The Packinghouse Christian Fellowship

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name=The Packinghouse Christian Fellowship
type=Public
location=840 San Bernardino Avenue
Redlands, CA
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pastor= Ed Rhea
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church district= Calvary Chapel
website= [http://thepackinghouse.org|The Packinghouse Home Page] The Packinghouse Christian Fellowship is a christian church located in Redlands, California. It was established in 1940. The fellowship also includes a christian school called Packinghouse Christian Academy. The church's former name was Calvary Chapel Redlands.

The Church

The pastor of the church is Ed Rhea. The vision at The Packinghouse Christian Fellowship is "Knowing God And Making Him Known." While being heavily evangelistic, Ed Rhea preaches three Sunday morning services at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m., also a Wednesday and Monday night service.At the beginning of each service, the Packinghouse Worship Band a Christian Rock Band performs well known christian rock songs. Every once in a while the Packinghouse invites a well known Christian rock band. They have already had Sonic Flood. Each service is located on the church website on a webcast. It is either live or archived.

Ministries

Packinghouse Redlands hosts a lot of ministries. They Are:
*Jr. High Cutting Edge Ministry
*High School Ministry
*Mbf- Men's Bible Ministry
*Women's Bible Study
*PYF- Packinghouse Youth Fellowship
*Mens Breakfast and devotion
*Evening Women's Study

Faculties

In 2005, the church decided to start a new building plan on the same property, the church property is now 18 acres. The new building's facilities include a Coffee Store, a Cafe, and a Bookstore. It also has sanctuary with movie theater seats inside with a large balcony cabable of seating 3,000 people, overpassing Harvest Christian Fellowship. The sanctuary includes two large monitors and a fully equipped stage with full surround sound throughout the entire church. The fellowship also has a amphitheater outside where christian rock bands can play. Harvest Pastor Greg Laurie was a spokesperson for the grand opening of the new building.

Packinghouse Christian Academy

Packinghouse Christian Academy(formerly Calvary Chapel Christian School) is located in Redlands, California. It is located in a former Redlands Citrus Packinghouse, which is how the school got its name. The school is also adjacent to the Packinghouse Christian Fellowship. The school's principal is Steve Hicock and it includes kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school's mascot is the bear and their colors are red and white.

External links

* [http://www.thepackinghouse.org Packinghouse Christian Fellowship] Official site.
* [http://www.packinghouseacademy.org Packinghouse Academy] Official Site
* [http://www.harvestcrusades.com Harvest Crusades] Official Site
* [http://www.maps.calvarychapel.com/details.cfm?ChurchID=100200 Map]