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Do Good. Show Love.

November 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Do Good. Show Love.
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GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to use their individual power of generosity to remain connected and support their communities. It’s a day when everyone comes together to give back in all forms-acts of kindness, gifts of voice, time, talent or treasure. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a…

Fall and Advent/Christmas seasons.

October 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Fall and Advent/Christmas seasons.
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Dear Nardin Park Church Family and Friends, I write to update you on Nardin Park’s priorities and plans for this Fall and Advent/Christmas seasons. The COVID-19 Taskforce held a Zoom meeting on August 19 to discuss current building activities and the possibility of opening our building in the near term. The Taskforce’s top priority continues to be…

Drive-Thru Halloween Event

October 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Drive-Thru Halloween Event
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Tell your friends and sign up to decorate your car to be part of the drive thru Halloween Event in our parking lot!There will be a scavenger hunt for kids from the safety of the car, a photo booth and a take home craft! Prepackaged candy will be handed out by the church. Please note:…

Advent Devotional

October 9, 2020 / Comments Off on Advent Devotional
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Advent Devotional Invitation I Believe, Even When  Advent is a time where we, as a church community, are used to gathering together; we sing the songs of Christmas, journeying through the birth of Christ alongside the characters of the Christmas story. We light candles and focus on Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. We join our…

Fall Classes

August 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Fall Classes
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Looking for Connecting Groups? Click Here Class Brochure This Fall the three United Methodist Churches in Farmington/Farmington Hills are combining forces to offer adult education classes to everyone in our three congregations and any friends or community members who wish to join with us.  The robust list of Bible studies, book studies and current events…

Global Poverty, Local Missions

August 24, 2020 / Comments Off on Global Poverty, Local Missions
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Take the quiz Local Actions The Borgen Project In a Nutshell: We fight extreme poverty. Get Involved Kelly Paquette’s Kindergarten Class Book Fundraiser Kelly teaches in the Redford Union Public Schools and is working to raise funds so that each of her students will have a new scholastic book each month during the school year. Reading…

Five Finger Prayer Bookmark

July 17, 2020 / Comments Off on Five Finger Prayer Bookmark
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SOS Fundraiser

July 11, 2020 / Comments Off on SOS Fundraiser
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South Oakland Shelter, now part of Lighthouse of Oakland County, is a rotating shelter housing guests needing shelter. Each year Nardin Park houses 25-40 guests/families in our building. Due to Covid 19, SOS is hosting over 60 people in need of shelter in a hotel this year. The cost to shelter these guests is $11,000…

Do Good Dinners

June 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Do Good Dinners
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Last September, we hosted a wonderful food truck rally that brought the community together to do good. While we can’t have the event in the same way due to caution and health, we chose to REIMAGINE how we still might come together to do good. Join us Wednesdays (with your masks on!) in July on…

Summer Music Series

June 16, 2020 / Comments Off on Summer Music Series
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Please join us for our LIVESTREAMED summer concert series! (Series to be livestreamed through our YouTube Channel) PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO IN PERSON AUDIENCE ALLOWED FOR THESE CONCERTS Wednesday, July 8 @ 7:30PM Lance Luce, Organisthttp://www.lanceluce.com Wednesday, July 15 @ 7:30PMMatthew Ball (Boogie Woogie Kid), Pianisthttp://www.boogiewoogiekid.com  Wednesday, July 22 @ 7:30PMDr. Naki Sung-Kripfgans, Organisthttp://nakikripfgans.com/Welcome.html  Wednesday, July…

Hackboxes

June 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Hackboxes
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Donations Needed! Please consider buying an item(s) to help Farmington/Farmington Hills families.There are 4 large boxes called Hackboxes in our area at the following locations. Where:Longacre Elementary School, 34850 Arundel StLanigan Elementary School, 23800 Tuck RdMaxfield Training Center, 32789 10 Mile RdBeechview Elementary School, 26850 Westmeath Ct.Power Middle School, 32740 Rhonswood What:Toothpaste and tooth brushesCleaning…

Grateful Gratuity

June 2, 2020 / Comments Off on Grateful Gratuity
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Begin each day with a grateful heart.    When we look at our lives through the lens of gratitude it makes all the difference.  Even in difficult times, with gratitude in our hearts, we can see unexpected blessings and live in the joy of them.  Joy is not about our particular circumstances, it is about…

Diane Brady Retirement

May 27, 2020 / Comments Off on Diane Brady Retirement
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Effective June 30, 2020, Diane Brady is retiring as the talented Director of Cherub and Wesley Children’s Choirs.  We will be presenting Diane with a Love Gift and cards from Nardin Park family.  Please send cards for Diane to the church office–29887 W Eleven Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48336.  If you would like to…

24 Masks Available!

May 2, 2020 / Comments Off on 24 Masks Available!
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24 masks (10 for kids, 14 for adults) are ready under the portico for those who need them! Please keep your distance or wait in your car if someone is there getting one. More are on the way as volunteers are working fast to provide masks for anyone in need of one.

Graduate Scholarship

April 28, 2020 / Comments Off on Graduate Scholarship
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Graduate Student Scholarship Opportunity THIS YEAR we find ourselves in the wonderful position to be able to offer a small scholarship to graduate students who have previously received a scholarship from Nardin Park.  To qualify you must be enrolled in a full time graduate program and have a 3.0 or better grade point average. Below…