Thunder at Reading FairGrounds Square Mall

Community outreach, food drive and positive energy youth event

Hosted by Thunder Outreach Ministries

Located in Reading FairGrounds Square Mall

Supporting the Reading Salvation Army and Hope Rescue Mission

Working with Harvest Fellowship and Hopewell Christian Fellowship churches

Sound stage provided by Thunder Outreach

Light and effects provided by Eric Strunk

    Lights flashing, Sound pounding and lots of action was happening as teams youth "Transparent" and "Remnant" acted out Dramas and skits as a way to us their youthful energy and faith in a positive way.  People stood watching, cheering and clapping as each team did an awesome job and reached many hearts. The Christian Rap group from Coatesville Pa called "CUT" lit up the stage and inspired our souls with their songs !

     Part of the event was to raise food and awareness of the needs of the local charities from Reading Salvation Army and Hope Rescue Mission.

 What a great day it was to be at the mall. We saw many lives reached and helped that day.

We would like to thank the management of the Reading Mall for letting us use their facility

to help be a blessing to our community.

Sponsored by Thunder Outreach, Word Fm Radio and Hundreds of friends and churches!

and endorsed by many Senators and Community leaders

   Being a Shining light in our communities has always been a focus for Thunder Outreach and the Word FM Radio! This is a perfect example of how we can work together to positively touch our communities!

    This years events included over 60 host sites joining together with powerful high energy thumping anointed praise music that was provided by our friends at Word Fm Radio. Thousands of hot dogs, bags of candy, bags of popcorn, games and smiles on all the kids’ faces. The region was a blaze with the glow of God's glory!

   Hundreds of people helped be part of shining the light of Christ in their communities to provide a light and safe zones on a dark halloween night.

 Christian Rap groups, Live worship music, jugglers, National Guard, fire and police depts, Pony rides, Inflatables and ride were all part of this years events. click here for more stores

   The focus statement is that "Our kids do not have to walk down a dark street to get a piece of candy from a stranger on a night filled with evil intentions". 

It’s time to take back our streets.

click here to  Sign up now and join the team of host sites for 2009 as we" Light up the Night" again!

Passion Fest 2008
Pottstown, PA

Members of Thunder Outreach helped in many areas of this great event Hosted by" Passion Fest "

Wow! 2008 Passion Fest in Pottstown was HOT and AWESOME - Extreme sports, Riders for Christ, Motor cross cycles, BMX bikes and skateboards flying through the air, thousands of people fellowshipping and lots of children running at around the Kids Zone area. Bands like "Falling up", "House of Heroes"," AunaMae," "Between the Two" and "Project 86" pounded the air waves all day. Plus our friends from Coatesville Pa. called "CUT" were on the main stage and did a great job reaching the hearts of the crowds.
There was a Drama team from Harvest Fellowship and a 21 person Filipino dance team that did a outstanding job with their shows.

There was a Large "Community Care" area hosted 30 local charities, Police, Military and Fire dept members who were spending time interacting with members of our community.
The MC for the event was Dustin and Landis and had the place jumping and speaker Pastor Steve Defrain Jr, from Journey church spoke about the prodigal son and led 25 people to give their lives to the Lord, Glory to God!

Members of Thunder Outreach were part of the planning and support staff for this event and even hosted a tent at the event with co-director Lisa Malizzi and team members talking with people all day. Even our own Thunder Outreach director Mark Malizzi was working with all the bands, staff and support personnel on the massive main stage as the stage manager!

70,000 watts of power to the main stage were donated by Pastor Mike Anthony and our friends at "Heart of God Worship Center" in Pottstown as we worked with the great people at "Total Rental" to cover the cost the huge generator needed to run the Main stage.
Moving big things around and setting up the staging and skate park was made much easier with the help of the big front end loader donated but our friends at "Henkels and McCoy" contractors.

The heat was on and the power was flowing and many lives were powerfully touched at this event. Thunder Outreach is glad to work with Paul and Lisa Heaverly and all the wonderful volunteers who helped make this years Passion fest a great success.
We look forward to what God has in store for this event next year as the Passion was POWERFUL!

Biker Sunday

Fellowship and Worship event

Hosted by Line Lexington Mennonite Church

Pastor Lowell Delp

  Sunny skies, Flat bed tractor trailer, Kicking worship music, Food, Fellowship, Hundreds of Motorcycles and the Blessings from God as we come together to worship HIM.

   Thunder Outreach's worship team "Heavens Thunder" brought powerful worship music outside the four walls of the church and we were seeing hundreds of people singing praises to God. What a great blessing this day was.

We look forward to working with them in the future as this event grows every year , Praise God!

Community Outreach day

Located in Pottstown Pa.

Hosted by: Heart of God Family Worship Center

www.hogfwc.com

      Thunder Outreach worked with Pastors Michael and Linda Anthony and the on fire for God people and members of Heart of God Family Worship center located in Pottstown to take the Love of God right to the streets of Pottstown.

       Event included Music, games, events and food that brought the community together and impacted inner city area of Pottstown.  The weather was beautiful and lives and souls were touched that day!

by Pastor Peter Smith
Hosted by UPPEN Churches & Intercessors, Word FM and Thunder Outreach

Wow! It is hard to believe that God has allowed us to see the completion of the 4 day event called Freedom Fest. God opened the doors for all the churches to do this event and God's hand seemed to be at work throughout the process. It went better than I think we could have hoped for. Praise the Lord! God has been so good. Thank you everyone for your prayers! Thank you to all the pastors, lay leaders& volunteers from various churches that did a great job.

