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This Sunday, September 5, is the final Summer Garden Service of the season. Don't miss this opportunity to worship outdoors before we kick off our fall season!
Kirk offices will be closed on Monday, September 6 in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) will resume on Tuesday, September 7.
A special expanded edition of the September Kirk News will be mailed to members and includes information about new service times and expanded Sunday School options, all beginning on Sunday, September 12!
Our Summer Carillon Series concludes this Sunday, September 5 with recitals at 10:00 a.m. and noon by Kirk Carillonneur, Dennis Curry.
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 | newbethelpontiac.org |
| 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 |