Reclamation Welch Blog

 When I think about Big Kick 2026, I’m grateful for the camp, the projects and the kids who filled the gym and turf each night.  I'm especially grateful for the good food. But as a dad and a 100% guilty "work-a-holic", what sticks with me most are the friendships that were made as we spent a whole week running around town together. Watch the week here: This past July a team from The Falls Church in Northern Virginia spent a week serving alongside us and our community.  And they brought MANY hands to make light work of it!  Made up of mostly young-adults, the team spent the week  working throughout the day, and then helped us welcome local kids for Big Kick Sports Camp each evening.  They were real pros when it came to loving kids. And they worked hard... even in the heat! Each day the team split into about 4 clusters and headed to project sites.  Together they painted a massive mural in Roderfield and a basement in Ieager, rebuilt a brick walkway for a...

  Impact Story:  Katie Williamson Stories deserve to be shared. That’s what makes them great. But the essence of that greatness is God. We all have a story of God working in our lives, moving and working in us, which impacts the world around us. Even though we hear and witness these stories, it’s so easy to forget what God has done in our lives. So we want to give opportunities for people to share their stories so we can reflect on their life story and ours. This month we have Katie Williamson to share her story. An introduction to meeting Jesus Katie: My name is Katie Williamson and I am here with my husband David Williamson this morning our three kiddos Daniel, Ryan, and Isla are back with their grandparents visiting so they are not with us this morning but they’re the three little blonde head of blue eyed babies running around. I kind of gave my testimony a little bit of thought, Paul asked to me a couple days ago to share my story. After of a couple days I was thinking "we...