The 13th annual ABC Charity Auction and Variety Show hit the stage at the Ambassador Bible Center lecture hall on Sunday evening, May 18! ABC partners with LifeNets each year to raise funds for a specific, international charity project. This year the ABC class of 2014 raised $6,000 to fund camper scholarships and young adult staff at summer camps in Columbia and Mexico for next summer. These funds are vital to the success of the camp.

The funds were raised through a silent auction of items donated by local businesses and church brethren and a live, bake sale during the entertaining variety show performed and organized by the ABC students.

The bake sale featuring the excellent culinary arts of members in the Cincinnati area and nearby UCG congregations accounted for the majority of the funds. In fact, Barbara Antion’s famous batch of delicious baklava sold for $475. The show was called ABC Live (a send-up of Saturday Night Live) and featured a band near the stage and skits and entertainment around ABC happenings. Quite entertaining! Organizing the fund drive and producing the variety show is the major ABC student project of the year, teaching them many lessons in organization, service, teamwork and faith. Near midnight, after cleanup and resetting the hall for class the next day, the students left the building satisfied and encouraged that they had learned a lot and had well served a much-needed cause.