Hear the Good News!
Welcome to Sunnyside Presbyterian Church!
Hear the Good News! Poverty and injustice shall end. Hate shall cease. The things that bind and confine us shall be loosened. Our mistakes and harm done to others and ourselves shall be forgiven. Being Christian is meaningful, relevant and energizing today —whether you are seven or seventy. God is calling all of us into the Good News!
Sunnyside Presbyterian is a small, family-oriented congregation in the Vander community, east of Fayetteville. I invite you to come visit and see what we are all about. If you are looking for a worship experience that is down to earth, intimate, and you long to be part of a loving community where you can know everyone’s name then please come visit. All are welcome here.
We are a growing and welcoming congregation. Children will love our Sunday School program and the “time for young disciples” in worship. Excellent childcare is provided in our nursery. Youth are engaged and fostered as a key part of the congregation through youth group, worship involvement and monthly outings. Adults appreciate the attention given to scripture and the uplifting country hymns. We have an engaging Adult Sunday School and a lively Bible Study that meets Wednesday nights. We also gather on the last Wednesday each month for a Fellowship Dinner. Your entire family will feel a sense of being part of one church family.
God loves you. Come be part of a communal response to that love as we become involved in loving God and neighbors of all kinds through actions big and small!
Blessings,
J. Evan Harrison, M.Div.
Hear the Good News! Poverty and injustice shall end. Hate shall cease. The things that bind and confine us shall be loosened. Our mistakes and harm done to others and ourselves shall be forgiven. Being Christian is meaningful, relevant and energizing today —whether you are seven or seventy. God is calling all of us into the Good News!
Sunnyside Presbyterian is a small, family-oriented congregation in the Vander community, east of Fayetteville. I invite you to come visit and see what we are all about. If you are looking for a worship experience that is down to earth, intimate, and you long to be part of a loving community where you can know everyone’s name then please come visit. All are welcome here.
We are a growing and welcoming congregation. Children will love our Sunday School program and the “time for young disciples” in worship. Excellent childcare is provided in our nursery. Youth are engaged and fostered as a key part of the congregation through youth group, worship involvement and monthly outings. Adults appreciate the attention given to scripture and the uplifting country hymns. We have an engaging Adult Sunday School and a lively Bible Study that meets Wednesday nights. We also gather on the last Wednesday each month for a Fellowship Dinner. Your entire family will feel a sense of being part of one church family.
God loves you. Come be part of a communal response to that love as we become involved in loving God and neighbors of all kinds through actions big and small!
Blessings,
J. Evan Harrison, M.Div.
Rev. Evan Harrison
Reverend J. Evan Harrison has been Solo Pastor of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church since June 2010. Evan brings gifts of preaching, pastoral care, leadership, and intergenerational ministry to Sunnyside and the surrounding community. Evan studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. Religious Studies and Philosophy) and at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M.Div.). He has received Clinical Pastoral Education with Hospice of the Bluegrass (in Kentucky) and has worked in interfaith ministry in New Haven, Connecticut. Evan served in Hartford, Connecticut, as the Warburton Urban Ministry Resident working with Center Church and Hands On Hartford. He assisted several volunteer service programs for the local non-profit agency, attended to clients’ needs at a local soup kitchen, restarted Center Church’s youth ministry, helped start a regional youth ministry and initiated a new coffee ministry on the steps of the downtown church where people could enjoy refreshments and conversation without feeling like “insiders” or “outsiders.” A native of Burlington, North Carolina, Evan is happy to be home again in the Old North State. Evan is married to his college sweetheart, Emily, and they have a two beloved children.
Reverend J. Evan Harrison has been Solo Pastor of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church since June 2010. Evan brings gifts of preaching, pastoral care, leadership, and intergenerational ministry to Sunnyside and the surrounding community. Evan studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. Religious Studies and Philosophy) and at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M.Div.). He has received Clinical Pastoral Education with Hospice of the Bluegrass (in Kentucky) and has worked in interfaith ministry in New Haven, Connecticut. Evan served in Hartford, Connecticut, as the Warburton Urban Ministry Resident working with Center Church and Hands On Hartford. He assisted several volunteer service programs for the local non-profit agency, attended to clients’ needs at a local soup kitchen, restarted Center Church’s youth ministry, helped start a regional youth ministry and initiated a new coffee ministry on the steps of the downtown church where people could enjoy refreshments and conversation without feeling like “insiders” or “outsiders.” A native of Burlington, North Carolina, Evan is happy to be home again in the Old North State. Evan is married to his college sweetheart, Emily, and they have a two beloved children.
