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Summer of Service 7/22/2009

Last nite we had the best time as we had the opportunity to touch over 300 people in about an hours time. If you've been around hyde park for long you know that it's our mission to "Love God, Love People and Serve our World" - if you've been wondering, that's what "Summer of Service" is all about, a practical way of living that our and putting it into action.

I'm wondering, how do you "Love God, Love People and Serve our World", those outside the church, outside the walls?

I hope you'll enjoy this video short sharing the fun that we had last night. (Facebook Readers: go here: http://www.wholeheartedlife.typepad.com  to see the embedded video)

SOS '09 Begins Tonite!

Every church in Lumberton knows that they should be involved serving our community. Knowing and doing, however, are 2 different things. We find ourselves talking a lot about reaching out those who are outside the walls of hyde park - summer of service is our corporate "action-point", it's the place where hyde park puts feet to our talk. This summer marks our 5th summer of serving Lumberton.

The odd thing about Summer of Service is that many hyde park people have thought in the past that they weren't qualified to do the projects we were participating in, so let me make this clear: ANYBODY CAN BE PART OF THE PROJECTS WE WILL DO - NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. Each week we will tackle a new and different project that puts us out among our friends in Lumberton.

WHEN: tonite (Wednesday, July 24th) at 6:45
WHERE: The ROC Gym - hyde park church
WHAT: Winsheild Warriors (which means we're washing windows and giving out info at local service stations)

Look forward to serving with you!

Summer of Service

Thank God that I am a part of a church that loves people - real people with real problems, challenges and situations. I have witnessed this church welcome people and show them love that was a pure demonstration of the power of Christ. Really.

hyde park is not afraid to get outside the walls of our church (Rumba on the Lumba, 4th of July celebration, etc.) but we have an opportunity to "take it up a notch."

Next Wednesday, June 13th, marks the beginning of our 4th Hyde Park Summer of Service. The "Summer of Service" is ministry that we do on Weds. nights all summer - rather than talk about JESUS we want to be His hands and feet to a lost world. Opportunities available are:

• Ministering to families in need - we will begin with the Thompson family who was referred by one of our members. We will descend on their home next Weds to do work around the outside of their home (yard work and more).
• Church and Community Center - CCC has been given new space at the old Lumberton Ford and needs our help to get that up and going. Opportunities there varies from: folding and organizing clothing, organizing food items, building walls for offices, and determining usefulness of donations.
• Yard Work - we literally ride around town looking for homes in need of help, walk up, knock on the door and ask if we may do their yards - we have literally led people to Christ as they sat on the front steps watching our people work
• Soft Drink give-a-ways: we sometimes go to busy street corners and give out drinks and a connect card in the name of JESUS.
• Winshield Ministry: going to gas stations and wash windshields while people are filling up their cars with gas. We've gone as far as to buy-down gas...

So, whatcha waiting for? Our BFG's (Bible Fellowship Groups) are teaming up to do this work and you can be a part of it too. Interested? Let me know here what you wanna do.