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CSM Housing Site Descriptions
Learn more about where CSM's different cities house the groups that come to serve with us! Please note: CSM occasionally utilizes other (overflow) housing sites in our cities during certain weeks. Please remain in communication with your assigned City Director(s) regarding the specifics of your trip.
Boston
More info coming soon!
Chicago
CSM Chicago rents housing from North Park University. Throughout the year the Chicago housing site is a two flat (two story apartment building with an apartment on each floor). The first floor is an apartment that the guys use and the second floor is an apartment the girls use. There are beds, with floor space for those who do not get a bed.
During the summer we have 2 additional 3 flat buildings. These buildings have beds that are reserved for leaders and students sleep in the remaining floor space.
Denver
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Groups staying with CSM Denver experience life immersed in ministry. CSM Denver is partnered with Open Door Ministries for our group housing. ODM serves the community through a church and homeless ministry. Not only will your group spend their day visiting and participating with local ministries, they have the opportunity to stay at an urban ministry.
Your group will be staying either at the Nehemiah House or in classrooms the church building. The Nehemiah House has two rooms with bunk beds, and two bathrooms each with two showers. Groups using the church space will be divided into two classrooms and will be sleeping on the floor. CSM has a few sleeping mats to share and group members are welcome to bring twin-size air mattresses as well. There are two bathrooms and one shower in the church space.
A second housing site that Denver has is also available just down the Street from Open Door Fellowship named Corona Presbyterian. Corona was organized in 1904 and the church building was erected in 1910. It is known as a historical part of it’s community. The building has plenty of open rooms for groups to spread out on the floor. We do not have any bedding to provide so feel free to bring your air mattresses or sleeping bags. It also has a fully functioning kitchen with a dining and common area adjacent to that kitchen. Currently, those who stay at Corona while here go to use public showers but Denver CSM was been approved for a grant and will be installing showers on site very soon.
Houston
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Houston groups are housed at Servants of Christ United Methodist Parrish, located in the Park Place neighborhood, near Hobby Airport. Most participants sleep on bunk beds, with a few on mattresses on the floor.
Los Angeles
CSM Los Angeles' housing site is an old warehouse located in South Los Angeles. We lease this property from World Impact, a church planting organization. Close to the Slauson Metrolink station, we have felt that God has called us to be in the neighborhood. World Impact once used this location as a church. There are bunk beds or mattresses for everyone. The front of our building has been lovingly painted by a local graffiti artist. Check out CSM Los Angeles on Google Maps Steet View!
Nashville
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The CSM Nashville housing site is based in the heart of East Nashville at Eastland Baptist Church. Sleeping rooms for the groups, a kitchen, showers, and bathrooms are all based on the second floor of the building. Old Sunday school rooms are used for sleeping rooms. Air Mattresses are recommended (if bringing a full/queen size, please plan on two people sharing it). There is air conditioning and heat.
New York City
CSM NYC housing is located throughout 3 of the 5 boroughs of New York City. Each are easily accessible by public transportation. There are restrooms and shower facilities. Housing capacity varies with each site and groups should be prepared to share space.
Living Waters Fellowship (spring housing)
Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn
Living Waters Fellowship is located a few blocks from two train lines in the northern Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Our groups will be staying in dorm rooms, with guys on one floor and girls on another. There are bunk beds and mattresses for the groups to use. Please be prepared to bring any bedding you want. There are restrooms and showers on each floor (one shower for the guys and two for the ladies).
Second Evangelical Free Church
Location: Location: Sunset Park/Chinatown, Brooklyn
Second Free is a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church in a very active church in Sunset Park/Chinatown. This housing site is located about half a mile from the N express train. Our groups stay in a large basement fellowship hall type room and the sanctuary. Please be prepared to bring an air mattress or sleeping pad as well as any other bedding you may want. There is one shower for groups to share. (There will be a shower schedule.) Groups will be sleeping to the floor (please bring air mattresses/sleeping pads.) Groups will also be asked to move their stuff during the day for church activities.
Community Bible Church
Location: Richmond Hills, Queens
Community Bible Church is located in Queens, 3 blocks from the subway station. Our groups will stay in the education wing and in the fellowship hall of the church. There is one shower for the groups to use. (There will be a shower schedule.) Groups will be sleeping to the floor (please bring air mattresses/sleeping pads.) Groups may also be asked to move their stuff during the day for church activities.
Manhattan Bible Church (summer only)
Location: Inwood, Manhattan
Manhattan Bible Church is located in Inwood, Manhattan, which is the northwest tip of the island. It is located 3 blocks from a local subway stop and half a mile to an express train. Our groups will stay in the gym and the library of the school. There are locker rooms and showers our groups will use. Groups will be sleeping to the floor (please bring air mattresses/sleeping pads.) Groups will also be asked to move their stuff during the day for church activities.
Sunset Park Community Church (overflow)
Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Sunset Park Community Church is located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is ½ a block from a local subway stop and less than half a mile to an express subway stop. Our groups stay in the basement fellowship hall type room and the sanctuary. Please be prepared to bring an air mattress or sleeping pad as well as any other bedding you may want. There are 2 showers for women and 2 for men. Groups will be sleeping to the floor (please bring air mattresses/sleeping pads.) Groups will also be asked to move their stuff during the day for church activities.
Philadelphia
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The housing for CSM Philadelphia is located in West Philadelphia, just behind the Phildadelphia Zoo. We have been in our current residence since 2002. The house consists of three floors: the main floor, used for group meetings, breakfast, and devos/debriefs; and the second and third floor, split up into girls and guys, are where groups will be sleeping on bunk-beds. Each of those floors includes a bathroom with two showers and two toilets. CSM Philadelphia does not share the building with anyone else. Also, since we have been a consistent presence in the neighborhood, we have been able to develop relationships with our neighbors. Most groups will spend their free-time playing games with the kids that live around us.
San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area
CSM Bay Area’s housing location is currently situated in Oakland, CA.
Bay Area Christian Connection is our larger housing site. This is a church building in Downtown Oakland. Groups will be housed in the Church's basement and should expect to either sleep on bunk beds or floor mats. We have two extra rooms for overflow, and share a shower facility with another church ministry. Google Street View
Washington DC
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The CSM DC housing site is located in SE Washington, DC. We rent space from Brighter Day Ministries at one of their four campuses. Brighter Day is one church body located at four different Methodist churches in southeast DC. Groups may get to see and participate in the ministry occuring through Brighter Day's summer kids' camps, family life center, and other events and ministries that go on throughout the year.
The church is located in a quiet neighborhood with close access to the main highways of DC. At the church, we have three large rooms in the basement furnished with bunkbeds for sleeping. Currently, we have 2 bathrooms for women and 1 bathroom for men. There are two showers on site. We share the main floor with the church congregation, and have access to a large fellowship hall for eating, and the library for devotions and group hang out time.
In the summer, we use another church in a different neighborhood of southeast DC as overflow housing. Our partnership with this church allows our groups to use 2-3 apartments in the 6-unit apartment complex that they own and use for ministry. Groups staying here will get an up-close view of ministry in the neighborhood of Congress Heights. For sleeping arrangements here, groups must bring their own air mattresses. There is a bathroom and a shower in each unit, as well as a kitchen and a fridge.
