On Saturday, July 27 at around 4:30 p.m., the Lord allowed a bus accident to take Pastor Chad and Courtney Phelps (and their unborn baby) and Mrs. Tonya Weindorf home to enjoy Him in His presence forever (Psalm 16:11; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Hebrews 11:13-16). Dozens of our church's children and teens were returning from a week of camp when the accident occurred with the teen bus. Our church's website (HERE) has more details about this "trage-tunity" (i.e., what many would call a "tragedy" is actually a divine "opportunity").
The youth group at Colonial Hills Baptist Church is named Youth E.D.G.E. It stands for Evangelism, Discipleship, Growth, and Encouragement. It was Pastor Chad’s desire that we apply those principles to everyday life. When the bus accident happened, a few of us teens got together to see how we could impact the community through this tragedy. We came up with rubber wristbands.

Each wristband sold to the community will have an attached tract (HERE), written specifically for this tragedy, that clearly shares the gospel—this is how we will Evangelize the community. By selling these wristbands we will be inviting people to visit the church where we will be able to Disciple them and help them Grow. Last but not least, we hope by the selling of these wristbands to be an Encouragement and example to the community as we both struggle through these hard times.

On the outside of the wristbands it says #E.D.G.E.strong and has the date of the accident, 7-27-13. The names of those who died are included on the inside: Chad-Courtney-Baby-Tonya. Some ask why we put Baby. The baby girl that Courtney Phelps was carrying was just as human as me and you; therefore, she deserves a rightful place on the wristbands just like her parents.

The wristbands are $1 each. All the proceeds will go toward purchasing a new church bus so that the teens and children may continue to go to Christian camp each year (i.e., the "Chad/Courtney—Bus Fund."
Watch the following news reports on the
#E.D.G.E.strong fundraiser
FOX59
RTV6
WTHR13

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    Purchase Information

    Before you select from the options below, please read through the following guidelines.
    • Cost is $1 per wristband.
    • We will only ship purchases of 10 or more wristbands. To these purchases, an additional $2 Shipping & Handling charge will be applied, and then $1 S&H for every additional 10 wristbands.
    1. You may pick up your item(s) at the church office after you receive an order confirmation email. You may pay via cash or check, but please put your payment in an envelope to the attention of Kylee Leffew, Project Coordinator.

    2. All checks should be made out to CHBC and mailed to Kylee Leffew, Project Coordinator at 10981 Rutgers Lane, Fishers, IN 46038. Please be sure to fill out your shipping address above.
If you would like to read more about our source of hope and strength during this difficult time of losing our Youth Pastor, please click on the graphic at right. It is indeed "good news"!