On a Mission: MSU students travel to San Francisco with the Bozeman United Methodist Church

On a Mission: MSU students travel to San Francisco with the Bozeman United Methodist Church
Kyra Munson admires the variety of paints at BLICK in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Mar. 21. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON

Each year, MSU’s United Methodist Church affiliated student ministry group, Thursday Nights Together, takes a spring break mission trip where students volunteer to help the community where they are serving. The purpose of these mission trips is for students to serve others while maintaining their own Christian values. This year, a group of 13 TNT students traveled to San Francisco, Calif. to focus on combating hunger and homelessness in the Bay area. During the week long trip, students volunteered at several locations including Glide Memorial Church, Project Open Hand, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, Saint Anne’s: Little Sisters of the Poor and La Casa de las Madres. Students were given the opportunity after working to explore the city and participate in activities and events, including visiting the San Francisco Exploratorium, attending Sunday worship at Glide Memorial Church and visiting the Golden Gate Bridge.

Mackenzie Pistor admires lillies in Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, Mar. 16. Photos by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Maddie Raleigh claps along at St. Patrick's Day Service at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, Mar. 17. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mason DeVries and Austin Amestoy participate in a game of face alignment at the Exploritorium in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Mar. 21. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Sarah Kisthart peels carrots in preperation for the dinner service at Project Open Hand in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Mar. 22. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Annika Linkenback chops cabbage in preperation for the dinner shift at Project Open Hand in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Mar. 22. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Austin Amestoy labels bags of rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Adi Summers and Sarah Kisthart bag and weigh white rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
MSU TNT students bag rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Sarah Kisthart bags rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mission group leaders Anne Dickensheets and Janna Lauver hug after a day of service at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Over 2 million pounds of food sits in the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. at any given time. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Cade Bowman seals bags of rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Kyra Munson and Abi VanderKolk laugh while bagging rice at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Kyra Munson touches the sand for the very first time at China Beach in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Maddie Raleigh and Mason Devries laugh as TNT students share funny videos on their phones in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Sarah Kisthart laughs as TNT students share funny videos on their phones in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
An employee at the Cable Car Museum in San Francisco, Calif. monitors the cable spindles on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Annika Linkenbach lights candles at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Peace flags fly just one block from the church where TNT members stayed in the historic Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Mar. 20. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Kyra Munson gazes at the handmade quilt in the lobby of Saint Anne's, a nursing home, in San Francisco, Calif. on Wedneday, Mar. 20. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Kyra Munson helps move tables at Saint Anne's in San Francisco, Cali. on Wednesday, Mar. 20. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mission group leader Janna Lauver and student Sarah Kisthart hug while volunteering at Saint Anne's in San Francisco, Cali. on Wednesday, Mar. 20. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mackenzie Pistor shows off a card she made for vistors of La Casa de las Madres - a day center for women located in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Mar. 20. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
MSU student Kyra Munson gazes at fish at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, Mar. 17. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mackenzie Pistor and Sarah Kisthart admire fish at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, Mar. 17. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON
Mackenzie Pistor seals bags of rice while volunteering with TNT at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Mar. 18. Photo by Amy Lynn Nelson. / AMY NELSON