Line up against the fence, pick your teams, and let the games begin!
May 8th and 15th we had our annual sports camp for kids k-8. Children and volunteers completely took over the fields with soccer and baseball games.
The first week we were nervous as we saw the dark clouds covering the sky in the mid-morning. [...]
We have a group of volunteers from a church in Windsor that help with Thursday night Bible study. Their church was attending a youth conference in Lansing called Acquire the Fire and invited a few of our kids to go along. Ten of our high school kids were sponsored to go to this youth [...]
Pistons vs. Pacers
25 Pistons tickets were generously donated to HPCO for the Pistons vs. Pacers game. We had ten volunteers and fifteen HPCO kids. The majority of our kids (and volunteers!) had never been to a Pistons game before. What a fun way to just be a kid and cheer on our city’s team.
We were [...]
50 Christmas presents.
60 food boxes.
23 volunteers.
1 beautiful day of showing God’s love to the community.
Life Church of Canton, MI decided to “adopt” children in Highland Park for Christmas
50 children’s names from HPCO were given to Life Church; 50 kids with bright and excited faces receiving Christmas presents.
Along with the Christmas presents, we also delivered 60 [...]
December 17th was our last high school youth group before Christmas break. We decided to do a field trip and go ice skating! We filled a van full of teenagers and drove downtown to the Campus Martius ice rink. The original plan was to get there at 6:30 and stay for an hour (or as [...]
We had two very big events this November. HPCO held an Open House on November 8th to give people the opportunity to show people what we’re all about. We were able to show testimonies of people in the community as well as volunteers through video. We gave a van tour of Highland Park, and we were [...]
We want to give you the opportunity to come check-out HPCO and see all that God is doing here. On Sunday, November 8th we will be holding an OPEN HOUSE at our ministry center. Come fellowship with us, see our facilities, hear inspiring testimonies of people whose lives have been touched by this ministry, tour [...]
HPCO has a new neighbor! Bef Kadu came all the way from Ethiopia to move in two doors down from HPCO. Bef Kadu is a Navigator and has been a missionary in Ethiopia for seven years. He’ll be living on Ferris St until mid-December and has graciously volunteered to help out! He has a gift [...]
Things are starting up again at HPCO!
This fall we have welcomed on a new member of our volunteer staff, Emily Sanders. She just graduated high school this spring and will be taking a year off school to work at HPCO for the 2009-2010 school year.
Our fall programs will include Monday night tutoring (more tutors needed!), [...]
Day Camp
As we look back over the summer and all that took place during day camp, all we can say is we serve a great God! As we got ready to plan for day camp, we were disappointed that the grant we normally receive from United Way was not offered to us. We were also [...]