| 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. | ![]() |
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Raymond Garcia
Zach Cline
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Zach Cline is 18 and is currently attending Eastern University where he is studying Mathematics and Music. He grew up in Glenside and Jenkintown, PA and graduated in 2009 from Abington High School. He has one brother, Mike, who is 21, and one sister, Allie, who is 10. Zach has been attending Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown his whole life, and while at Eastern, prefers to go to Narberth Presbyterian.
For the past few years, Zach has helped to lead worship at Grace in their newer, contemporary service, Higher Ground. He loves to be involved in music. Zach has been in multiple church choirs (including bell choirs) while at Grace, and has been playing the piano for about 9 years and guitar for about 5. He also enjoys physical activity such as frisbee, street hockey, running, and baseball.
Zach is working for the Philadelphia Project with Raymond, who was Zach's youth pastor for all four years of his high school career. Raymond has played a huge role in Zach's coming to know Christ and has been a major influence in his life. The two have been on multiple trips together for retreats, mission trips, and the Creation music festival.
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Kylie Hardin
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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 interning with The Philadelphia Project for the 2009 summer program. 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.
"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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