Five things happening today in Burlington.
Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 9. Here are 5 things you need to know:
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Mount Hope Christian Center will host an anti-human trafficking event, called Set Beautiful Free, featuring a young woman who personally survived being taken.
The following is a release from Mount Hope Christian Center: A group of U.S. non-profit organizations, who have joined forces in the battle against human trafficking, recently announced a benefit event to take place on June 16 at Mount Hope Christian Center in Burlington. The event, called “Set Beautiful Free” will shed light on the horrific nature of human trafficking and sexual slavery in the 21st century, and will feature the intensely moving personal testimony of a young lady who personally survived this epidemic in Mumbai, India. All proceeds from the evening will benefit the Education Fund of Bombay Teen Challenge (BTC), one of the world’s most recognized organizations serving to rescue and rehabilitate survivors of sex trafficking, …
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Mt Hope Christian Center Plans Second Aid Mission to Haiti
When planes approach the airport in Port-au-prince Haiti, travelers can see the tent cities stretching for miles around the capital. The blue tents bearing the symbols of the United Nations and the United States still provide the only shelter for thousands of Haitians nearly four years after the hurricanes and almost two years following the magnitude 7 earthquake that devastated the impoverished Caribbean nation. Brian Hohmann, owner of Burlington’s Accurate Automotive, traveled to Haiti as part of a humanitarian aid group from Mount Hope Christian Center. He remembers the warm blast of air as he exited the plane. Then he remembers looking around and seeing the makeshift air traffic control tower. “There was no tower. There was a camper …
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The groundbreaking took place on Sunday, Sept. 25.
After months of praying, planning, and preparation Mount Hope Christian Center broke ground for the new 9,000 square foot Family Life Center on Sunday, Sept. 25. “Since 1985, Mount Hope has looked for ways to serve and be a blessing to the Burlington community," said Senior Pastor Rick Picariello in a release before the ceremony. "The Family Life Center will serve our church and school programs, and we anticipate this facility to be an even bigger blessing to the local community.” “We envision this facility to not only be beneficial to the needs at Mount Hope Christian Center and School, but we also believe it will be a great place for local youth after school programs, and evening adult leagues right here in town,” added Senior Associate…
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The groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. at 3 McGinnis Drive in Burlington.
The following is a release from Mount Hope Christian Center: After months of praying, planning, and preparation Mount Hope Christian Center has received the necessary approval from the Town of Burlington to move forward with breaking ground for this 9,000 square foot Family Life Center. The milestone event will occur this Sunday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at 3 McGinnis Drive in Burlington. “Since 1985, Mount Hope has looked for ways to serve and be a blessing to the Burlington community," said Senior Pastor Rick Picariello. "The Family Life Center will serve our church and school programs, and we anticipate this facility to be an even bigger blessing to the local community.” “We envision this facility to not only be beneficial to the needs …
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The new 9,000 square foot facility will double as a gymnasium and a function room.
The Mount Hope Christian School moved to Burlington from Lexington in 1985. Parishioners worked over the summer of 1985 to clean and renovate the abandoned Meadowbrook School to make it suitable for use as a church and learning center for pre-school and elementary aged children. Since that time, Mt. Hope has continued to grow and evolve and, according to Town Administrator Bob Mercier, has been an ideal tenant and neighbor. "The Town of Burlington and Mt. Hope have enjoyed a long and beneficial relationship through the years. The Mt. Hope Academy has provided our residents with a high quality local alternative to our own excellent Public Education system and has through the years maintained and enhanced a town-owned facility at no cost to…
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