New Playground Opens at Pioneer Adventist School

GUYMON, OKLA. – Pioneer Adventist Christian School (PACS) celebrated the opening of a brand-new playground on May 17, 2025.

This project was a year and a half in the making, with a goal of raising $30,000. Mungtong T. Mung, Guymon Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor, launched the campaign and reached out to the church members, the local community and sister churches across Oklahoma, raising more than $27,000. With those funds, PACS purchased three playground pieces, a picnic table and pea gravel.

PACS parents and church members dug and prepped an area that was about double the size of the previous playground, working together over several Sundays. Then, over the course of three more Sundays, they assembled the equipment and arranged the pea gravel.

On Sabbath, May 17, Guymon church members and community guests gathered to dedicate the finished playground. Principal Amy Ward thanked all who gave their time and money to the project, the children of the Guymon church provided special music and then-Oklahoma Conference Secretary Apple Park led the dedication.

At the end of the ceremony, attendees laid hands on the playground and joined together in a prayer of blessing. Park, along with the principal and school board chair, stepped up to the ribbon—held by the eighth-grade students—and cut it together.

With joyful hearts, the group moved into the fellowship hall for potluck. God truly helped this project and blessed all who were involved.

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By Amy Ward

Principal

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