Urban Hope Indy hosts The Friday Thing on Friday evenings at the Woodruff Place Baptist Church gym, 1739 E Michigan Street in Indianapolis. Youth ages 10 to 18 are encouraged to attend. The youth meeting begins with Urban Hope mentors sharing useful information about wellness and success. These sessions are always interactive, so it’s easy for youth to stay engaged. The time of sharing is followed by a warm meal and then all kinds of fun activities. Youth may choose to have a relaxing night playing card games, foosball, pop-a-shot, or making jewelry. Or they may choose to do something more active. When you play dodgeball with us, you can be knocked out and then come back to life. When you play “bodyguard” with us, you may be asked to protect the President! When you play beachball volleyball with us, you can knock the ball off the wall to get it over the net. And when you play “one-pitch” kickball with us, you kick the ball every inning.
The primary purpose of The Friday Thing is to provide love, hope and community to our youth. We know that each soul is “precious in His sight,” and it’s part of our mission to remind each child just how much God cares about them. Of course, we want to show them how much WE care about them too! We transport most of our youth to the event and back home afterwards, so it is quite the busy night for Urban Hope Indy. But as one volunteer put it, “I see so many smiles and feel such a warm heart at The Friday Thing that I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”
Want to see some smiles and feel a warm heart? Come to The Friday Thing! You’ll have a great time and make new friends.