The highlight of our year is the Fall Retreat at Ridgecrest every November. Over 300 youth and adult leaders gather the weekend before Thanksgiving each year to worship, grow, and fellowship together. We combine worship, Bible study, recreation, and fellowship events into a powerful weekend. Check out more info…
We are excited to introduce the new and official College Park Baptist Instagram page!
Follow us today at www.Instagram.com/collegeparkws.
We are headed back to Camp Kanuga (staying at Camp Bob, the kids camp at Camp Kanuga) in the mountains of North Carolina. This is a great place to have children’s camp and we are looking forward to another great weekend. We will be enjoying Bible study, worship, recreation, and a great time together. It is going to be so much fun!
Make sure to get your money in by May 12! Call Jeff with questions (336-768-5870) or email at jeff@collegepark.ws!
Who Can Go?
Children who have completed 1st through 6th grade.
Total Cost:
$115 for each participant ($85 for other children from same family).
Cost Includes:
Bunk bed/ camp cabin style lodging, buffet-style meals, children- focused worship, fun recreation, opportunity to grow closer with people in our group and with God.
Due Dates:
Entire balance and permission form due May 12; ($50 is non-refundable); sign up online;
Scholarships:
Financial assistance is available to help you go if needed. Please let Jeff know.
Important Downloads:
Instead, we will have a combined worship service at 11:00 am in the Sanctuary.
Have you heard the news – we are headed to a brand new summer camp! It’s called Generate and we are headed to Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA! We will join hundreds of other teenagers in worship, recreation, and more as we learn how to be redefined by God.
Check out this website for important camp info for parents. We are excited about this new camp experience and we hope you will be too!
Normal Sign Up Period
Now – May 31
Cost: $310 ($285 additional youth from the same family)
Deposit due at sign-up: $50 (balance due June 30)
Every two years, our high school students go on a mission trip either to a domestic or international location. And in 2020, they will be blasting off in College Park’s first-ever interplanetary mission trip to the Moon!
The purpose of this trip is to lay the foundation for future mission teams to share the Gospel in a human colony on the natural satellite. Team members will participate in prayer walks across the surface of the Moon, help build habitats for future colonists, lead a Vacation Bible School for the local children, and visit the alien base that is known to exist on the dark side of the moon!
Through a partnership with the Interplanetary Missions Organization (IMO), our group will be able to minister and stay in different communities on the Moon. IMO is a Christian organization that enables churches to take mission trips to different planets throughout our solar system. Through fundraising events like Dinner and a Show, College Park is able to offer the opportunity for high school students to go on this mission trip and many others.
If a high school student is interested in going on this mission trip, please contact Jeff Allen, the Associate Pastor of Students and Families.
We are excited about this mission trip in 2020 and can’t wait to minister to the people of the Moon!
Note: If you haven’t caught on yet, April Fools! While our youth won’t actually go to the Moon for their mission trip in 2020, they will be heading to an international country. We believe our mission trips are vital to the spiritual health and upbringing of our youth and necessary in the fulfillment of The Great Commission and College Park’s mission. Because of the support of College Park and it’s members, and through different fundraising events, like the Dinner and a Show that took place last month, the youth of College Park are able to go on these amazing trips. Thank you for your support! To learn more about Youth Missions, click here. To see where we went on our most recent mission trip, click here.
Join us for our Easter Egg Hunt! This free event will begin with dinner at 5:30 pm, the birth-kindergarten Egg Hunt at 6:20 pm, Live Music on the Lawn at 6:45 pm, the Re:Vival worship service at 7 pm, the service ends at 8 pm, and the Lighted Egg Hunt (kids, aged through 6th grade) at 8:05 pm. It will be an awesome time! See you there.
In April we will have Big Tent Re:Vival services on the front lawn, which will explore new ways to exercise our faith as the body! The dates are Sunday, April 7 through Wednesday, April 10, so mark these dates on your calendar! We will have dinner each night at 5:30pm, and then the services will begin at 7:00pm. Plan to be here every night and bring guests with you! It will be a great time of Re:Vival!
Our teams have enjoyed a great season! Now we move to the tournament. We need cheerleaders and supporters to cheer us on. Here is the upcoming single-elimination tournament schedule as we know it. Championship Saturday is March 9 here at College Park.
| Date | Time | Team | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 4 | 6 PM | High School Boys - Opening Round | College Park Baptist |
| March 5 | 8:30 PM TBD | Girls - Opening Round High School Boys - Quarterfinals | Old Town Baptist TBD |
| March 7 | TBD TBD | Girls - Semifinals High School Boys - Semifinals | Old Town Baptist Knollwood |
| March 9 (Championship Saturday) | 3:30 PM 5 PM | Girls - Finals High School Boys - Finals | College Park Baptist College Park Baptist |
One of the best ministries that College Park offers is our internship program. We currently have one summer position open.
