Mercy Conference Seminars and Notes

A couple of months ago, Mercy Hill sent a couple of men to Maryland to attend the PCA's national mercy ministry conference. It was a great time of learning, relationship building, and inspiration for how we can continue to live out the implications of the Gospel in practial ways in our own congregation and in our communities around south Jersey.

If you'd like to download and listen to some of the speakers, you can find all the mercy ministry conference sessions online here.

Mercy Hill Family Advocate

Mercy Hill is excited to partner with a local non-profit agency to provide practical support for families in our congregation or who people in our community know. This is a bridge-kind of effort that straddles our own developing diaconal/mercy ministry and also our desire to be helpful to people around us who have practical, physical needs.

Here's how it works:

The Mercy Hill Family Advocate will work in conjunction with the Family Strengthening Network and the leadership of Mercy Hill to serve both the congregation at Mercy Hill and the local community by assisting those who are in need by helping them to set goals and find resources in areas of need—whether these be financial, family, addiction, or career-related.

The Network is funded by the Pascale Sykes foundation; the newspaper wrote about them here.

If you're interested, the Family Advocate will be available to consult with anyone who desires help on Monday nights from 5-9 and Saturday afternoons from 1-5.

Showing Mercy This Summer

Recently we've begun plans for Mercy Hill to get involved in some kind of mercy ministry in Glassboro.

The project is being led by our summer intern, Caleb Way.

We posted some information on this project, "Mercy Hill Sacred Space" earlier on this blog.

Since then, Caleb has refined the focus away from Mercy Hill doing something "on its own" in Glassboro's Elsmere Park.

Our "plan" currently is aimed in two directions: first, in July, moving toward working with the City of Glassboro at East New St. Park for a summer "family day."

Second, working with a local Glassboro Church, Emmanuel Baptist, and assisting them in their VBS program next week.

We need volunteers for both of these events, so please contact Caleb as soon as possible if you're interested in helping.