There have been some memorable trips this summer. We are excited about the final Destination X of the summer this Friday night, August 10! We are headed to the Dash game. Tickets are $10. We leave the church at 6:15.
Sign up by emailing Jeff (jeff@collegepark.ws), Matt (matt@collegepark.ws) or putting your name on the list at the Welcome Center by Wednesday night.
It’s going to be a fun night! Come on out to the ballpark!
Our regular Sunday Night Schedule will return on September 9. We will have Youth activities starting at 4:30 pm. Learn more here.
Our regular Wednesday Night Schedule will return on September 5. We will have Wednesday Night Dinner at 5:45 pm, followed by Adult Bible Study at 6:30 pm and Children’s Choirs at 6:30, Youth Missions at 6:45 pm, and Children’s Mission groups at 7 pm. Learn more here.
It is time to kick off the new year and we want YOU to be a part of it all. So we have a special event for the entire family. This will be a Sunday of Celebration, Class Promotion, and Worship! All preschool, children, and youth families are invited to be a part. We will enjoy a special celebration during Bible Study at 10 am including breakfast in Smith Hall. Come for either worship service (Re:Creation service at 9 am or the Traditional Worship Service at 11 am) and stay for the kick off celebration!
Our Promotion Sunday and the Service of Affirmation will take place on August 26.
The latest on our summer series, Destination X, Grub Club, pre-needs information dinner, and Adult Camp!
Today groups 1 and 2 worked in a senior center in the morning. They helped with a food and clothing pantry.
Groups 3 and 4 in the morning worked at a East New York Farms in Queens. We did everything from transplanting vegetables to making compost.
Both groups 1 and 2, 3 and 4, did a neighborhood immersion experience. Groups 1 and 2 were in Washington Square, while groups 3 and 4 were in Union Square. This involves finding out the rent price of a nearby 1 bedroom apartment, going to a ‘mom and pop’ shop and asking various questions about how long they have been there and how the neighborhood changed, and finally everyone was given $2 to spend on dinner, the groups could pull their money together and get themselves something to eat or get food for a homeless person. This experience was very touching meaningful to many in the group because it opened our eyes to how being homeless in NYC really is and it challenged us to get out of our comfort zone and approach people we’ve never seen or talked to before.
Afterwards we all went and saw Spongebob Squarepants on Broadway in the Palace Theatre. It was a very fun and exciting musical and everyone in the group enjoyed it. Also, a friend of Jeff’s played a major character (Mr. Krab) in the musical.
It was a very fun day and we can’t wait for the rest of the week and the continued mission projects. We are feeling your prayers at work with us in NYC and we ask that you continue to pray for us. Thanks to everyone!
(We apologize for this late post, we got back late from the show and there was no time to publish the post)
For our mission work, our group split into two different groups and did different mission projects throughout the city. Groups 1 and 2 started the morning with a Manhattan Prayer Tour and spent the afternoon at a Senior Center serving and packing food containers.
Groups 3 and 4 started the morning with serving and worshiping with the folk at the Recovery House of Worship in Brooklyn. We did a mini-devotional worship experience with songs and shares of thankfulness. We spent the afternoon doing a Prayer Tour in Queens and seeing the injustices, poverty, and homelessness (Fact: over 60,000 people are homeless in NYC).
Groups 1 and 2 finished the day eating at a Chinese restaurant in China town Manhattan. Groups 3 and 4 finished the day eating at a Vietnamese restaurant in Queens.
The day has come! Our high schoolers head out on their mission trip to New York City today. We will travel to NYC via Amtrak train, we will be departing from the Greensboro station at around 8:30am and arrive in NYC Penn Station at around 8:30pm. If you want to follow us as we travel to NYC, click here to go to the Amtrak tracking website and type in “80” in the search bar (our train number is 80 to NYC and 79 from NYC to Greensboro).
We will continue to post updates on the church website and the NYC Mission Trip website, we also have a photo stream set up that you can join, click here to join (you must create an account before joining the photo stream, it is really easy to do). Please continue to pray for all the adult leaders, youth, parents, and people in NYC this week as we work in the city. We will strive to represent Christ with honor as we take all the blessings from College Park and use them to share His love.
Grub Club will be leaving the church at 11:00 am on June 26th to go to the Seafood Shack. If you are interested, sign up at the Welcome Desk. Everyone is welcome.
Our youth are headed to New York City for our High School Mission Trip on June 16-23. We will be working with the Center for Student Missions. This will be our Youth Ministry’s fourth trip and it has become one of the most meaningful things we do.
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The menu for June 6 Wednesday Night Supper is barbecue with the fixings and dessert. This will be our last Wednesday Night Supper for the season.
We begin our summer series, The Case for Christ, on Wednesday, June 20th. Bring your own bag dinner at 6:00 p.m. and we will begin our Prayer Meeting at 6:45 p.m.
The Grub Club will depart at 11:00 a.m. on June 26th to head to the Seafood Shack. Sign up at the Welcome Desk.
Children’s Day Camp will be July 9-13, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. This camp will be for children who have completed kindergarten through 6th grade. The cost for the week is $75 per child with $150 family maximum. Please sign up by July 1st at www.atthepark.ws.
Youth Camp is July 16 – 20 at Garden City Chapel. Early sign-up ends June 10th. The cost for early sign-up is $210 ($185 for another youth from the same family. The normal sign-up period is June 10 – July 8. The cost for signing up during that time is $260 ($235 for another youth from the same family. A deposit of $50 is due at sign-up. All balances are due July 9.
Sports Camp is June 25-28. This week is for 4 year olds through 2nd graders and will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 3rd – 6th graders will be July 23-26th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The cost is $20, which includes a camp shirt, snacks, and 4 great days of sports.
Destination X Dates: June 30, July 14, July 28, August 11 See Matt or Jeff for more information.
Please be in prayer for our New York City Youth Mission Trip from June 16-June 23. Don’t forget to help the Youth by picking up an envelope from the table in the hallway and you will receive a letter from a youth going on the trip. Your gift can be made out to the church and dropped into the kiosk slot in the hallway in the original envelope you chose.
College Parkers will be going to the Dash Game on June 22nd. See Ken Hatchett or Matt Wilson for more details.