Emergency Personnel Sunday
Sunday, May 17 was Emergency Personnel Sunday at the Middletown Church of the Nazarene. We invited local police fire and emergency medical personnel from our communities to our service so that we could thank and honor them. We had representatives not only from Middletown, but Muncie, Anderson, New Castle and Sulphur Springs, as well as from all three counties that surround us. It really was a special day.
And it was a successful day for outreach. Attendance was up 11% from last week (Mother’s Day) and up 32% from two weeks ago.
But the best part though, weren’t the number, but the faces. Taking pictures of the event, I saw lots of smiling kids. Even better, in the backgrounds of a lot of the pictures are smiling parents and grandparents. That’s the best part.
Here’s a video compilation of the pictures from the event, as well as my top ten favorite photos of the day. You can find the all the photos on my flickr page.
My top ten photos after the jump…
My two youngest children look in to watch their oldest brother, Brenden, sit behind the controls of the St. Vincent's/ PHI Dove Flight helicopter. Almost missed the photo too - one of the Dove Flight technicians pointed them out to me while I was taking pictures of Brenden.
I caught these two sitting in the Middletown Ambulance. Almost missed this shot too, because it was the last one before my memory card filled.
A good example of what I meant when I said my favorite part wasn't the smiles on the kids in the helicopter, but on the faces of the people watching.
Found this young man checking out the Hook and Ladder truck the Anderson Fire Department sent to the event.
A crew member from the St. Vincent's/PHI Dove Flight medical helicopter landed to find one observer very happy to see him.
The St. Vincent's/PHI Dove Flight medical helicopter on approach to our church's parking lot.
It wasn't just the children that had looks of wonder on their faces.
This young man is ready to sign up for the AFD. Found him crewing their Hook and Ladder on Sunday.
My youngest son, Brock, was excited to to be so close to a fire truck. My daughter, Mackenzie, just wished it wasn't so loud.
A member of our church's "Sunshine Club" ministry get his turn to sit in the helicopter and try on the helmet.
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