June 6: Summer kickoff for Sunday School.

Wednesday evenings beginning in June: Tweens-- A youth group for rising 6th graders held at the Aichholz home. This is a great opportunity to bring a 6th grade friend

June 28-July 2: Swim Ministry at North Hills Swim Club! For more info, call 542-2442 or email: CHPCSwimMinistry@aol.com

Pick your date to create God Space in your own back yard! Looking for a way to invite your neighbors and friends to meet and/ or grow in Jesus in a fun and memorable way? Call and reserve a FREE kit for a 4 day or evening back yard Bible club based on Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace in Egypt. This free kit will provide invitations, staff devotions, schedules, crafts and supplies, games with supplies, the Bible Story with Pictures to share, devotions to do and for kids to take home and share. Choose a week, team up with a friend or two and get ready for faith and fun to bloom in your neighborhood. We also need people to help lead and assist with the camps and the preparation of kits. Call Maggie Smith (541-5676, msmith@chpc.org), Roxane Schellingerhout (931-0692, roxanewagner@hotmail.com), or Cathy Lowe (761-5399, cedcatlowe@aol.com) for more information, to volunteer, or to reserve your free kit.

Stay Tuned for More: Dinners for 7 or 8 and other events for families and/or children. Watch the bulletin!

July 6-10: Swim Ministry at North Hills Swim Club. 541-5676, ext. 109 or ask for "Swim." Email: CHPCSwimMinistry@aol.com

June 27: Picnic at Stephanie Hummer Park on North Bend Road on North Bend Road across from St. X High School 4-8 pm. Bring a dish for 12. Call Gary Bonnell for information: 741-8409.

July 12-16: Swim Ministry at North Hills Swim Club! For more info, call 542-2442 or email: CHPCSwimMinistry@aol.com

July 25-30: Resident camp at King’s Domain. This weeklong resident camp is run by King’s Domain and this year our interns will be cabin counselors. We will sleep in rustic cabins and have a week full of activities that include Bible Study, field games, swimming, archery, crafts, skits, and high adventure activities. King’s Domain is located near Lebanon, Ohio. Registration will open in late April. Thanks to a grant from Presbytery, an early signing bonus price of $245 will be available for those who register by May 31. Additional scholarships are available. Forms are available at www.chpc.org or in the racks.

July 12-16: Swim Ministry at North Hills Swim Club! For more info, call 542-2442 or email: CHPCSwimMinistry@aol.com

July 29-30: 2/3 Overnight at King’s Domain. Rising 2nd and 3rd graders are invited for a one night overnight to taste resident camp living. It is clearly the most fun 24 hours of the summer. $50 is a special price made possible by a scholarship grant from the Presbytery. Forms are available at www.chpc.org or in the racks.

August 3-6: College Hill Block Party. Wednesday evening the Tweens will serve ice cream sundaes.

August 14-20: Family Camp at Cedar Campus, Michigan. Contact the Evans: 522-6603.

September 10-12: Fall Camp Out at Winton Woods and Worship in the Woods. Call Maggie Smith for more information, to help organize the event or to register (541-5676).

I hope these plans excite you and that you will prayerfully consider how you can get involved.  We would love to have you join us.  Whatever your gifts and passions, there will be a way for you to serve and grow in Summer Ministries.  Take a look at the enclosed list to see what tugs at your heart or captures your imagination.  Consider that summer is a great time to serve as a family. ~ Maggie Smith