CRISTA welcomes the community to Summer Fest to celebrate its 75th anniversary

Friday, August 16, 2024

In the midst of celebrating its milestone 75th anniversary throughout 2024, CRISTA Ministries is preparing to welcome the community to its 60-acre Shoreline campus on Saturday, August 24, 2024 for “Summer Fest,” a free all-day family-friendly festival. 

The CRISTA Ministries campus, home to King’s Schools and the Cristwood senior community, is located at 19303 Fremont Ave N, blocks southwest of where 205th and Aurora connect.

CRISTA’s 75th Anniversary Summer Fest schedule includes:
  • 10am-5pm Kids Zone & Rock Climbing Wall hosted by CRISTA Camps & King’s Schools
  • 10am-2pm Classic Car Show hosted by CRISTA Senior Living
  • 11am-1pm Free Hot Dogs & Ice Cream (while supplies last) hosted by CRISTA Senior Living
  • 5-7pm Summer Night of Prayer & Worship hosted by SPIRIT 105.3 & PRAISE 106.5

Kicking off with a 75-car classic car show from 10am-2pm and concluding with a live concert from 5-7pm, Summer Fest activities are completely free to attendees throughout the day. 

CRISTA Senior Living will be offering complimentary hot dogs and ice cream to car show guests beginning at 11am. In the afternoon, several beloved local food trucks will be onsite with meals and beverages available for purchase.

CRISTA's main building
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Founded in 1949 at the site of the former Firlands Tuberculosis Sanitorium, CRISTA Ministries (originally known as King’s Garden) has grown into one of the largest non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most diverse not-for-profit service organizations in the world. 

CRISTA’s five ministries serve the world in areas ranging from Christian education (King’s Schools, CRISTA Camps) to media (CRISTA Media) to poverty alleviation (World Concern) to senior care (CRISTA Senior Living). 

Collectively, the ministries of CRISTA reach millions of individuals each year in over 200 countries around the world. The shared mission of CRISTA’s ministries is to fearlessly declare the Gospel with Biblical truth and love, leading generations to follow Jesus.

Stated CRISTA Ministries CEO, Jacinta Tegman: “At CRISTA, we call ourselves a family of ministries. And an extended part of our family has been the city of Shoreline and surrounding cities that we have been proud to call our home for 75 years and counting. 
"We are thrilled at the opportunity to welcome families to our historic campus for a full day of fun on August 24.”

CRISTA’s 75th anniversary celebration will reach its peak on Saturday, November 16, with a Gala event at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. For more information about Summer Fest or the Gala, please visit crista.org. For media inquiries, please contact Ben Wilson at 206.546.7487 or bwilson@crista.net.


3 comments:

Anonymous,  August 16, 2024 at 5:40 AM  

Not for profit!!! Hahaha

Crista charges $20,000 to attend their schools and charges the elderly $10,000 a month to live in their community. But sure, “not for profit”

Moira August 17, 2024 at 12:37 AM  

Ah yes, Crista Ministries, owners of (amongst other properties) KCIS-AM 630. I used to listen to them for opposition research while they worked year-in and year-out to make me and my family more illegal. I particularly remember their weekday show, _Beverly LaHaye Live_, where Dr. LaHaye would do things like tell her listeners to make their "homosexual" children homeless, deprive them of any hope of support from anyone, to impoverish them and make them utterly destitute until they "repented" of their "sin of homosexuality."

I also remember those kids showing up on The Ave.

I'll be sitting out their "75th Anniversary Summer Fest."

Anonymous,  November 14, 2024 at 8:12 AM  

Thankful for my 4 years @ Kings Garden! I was a worker's kid for 2 years, a dorm student for one & a day student for my senior year! My grandmother, Ethel Lane, taught there for years & passed away in the nursing home!

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