by Pastor Joel Aurand
Hawk Point Community Church is located in the small, rural community of Hawk Point, MO, northwest of St. Louis. (The 2010 census counted just 669 residents.) There is little to do in town on winter weekends, so we decided to provide a fun, challenging, and community-building activity for the community for both youth and adults. The racing is challenging and the track layout changes with each racing series.
Our goal was to get to know people who might not otherwise attend a church and develop relationships with them. Nearly half of those who participated in our most recent six-week series have no church home. So far, we feel, this outreach has been a success and plan on taking the slot cars to our Community Heritage Day in early September, with the goal of promoting our fall 2016 and winter 2017 series.
