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Last chance to reserve your spot for the Kirk Couples Toast an End to Winter event on March 13! Click here for details and RSVP information.
Wonderful Wednesdays continue through March 24! Join our Lenten Study Series, Missional Jesus, along with dinner (by reservation). Click here to learn more.
Join our follow-up study of the Missional Church (using Reggie McNeal's book, Missional Renais-sance) on Sundays @ 10:30 a.m.
Click here for more information.
If you missed Mayor Dave Bing's presentation at the Kirk on February 19, audio CDs are available in the Adult Ministry Office.
Local Ministries (in the Pontiac Community)
Ministry with Pontiac
Ministry with Pontiac is an Outreach and Mission ministry of the Kirk. Recognizing that God is and always has been very present and active in the life of the city and its people, Ministry with Pontiac seeks to join in that work, listening, learning, serving and partnering with Pontiac community leaders, organizations, schools and churches to build long-term friendships and address long standing challenges.
For more information, or to become involved with this vital ministry, please contact John King at john@jrkqualitative.com.
Crofoot Elementary School
* Kirk Tutors - help with homework, establish relationships with students
* Crofoot Publishing Center - published 1,000 books authored by students in 2008
* Field Trips - Detroit Zoo, Ford Rouge Tour, Ann Arbor Theatre, pumpkin patch
* Family Movie Night
* Teacher appreciation breakfasts, lunches
* Grandparent Appreciation Day
* Fall Open House
* Fall Family Festival
* Special school assemblies (Bucketfillers, Science Explosion, Harpist)
Camp Hosanna
* Three-week summer camp, designed to teach and increase reading and writing skills, offering an engaging introduction to Jesus to 60 selected children from Pontiac. Over eighty volunteers from the Kirk and its partners, New Bethel Baptist Church and First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, experienced in full the rewarding fellowship of Christian service for God's Children.
Other Ministries in the Pontiac Community
| Grace Centers of Hope | gracecentersofhope.org |
| The Baldwin Center | baldwincenter.org |
| Habitat for Humanity | habitatoakland.org |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | lighthouseoakland.org |
| CARE House | carehouse.org |
| New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church | |
| Messiah Missionary Baptist Church |
Detroit Metro Area Ministries
| Detroit City Mission Academy | city-mission.org |
| Open Door Program - Fort Street Presbyterian | fortstreet.org |
| Ecumenical Theological Seminary | etseminary.edu |
| Joy of Jesus | joyofjesus.org |
| Presbyterian Villages | pvm.org |
| Shared Mission and Giving - Detroit Presbytery | detroitpresbytery.org |
| Forgotten Harvest | forgottenharvest.org |
| Detroit Rescue Mission | |
| South Oakland Shelter |