Updates
Through our relentless pursuit of Jesus, we want to surrender all that we have for His glory. We believe we can leverage our entire campus throughout the week to create environments where the lost and broken can experience Jesus' love. By stewarding all of our resources well, we believe we will be able to meet real needs here in Avon and Hendricks County and across the globe.
Department of Child Services (DCS)
We have been working on renovating a space on our campus to meet a real need for the kids, families, and staff of the Department of Child Services here in Hendricks County. We have been growing this relationship over the years with DCS, with different initiatives including the Christmas Wishlist, and now we are excited to share the DCS Safe Space. This space is available whenever it's needed, and we even have volunteers ready to help love and support those in need. Thank you, Kingsway Family, for your generosity! Relentless Pursuit, a local church partnership with Plainfield Christian Church, and some generous donors here in our community helped make this idea come to life! Check the updated space in the video below:
If you are new to this amazing story, our executive pastor, Brett Cadwell, can explain how this idea came to be.
Pathways Learning Academy
One of the biggest needs in our community is childcare. Recent data states that our county is at 98% capacity for childcare. In meetings with local leaders in the Community Leadership Council, we knew we had a real opportunity to meet this need and help families in Hendricks County find a safe and secure place for their children. In October 2024, Pathways Learning Academy at Kingsway opened!
Pathways Learning Academy (PLA) is a 21st-century preschool that incorporates STEAM (Science, Technologies, Engineering, Art, Math) into all aspects of each classroom from six weeks to five years old, setting each child up for success in kindergarten and beyond! We have been able to provide some Volunteers during their week who get to read to the kids. We are in the beginning stages of this strategic partnership with PLA and are excited to see how we can continue to be a welcoming and safe place for families Sunday through Friday. Joe Mally, Director of Discipleship and Family Ministry, and Tiffany Gonzales, Director at Pathways provide an update in the video below.
World Wide Hispanic Outreach
Access and transportation to healthcare for both urgent and non-urgent needs is a real problem for many in rural parts of Mexico. Our Global Outreach Partner, WWHO (World Wide Hispanic Outreach), had been using an old Kingsway van for many years to help get people where they needed to go, but it finally broke down last year. Through the Outreach funds raised with Relentless Pursuit, we gave $5000 toward the purchase of a new van to help their rural community receive the help they need, when they need it!
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Church Planting Partnership
We are excited to share we have partnered with Orchard Group to identify a church planter we will support. Chris Dew and AJ Holt are planting Artisan City Church in St. Petersburg, FL. They have felt called to serve this beautiful and artistic city that is broken and in need of the hope of Jesus. Every 43 hours, someone dies from a drug overdose in the county, and has twice the national average regarding crime with nearly 12% of people living in poverty.
There will be much to share with our church over the coming months. In fact, we are hoping to invite Chris and/or AJ out to visit and share a message on a Sunday in 2025. Please keep checking this page for updates on this church-planting initiative.
