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Dear HCM Friends,
Our busy summer season of ministry is going really well so far. We praise God for all of you who volunteer and donate to help make this possible!
This summer we have set a goal to send 20 teens from our Hartford YoungLife ministry to YL's first-rate Christian camp, Lake Champion, for a week designed for urban teens. That is more than double the number we were able to send last year! In the past many of our teens have made decisions to live their lives for Christ as part of their summer camp experience.
The total cost for each person to attend camp is about $400, and the Lord has blessed us with a generous family willing to match the donations of others, paying up to half of the total cost of camp for our group. That means that you could send a kid to camp for a week with a gift of $200!
So if you would like to help us send Hartford teens to this great camp and have your investment doubled with the matching gift, you may either make a donation with your credit card here on the web site or mail a check payable to Hartford City Mission to HCM, P.O. Box 320397, Hartford, CT 06132. Just make a note saying "YL camp" when you give your gift. Any amount you feel led to give would be perfect. The matching gift opportunity will run through the end of August.
Please join us in praying that this mountain top camp experience will make a life-changing impact in the lives of many of our teens.
Yours in Christ,
Scott Wilhite
Administrative Director (Volunteer)
Hartford City Mission
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Camp Noah is starting up again June 14th. Check out the Noah Children's ministry page to learn more about the program and see how you can get involved in our Volunteer area.
For questions concerning Camp Noah please contact Amy.
Hartford Young Life begins the summer session on Friday June 4, meeting weekly at SAND School through the first Friday in August. more details here...
For questions about Young Life, please contact Marcel.
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SHARE the Good News. . . of Christ and His Kingdom, glorifying Him in words and actions. HCM currently partners with other north end ministries to provide assistance for physical needs including food, shelter, education, job assistance, and economic and housing development activities.
DEVELOP Disciples. . . fully devoted followers of Christ who are growing more into His likeness.
PROVIDE Opportunities. . .for Christians from a variety of geographic, economic, or racial backgrounds to serve in relevant, life-changing urban ministries, thus experiencing Christ in a unique manner, and in turn becoming more fully devoted followers of Him.
TRANSFORM Communities. . .we want God’s will as it’s done in heaven to be done down here in Hartford. So as Christ finds new homes in more and more hearts of Hartford residents we will work to expand the impact of HCM as an agent of justice and peace in our community, striving for: reductions in crime; improvements in education; less poverty; more jobs; fewer boarded up buildings; and more block parties. The goal of the prophet Nehemiah was to rebuild & revive the whole city of Jerusalem – our vision is no less for Hartford. |
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