The intern works either in the children’s ministry area or the youth ministry area. This would depend on the interest/skills of the candidate. The intern would be given specific duties within those age groups and work together with other staff to implement the summer family ministry plan.
Applications are currently being received. All college/divinity school students interested in teaching or call to ministry are welcome to apply.
Applications are now available. If you would like an application or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jeff Allen, the Associate Pastor for Students and Families, at jeff@collegepark.ws or (336) 978-4686.
We are headed back to Camp Kanuga (staying a Camp Bob, the kids camp at Camp Kanuga) near Hendersonville, in the mountains of North Carolina. This is a great place to have children’s camp and we are looking forward to another great weekend. We will be enjoying Bible study, worship, recreation, and a great time together. It is going to be so much fun! Mark your calendars now for this kid’s camp designed for 1st through 6th graders!
Our youth will be leading us in a combined worship service on Sunday, April 28, at 11 am. This is always a significant time of worship for our congregation.
Our youth group is going to the beach for 3 days during spring break for a great retreat of fun, food, and merriment (how many times have you seen THAT word used in a sentence)! We will be staying at Garden City Chapel for three nights.
What will we be doing?
We will be doing it all—going to Myrtle Beach, doing missions work, shopping, eating out, hanging out on the beach, doing some Bible studies, playing games, and having some free time.
What is Garden City Chapel?
Only one of our favorite places to go to be together as a youth group. It is located in Garden City Beach in Murrells Inlet, SC. It is where we have gone for summer camp for the last several years. This will be the first time we are going for Spring Break and we are excited to be going back!
Spots still available!
The cost is $160 ($135 for additional youth from the same family). Friends are welcome to join us! Sign-ups are going on now. Your deposit of $50, which is non-refundable, must be turned in by this date. You can even use our online registration feature and pay by credit card. Go here to register online. The balance will be due on April 7. Get your deposit in now so you will not miss this great event! Make sure you are not the only one staying in Winston for Spring Break! Sign-up today!
Important Downloads
Here are two documents for our trip.
WinterJam is a huge concert festival held every year in the Greensboro Coliseum. We are pumped that we will be going this year AND we have reserved seats. Some of the top artists will be there – Newsboys United, Danny Gokey, Mandissa, Rend Collective, Hollyn, Ledger, Newsong, and more. It will be over 4 hours of music you will not want to miss.
Tickets are available now! Tickets are $35 and we will purchase 25. Once all 25 tickets are gone, we can not add any more. So get your money in now. Turn in a check made out to the church or pay online. Youth, parents, friends are all invited.
We need 4 adults, including a couple of drivers. If you are available, please let Jeff know.
Join us for the 9th-anniversary service of our Re:Creation worship service at 9 am on Sunday, February 3. B&B Cafe opens at 8:45 am to service pastries and drinks. See you there!
**NOTE THE NEW TIME & DATE**
As the new year begins, there are several things coming up for our youth ministry. At this Youth and Parent meeting, will be discussing Dinner and a Show, changes to Youth Camp, and more. We also need feedback on some questions we have regarding potential events. My plan is for the big meeting to be quick so that we can get to work on the main event.
The major item to discuss is the Dinner and a Show. There are 5 planning teams which we need to make the event happen. Some parents have already picked a team and started working. This meeting will be the time for everyone to pick and team and start planning. We will spend the bulk of our time planning with our teams. Here are the team choices:
We hope all of our youth and parents will be part of our upcoming planning meeting on January 27. With so much going on this year, we want to make sure everyone is aware of what is happening.
Have you heard the news – we are headed to a brand new summer camp! It’s called Generate and we are headed to Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA! We will join hundreds of other teenagers in worship, recreation, and more as we learn how to be redefined by God.
Check out this website for important camp info for parents. We are excited about this new camp experience and we hope you will be too!
Early Sign Up Period
January 13 — February 10
Cost: $260 ($235 additional youth from the same family)
Deposit due at sign-up: $50 (balance due June 30)
You’re invited to join us on February 3rd in Smith Hall to watch the Super Bowl! We will also have the Chili Cook-off starting at 5:30 pm. Bring chili or your favorite tailgating dish to share. See you there!