5th Annual Missionfest

Sunday, November 6, 2016

The 5th annual Missionfest was held at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on November 6, 2016, featuring local mission efforts and charity organizations. Missionfest's goal is to provide a venue for sharing ideas and building cooperative efforts between congregations and local organizations. The event hosted a faith-based international marketplace to purchase handmade jewelry and apparel. By the end of Missionfest, local volunteers packaged approximately 75,000 meals to send to those in need.

Two girls distribute Share Love cards from the KHIS radio station. The Share Love movement encourages card holders to pass the card on after performing a random act of kindness for someone, in the hopes of the next person paying the generosity forward. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Gabby Rhubart helps box packaged meals while volunteering at Missionfest with Southeast Serves. Southeast Serves is a program that provides students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to engage in community service on and off-campus. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
About 75,000 meals were sorted, packaged and loaded by Missionfest volunteers at the Osage Center. 25,000 of the meals went to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, while the remainder were sent to Haiti. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Harley Radi, 10, brainstorms with a friend at her Advent Conspiracy booth. Advent Conspiracy is an organization which promotes the decommercialization of the holiday season. Radi is currently fundraising to build a well in Haiti and distributed free bottled waters in the hopes that the bottles will be returned filled with dimes to donate. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)

Dan DeLaCruz points out locations of missionary work he has done throughout the Phillipines with his organization, Team Jesus. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Members of the Student Dietetic Association at Southeast Missouri State University volunteer at Missionfest by helping pack food to send to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank and Haiti. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Maria Luisa-Barker runs the booth for His Legacy, Inc., a not for profit organization organized by her husband, Rex Barker. His Legacy Inc. encourages the Christian growth of new believers and performs missionary work in Southeast Asia. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
About 75,000 meals were sorted, packaged and loaded by Missionfest volunteers at the Osage Center. 25,000 of the meals went to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, while the remainder were sent to Haiti. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Julia Lincicum volunteers at Missionfest by packing sorted meals into boxes at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)

Gaylon Smith entertains a young visitor at his booth for the Amen Center. The Amen Center is a transitional housing center in Delta for displaced families and the homeless. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Matt Yount volunteers with members of the Southeast community at Missionfest by portioning food to be packaged. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Dawn LaRue helps pack meals with her daughter, Lily. By the end of the day, about 75,000 meals were sorted, packaged, and sent out, with 25,000 going to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank and the remainder going to Haiti. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Children visit booths at Missionfest, which was held at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on November 6, 2016. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)
Care Watters seals a box of donated meals while volunteering with her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi. (BEN MATTHEWS ~ bmatthews@semissourian.com)