UPDATE:  The 2010 College Mission Trip is to Ottawa, Canada.  For more information email BETH MCCONNELL.

Summer 2009 was an intensive time of missions trips by various groups in our church.  Information on these trips is listed below:

The 2009 College Mission Trip was to Eastern Kentucky, May 21 - 28.  The primary purpose of this trip was to repair a number of houses in the area.  This project is a continuation of a program of repairing houses that began several years ago when a group of singles from Providence spent a week in the area.  This project is coordinated with a local contact who arranges with the families involved. 

The 6th annual "Book Buddies" trip to eastern Kentucky occurred in June 2009, working with the elementary school in a summer learning program and delivering over 2,000 books on each trip.  This has become a recurring event that is anticipated by the elementary school students in the area.  This project was a desire of a Providence member - Cindy Brewer, after her first trip to the area.  For more information, you may contact Rev. Beth McConnell at 704-366-4030 x124 or email:  BETH MCCONNELL.

UPDATE:  The 2010 High School Mission Trip will be to Smyrna, TN.  For more information email ANDY SMITH.

The High School Mission Trip traveled to Kingston, Jamaica on a mission trip to minister to children in the inner-city.  This Mission Trip was a combined venture with the High School Choir.  Many fund-raising activities have occurred during the Fall of 2008 and the Winter/Spring of 2009 in order for the youth to raise enough funds to purchase building materials in Kingston, Jamaica to provide adequate housing and other essentials to the inner-city children.

UPDATE:  The 2010 Middle School Mission Trip will be to Philadelphia, PA.  For more information email ANDY SMITH.


UPDATE:  The 2010 Family Kentucky Trip will be July 18 - 22.  For more information email BETH MCCONNELL

The Fifth Annual Family Kentucky Trip was July 18 -23, 2009.  Seventeen members of Providence traveled to Eastern Kentucky to work the youth of Owsley County in conjunction with the County Social Services.  Various activities and outings were conducted during the week designed to give the youth a time to engage in fun activities.  These activities were fun-filled and educational.  This was a time for the youth to discover activities that interest them for future involvement after the group from Providence left the area to return at a later date.

More information on our involvement in the Partners in Hope program in Eastern Kentucky can be accessed at the following site: Click Here for the RURAL POVERTY INITIATIVE page on our web-site.

THANK YOU for your prayers, participation, and financial support for these groups

Chapel/Missions Center

Pictured above is the recently-completed Chapel/Missions Center building.  It is the combination of our relocated and refurbished Chapel.  This building was the first Worship Center/Sanctuary originally built by the new congregation in 1954.  Adjoining the Chapel is a Missions Center which provides a place to conduct missions activities.  And it is a place from which missions activities are imagined and implemented.

MISSIONS INVOLVEMENT AT PROVIDENCE:
From its beginning as a church, Providence has been extensively involved in missions.  Through the years, this involvement has been expanded to include a range of activities from Monthly Collection Projects to Mission Trips to other continents.

PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMER MISSION TRIPS ARE UNDERWAY!  College students and the Youth of the church are currently making plans for the summer 2010 Mission Trips.  Kentucky, Tennessee, Canada, and Pennsylvania are four of the destinations.   Now is the time to become a part of this year's mission trips.

Listed below is a sampling of the missions activities throughout the year.  Providence supports additional mission endeavors in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area with financial aid and personal involvement.

Missions projects in other counties, states, and countries occur at various times through the year depending on the requests for assistance and the availability of volunteers.  You are invited to visit the other mission pages as listed in the "tab" under the "MISSIONS" navigational buttons.  Of if you wish you may CLICK HERE for Local Missions; CLICK HERE for National Missions; CLICK HERE for  International Missions.

The following is a sampling of the Missions Projects through and by our congregation. 

"Connecting People and God in Christ through
Worship, Missions, and Fellowship."