Summer of Love got off to a great start Sunday on the garrison grounds. The weather was perfect, the turn out great, and to top it all off we had a good time. You're going to want to be there this week and why not bring a friend. Jesus, sunshine, and hamburgers - who wouldn't want to come.

Special thanks to Heather Lowe and the crew who ran the BBQ fundraiser for our "Kids to Camp" project including a great team for Campus for Christ. We were able to raise $830. Great work team!

"Summer of Love" continues with "Love Welcomes Everyone", and we will be meeting in the theatre this week. The Garrison Grounds are unavailable so tell all your friends that we're back in the theatre this week!

We have had some amazing fundraisers so far for our "Sending Kids to Camp" and have managed to raise some pretty significant funds and we want to keep that trend going. Cash (or check) donations toward this project can be made through Deep Water until the end of July. Simply mark your contribution clearly for "Kids to Camp" and put it in the offering box on Sunday.

This summer, starting July 13th we are heading outside to meet in the sun for worship on Sundays. We will be doing some cool stuff like having a BBQ, playing some Ultimate, and celebrating our first ever "Sandwich Sunday". Here are the key details you need to know:

• Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 in the Garrison Grounds area of Citadel Hill, just up and over a block from Dresden Row across from the CBC building.
• We will be working to keep things under an hour.
• Feel free to bring a lawn chair (in fact, bring an extra one for someone else if you can) or a blanket to sit on. If not, you can always be totally hippy and just sit in the grass.
• We will not be offering supervised child care but we will be setting up a couple of play yards (like we currently use for nursery). Parents are encouraged to sit close to one and keep an eye on their children as they play.
• We will be providing cold drinks to help beat the heat but you will want to remember sunblock and sunglasses, hats, etc.
• This is an outdoor area that does not have public washrooms. There are several business close by that have facilities and there is a public washroom at Public Gardens a few blocks away. But those of you with young children may want to make an extra "just in case" pit stop before you come.
• WEATHER ISSUES: Should weather not permit us from meeting outside we will be in the theatre. If there is any question about the weather for the next day you can check www.deepwaterchurch.com anytime after 4pm Saturday. A message will be posted on the main page if we are moving inside and a special edition of "The Loop" will also be sent out by email. If there is no message on deepwaterchurch.com, assume we are meeting on the Garrison Grounds.

And now you're in the loop.