Fireworks
There was a long line of cars pouring into the field within the hour before the fireworks went off. In spite of a light rain at the end of the warm summer day, the fireworks went off without a problem. The fireworks were a lot of fun and were impressive. As the fireworks went off, I just found myself overwhelmed with worship toward God. You could just sense the presence of God. We were experiencing the culmination of a special 4 day experience. It was a wonderful feeling.

Fifteen Churches
Fifteen churches came together to coordinate this 4th of July community event. I had so many encouraging conversations with other pastors from the area. I do not think the area churches have ever had such a wonderful opportunity to be a positive testimony to the community. People were so appreciative.

The WordFM& Thunder Outreach
A very special thank you to Dave Baker & the staff at the WordFM. They did a great job of making the commercials, promoting this event and being at the event doing live call-in's through the week. Thank you so much to Mark Malizzi and the Thunder Outreach team for their worship band and sound equipment support. Both ministries are such an encouragement.

Clowns/Costume Characters & Balloons
The "Bob the Builder", "Elmo" and the "Clown" costume characters were a big hit!

Rides, Games, Food, Dunk Tank, Fireman's Competition, Live Music and Youth bands
The two youth bands from Finland Mennonite church (Wednesday) and Huff's church & Fritz VonHummel (Friday) did a great job. It was so neat to see young people that love Jesus, worshiping God together there in the park.

Meeting Community People
It was so much fun just meeting people and talking to people from the community. People were very appreciative to the churches for taking over this event and for serving the community together.

To God be all the Glory!!!

Sleep Out '08 Thunder Outreach worked with Word fm, Bridge of Hope and Indian Valley Housing
Posted: October 25, 2008 | Emily Ralph

Bridge of Hope Bux-Mont and Indian Valley Housing Corporation sponsored the Sleep Out so Others May Sleep In--and we all had a blast helping the homeless in our region!  Check out these awesome shelters that the youth groups built; you can see how hard it was for Emily to pick winners!

Thunder at Telford
Hopewell Christian Fellowship
Telford, PA

Souderton, PA
Sponsored by Word FM Radio Station

Word FM: Sleep out. . . so others can sleep in
Posted: October 23, 2007 | 1:14 PM | Emily Ralph

Last night the Morning Show crew headed out to the Souderton Shopping Center parking lot to "sleep out" to raise awareness for homelessness.  The night started out with a party-like atmosphere, with the guys building a fire pit (what’s with boys and fire?), scavenging for food (thank goodness for Wawa, right?), and a live broadcast with Timmy D on the evening show.  Dave’s buddies were Don Brunk from our prayer team, Billy Dunn, former morning show color commentary, and Mark Malizzi from Thunder Outreach, an organization that throws block parties and food drives in Jesus’ name.  Hearing my desperate plea for female companionship, my friend Holly who works at Indian Valley Housing Corporation and volunteers at the station, came out to give me support.

Here’s our cardboard village (a few people slept in their cars as well); Dave and Don checking in with Timmy D; Don’s son Isaac trying out the coziest of accommodations; Don showing us how comfortable he would be; All guys need for a sleep out—newspaper, tape (for taping me in my box), and Oreo's; Keeping warm and entertained by the fire.

In the morning, everyone was a little more subdued as they dealt with stiff backs, hungry stomachs, and very little sleep (Route 113 is NOISY!).  Dave helped Don get the fire going again; Billy Dunn snuggling up in his blanky for comfort; Don and our new friend Ryan enjoying the fire as the sun rises; Beautiful sunrise over the conference center; My home for the night—warm and cozy!

Thanks so much to Cheryl Swartley from Bridge of Hope and Jennifer Ashley from Indian Valley Housing Corporation for coming out to answer our questions about homelessness.  If you’d like to sleep out so that others can sleep in, check out their websites -- Indian Valley Housing Corporation and Bridge of Hope BuxMont.

Pottstown, PA
Sponsored by THP Properties

President Mark Malizzi worked with the leadership team in planning the event while other members of Team Thunder volunteered as part of the staff for the event day. Team Thunder was responsible for the community care area and also Tim Strunk helped provide worship behind the scenes for the major musical bands prior to them performing.

The day was filled with motorcycles jumping through the air and thousands of people fellowshipping at the festival as live bands provided positive heart pounding, spirit lifting music.

Celebration Sunday
Block Party and Community Outreach

Perkiomenville, PA
Sponsored by Perkiomenville Mennonite Church

Members from Team Thunder provided DJ music and support for this church's open house and community outreach. Included games, rock wall, super slide, g-force, food and fun. It was a great opportunity to take God’s love out into the community.

Laurel Mountain Ministries Boyertown, PA
Sponsored by The Biker Church

Heaven’s Thunder music ministries along with the men’s group of Teen Challenge provided praise and worship for this local biker fellowship day that included a water baptism, food and party event.

What a great day that will surely to be remembered by all who were there! With God's Blessings on the weather, people, bikes, food, music and fellowship, the Biker Church pig roast and event was just awesome!

The mountain in Boyertown was shaking! But the most important thing that happened on that day was the 27 people were water baptized in the pool and have dedicated there lives to the Lord. That is what is all about - seeing peoples' lives touched and changed by God.