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Association of Congregational Christian Churches, P.O. Box 288,
Oak Creek, WI 53154
414-764-1620
Email:
naccc@naccc.org
Web Site: http://www.naccc.org |
SUCCESSFUL SUMMER PROGRAMS |
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by Giovan Venable King
Minister, Hyde Park Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA
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Hyde Park Congregational Church was very excited to sponsor a
Royal Family Kids Camp this summer at First Congregational
Church of Los Angeles’s Cedar Lake Camp. Royal Family Kids Camp
is an annual week-long camp for inner-city foster children and
other at-risk children and this year included thirty-two
children and over thirty-two volunteers, as each child was
paired with an adult counselor. The counselors are all
volunteers who went through extensive training on several
Saturdays this summer in our Fellowship Hall. There was also a
camp “Grandma” and “Grandpa” who shared hugs, laughter, and
stories with the children. They are the only “grandparents” that
many of these children ever have. Each year has a theme. This
year’s theme was from 2 Peter 2.9-10: “You are a royal
priesthood.” I have to mention last year’s theme, as it was the
same theme as the very successful International Congregational
Fellowship gathering we just had this summer in Greece: “Running
the Race,” based on 1 Cor. 9.24-27.
As Royal Family Kids Camp children were leaving the Camp, to
return to Los Angeles, members of First Congregational Church of
Los Angeles and many friends of the Camp were gathering for a
celebration of Cedar Lake’s 50th Anniversary. There was a
regatta on the Lake, time for worship, singing, a special
program by an expert on birds of the region, a film festival, an
appearance by Elvis (who starred in one of the many movies
filmed at Cedar Lake over the years), and plenty of good food
and fellowship. A sixty-page memory book is available from the
Church and contains pictures and remembrances of people who have
enjoyed the camp since 1955.
That was the last hurrah of the summer and several who joined in
the Cedar Lake festivities returned to Los Angeles to prepare
for the opening week of classes at First Church’s Pilgrim
School. Pilgrim is a pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade
college preparatory day school that is reported to be the most
diverse private school west of the Mississippi.
Somehow, I have managed to include news of two Congregational
churches, our Congregational day school in Los Angeles, the
Congregational campgrounds in Southern California, Royal Family
Kids Camp, and even the International Congregational Fellowship.
It was a full and successful summer for each of these
organizations!
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Giovan Venable King is the minister at Hyde Park
Congregational Church and began her career at First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles. She is privileged
still to lead some retreats at Cedar Lake Camp and to work
with the children of Pilgrim School from time to time.
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CREDENTIALS REPORT
Thirty states were represented at the Kansas City Meeting. A
total of 408 attendees at the adult meetings and about 200 at
the youth meetings (40 youth participated in Pilgrim Mission
Voyage) . 173 member Churches were represented. Eleven
missionaries were present. Evaluations of the overall meeting
and the workshops will be posted on
www.nachurch.org in September. (A record number were
returned this year – well over 100)
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Rev.Giovan Venable King,
Rev. Norman Rust, Mr. Jim Larsen |
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