Last week, Pastor Rick introduced a new 3 week series that we are doing at all Summit campuses. “What if everyone mattered” is the underlying vision for this years week of hope. As followers of Christ we believe that everyone matters because we have been created in the image of God. Unfortunately, we are often guilty of thinking to highly of ourselves and not remembering where we were when Christ came near to us.
God has placed us in RDU and it wasn’t by mistake. He placed us here to put his glory on display and to think that we get to be a part of that is amazing. At the Summit, we have created an annual opportunity for us to serve together as a church. This year the week of hope offers more than 2100 volunteer opportunities and we have a waiting list. For whatever reason we have had several ministries (and public schools) contact us and ask for us to help them with some specific needs. You could attribute this to the economy or maybe it is the Lord opening up doors for ministry here in our own backyard.
Hope for RDU is going to be July 5th-12th. We want EVERYBODY doing SOMETHING to impact our community. We want you to serve as an individual, as a family as a small group or as a campus. Specifically as a campus, we have adopted Eno Valley Elementary this year and we are going to love on the teachers, students and parents by giving the school a makeover. We will be power washing, cleaning, mulching, and building bookcases. There might even be a surprise project or two! To ensure that we take care of all the needs, Please register for this opportnity now. Also, please invite your neighbors/coworkers to join you as you serve to meet the needs of our neighborhood elementary school. (Friday 7/10 and Saturday 7/11) If you want to invite your friends to join you just email them this link http://www.hopeforrdu.org/eno
In addition to serving Eno Valley Elementary, we will be throwing a huge appreciation party for the men and women that put their lives on the line to make our city safe on Saturday morning 7/11. We are inviting all active (and retired) police, fire, EMS, sheriff, highway patrol and Duke campus police to bring their families out and enjoy themselves. This event will be taking place at the Durham Public Schools training facility at Hillandale Road and Carver Street. We will be serving lunch and we have several inflatable games which will ensure that each family has a great time. We need all types of people to help staff this event as we seek to display our appreciation to these amazing men and women. If you want to invite your friends to join you just email them this link www.hopeforRDU.org/emergency
The opportunity to be a blessing has been set up for you. Don’t miss out!
-Ryan