldi's and Giant Eagle. Aldi's was marginally cheaper! 
As a whole, we had an incredibly successful first day! Maddie and I are so excited to have such an incredible group in attendance with us this week. Going into this week, there were some unforeseen challenges that we had to face, but we didn't let that stop us. We entered into today with cheerful and excited attitudes. At the close of the day, we started our reflection time with an activity to center us in our service and ready ourselves for the week. We thanked our group for their openness and vulnerable spirits. We then discussed our experiences at the Sunday Supper and learned from other's experiences and relished in the wisdom of our peers. As we end our first day of this journey, we are humbled and excited, looking forward to the rest of our week serving the place we call home.

                                                                      Katie Gress and Maddie Rowley, OWB ABST Co-leaders



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