CAMP KROC EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT: Great news! We are offering a 50% discount on summer camp for the children of our staff, bringing the cost down to $97.50 per child per week. If you’d like to take advantage of this opportunity, simply let Alyson Rodriguez know via email or in person, and she will add the discount to your account. Don’t miss out on this chance to give your children an unforgettable summer camp experience at a reduced cost!
OPEN POSITIONS: We currently have many positions open throughout the Kroc Center. Check over the list below and share with friends and family who you think could be a good fit!
INCREASED BUILDING TRAFFIC: We are busier, reaching close to our pre-pandemic numbers for building entries. The lobby, fitness floor, and pool are particularly experiencing a lot of traffic. While this is great, a lot of staff have their hands tied to keep things in order. Please be ready to jump in and support where needed.
Go Team!
KROC EMPLOYEE BINGO: Don’t give up! There’s still time to fill your bingo card!
This is your chance to explore different areas of the Kroc, connect with other departments, and maybe even win an exclusive Employee T-shirt!
The challenge runs from February 1st through the 28th.
How to Play: Stop by the Fitness Desk to grab your bingo card and start your adventure! You’ll find a mix of activities that’ll have you moving, learning, and connecting with your fellow Kroc stars. You are responsible for keeping your card until you have a bingo! Don’t lose it!
Check in with Margarita Gonzalez if you have any questions!
FAME FUNDRAISER:
What We’re Doing: The fridge is filling up! Incase you missed it, we’re collecting $1 and $5 donations to support our FAME program, with donor names displayed on our community “Refrigerator.”
Quick Facts to Share with Members: • FAME stands for Fine Arts, Music, and Expression • Partners with Brookside Elementary (walking distance to Kroc) • Serves 20-30 students per class • Provides FREE professional arts instruction including: Visual arts (painting, ceramics, printmaking), Ballet with Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Drumming classes
When in doubt, ask marketing or membership any questions you might have.
OPEN POSITIONS: Visit the Central Territory’s ADP Recruitment system for all job postings and to submit applications online. We appreciate you sharing opportunities with friends and family!
Current openings include:
- Welcome Desk Attendant
- Lifeguard
- Aquatics Lead
- Day Camp Positions
- Fitness Attendant
- Building Supervisor
Send an email to RJ Kroc if you see someone going above and beyond for our guests!
- Shout out to membership and the welcome desk staff after a busier than normal weekend!
- Shout out to the fitness team for helping to cover older adult wellness classes.
- Shout out to everyone who made the WPAC stage project a success!
Each week, members of the Kroc Center and Kroc Church submit a number of requests for prayer. We welcome these from everyone in our community, and encourage all our Kroc Krew to lift up these requests in your own way. Don’t forget that you are always welcome to attend devotions on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am in the Administration Foyer; if you have a prayer request to share, you can post it on the board in the lobby, use the online form, or contact a member of the Kroc Church team.
- Shawn Sandifer is having hernia surgery on 2/19.
- Mirna is asking for special prayer for her immigration situation. No lawyer in the area is willing to take her case. She was referred to one; hoping he will take the case.
- Lynda- pray for the citizens in Chicago who are getting snowed on. Traveling mercies for those on the road as well as the workers who are cleaning the roads. Pray for the shut-ins and the seniors. Pray for the lost.
Each week, we feature a “Note from the Pastor” and Bible verse from Captain Jack Huffman and the Kroc Church team. If you ever want to hear more about these topics, join us for Kroc Church Sunday mornings at 10am.
Our Weakness, His Spirit, His Grace, His Glory – 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
All too often in life, many, if not all of us, feel as if there is something in our daily lives that seems to stick with us. It may be a headache, it could be an affliction of some kind, maybe it is an inability to focus or not being able to stop thinking certain thoughts. This is a real struggle that many people deal with and can often leaving us wondering why me? Why I am dealing with this every day and why does it never go away.
Paul had posed this same question in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 when he was given a thorn in his side to keep him from becoming conceited. Paul cried to the Lord three times asking the Lord to take it away and the response he received was ““My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” This response encouraged Paul to look past the problem and instead see God in the midst of it.
Much like Paul did, we too need to understand that the thorns we may have in our sides are not meant to deter us or make us frustrated, it is in fact quite the opposite, they are meant to make us lean into God even more. Today if you are struggling with a thorn in your side, I encourage you to change your perspective and see it as a blessing for as the scripture says in verse 10b “ For when I am weak, then I am strong.” So, take courage and be strengthened in Christ today.
Here are some of the upcoming events and groups at the Kroc Center:
- Friday, February 21st: DHQ Women’s Ministry Green Room, Music Room 9am-4pm
- Friday, February 21st: AAAWM WPAC 9-12:15pm
Be sure to wish a Happy Birthday to our Kroc Krew colleagues:
- Aja Miller – 2/17
- Ray Benites – 2/23
