| This summer, Raymond Garcia (pictured with his wife Michelle and son Isaiah) founder and Director of The Philadelphia Project will join with the ministry of Mt Airy Presbyterian Church to launch a new ministry outreach in the greater Mt Airy area. The Philadelphia Project will serve as a host organization for Youth Groups looking to serve God by serving others on week long mission trips. | ![]() |
Staff
Raymond Garcia
Kylie Hardin
| Kylie Hardin, a graduate from Gordon College in 2009, is a native to Upper Darby located only
fifteen minutes outside of Philadelphia. She received a bachelor of science in Recreation and
Leisure Studies, minored in Psychology and is now the Assistant Director of The Philadelphia
Project. Kylie played division III lacrosse at Gordon for four years, and recently ended her first
year of coaching the varsity girls' lacrosse team at Friends' Central School, her alma mater.
Kylie taught liturgical dance at her home church in Havertown for six years and took formal
classes for 13. She participated at the varsity level on the soccer, co-ed wrestling and lacrosse
teams at Friends' Central, and coached a junior varsity co-ed wrestling team in Wenham, MA.
Kylie has been on several short-term missions trips both internationally and domestically.
Her experiences abroad include trips to South Africa, Nicaragua, and Campeche Mexico.
Some of the trips in the U.S. include serving in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
As the Assistant Director of The Philadelphia Project, Kylie will be working in the fall and
spring on fundraising for the Project, will help plan out the fall and spring retreats, and will
design, develop and implement the programming for the summer 2011 work groups. She
will continue to build a strong relationship between The Philadelphia Project and Mt. Airy
Pres., and will continue to be involved in the various ministries taking place in the church.
"When Jesus was teaching His disciples about serving others, He was not just explaining the
concept of service, but how to go out into the community and serve. Service and selflessness
were not suggestions to His faithful followers, but rather commands. I, like the disciples have
been called to be a servant by going out and serving others. The Philadelphia Project is one of
the many opportunities that I have been offered, and am going to be offered in the future to do
just that. I am excited to see where God will lead the Project and am excited about the people we
will be interacting with in the local community."
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