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YOUTH STRIKE for CHRIST MISSION 2008 The "My Change, Thy Mission" raised $1321.35 from all the church / youth group who attended YSFC 2008. The winning church / youth group was a tie between two churches. They were Kalona UMC and Palo UMC. The two group got together and decide to give the money to the Hillcrest Family Services. Spare change anyone? Cleaned out the car lately or checked under the couch? My Change, Thy Mission! This year at Youth Strike for Christ we are having a change collection to support one of Iowa’s local missions. Each church will be provided with a list of missions across Iowa, and one church will get to pick where the money goes! Who gets this privilege? The church that collects the most money per YSFC participant! In order to be fair to all church groups, the money will be based on a percentage, not on total amount; so to find out who brought the most per person we will take the total amount of participants from each church and the total collected money from each church. The Youth Strike for Christ team believes a vital part of our Christian life is serving others and supporting those who are in mission. On top of choosing this year’s mission for donation, the church group who brings the largest percentage of money per participant, that church will also receive the chalk art done at Youth Strike by Kelley Croy! So, start collecting that lose change to bring to YSFC! The following is the list of missions the top church will get to pick from as to where all the raised money should go to.
Bidwell Riverside Center– Des Moines – bidwellriverside@qwest.net Director Rev. Robert Crandall - 515.244.6251 Bidwell Riverside Center provides services to individuals and families, which will meet immediate needs, and to work in cooperation with those persons and the community to develop continual improvement in their lives. Services include are the emergency food pantry, Community Lunch, Thrift Shop, assistance to homeless women and children, preschool and referrals to other agencies. Bidwell Riverside is an affiliate organization of the Iowa Annual Conference.
Centro Latino of Iowa - Council Bluffs – www.sucentrolatino.org Director Rebecca Cáceres – 712.322.0588 The Centro Latino of Council Bluffs, Iowa is an organization dedicated to assisting the Latino community, providing a bridge to the areas of healthcare, social services, education, housing, immigration references, and other programs for families. The services are provided to empower persons from the Latino community so that they may overcome cultural and languistic barriers and participate as active members of their community. Centro Latino of Iowa is a UMC mission.
CFUM – Children and Family Urban Ministries – Des Moines – www.cfum.org Director Rev. Carmen Lampe Zeitler – 515.282.3242 Children and Family Urban Ministries addresses the concerns of school-age children, youth and their families in the central area of Des Moines. Housed in Trinity UMC, programs include the Breakfast Club and The Haven (a before and after school program for grades K-8), Supper Club (evening meal six days a week for adults and children), Awesome Summer Days (all-day program during extended school breaks), Back-to-School Health Fair, Neighborhood Talent Shows, and much more. CFUM is an affiliate agency of the Iowa Annual Conference.
Hillcrest Family Services – Dubuque/Iowa City/Eastern Iowa - www.hillcrest-fs.org Director - Gary Gansemer - 563.583.7357 or 1.877.437.6333 Serving over 12,000 people each year in Iowa, Hillcrest Family Services seeks to enhance the lives of children, families, and adults in need by teaching skills and providing information and resources which help clients make healthy life choices. Hillcrest works to provide a broad range services including youth rehab, mental illness programs, family empowerment, and vocational training among other services. Hillcrest Family Services is a UMC agency and is the only youth residential treatment program in Iowa which employs a United Methodist Chaplain, providing the unique benefit of spiritual care as part of the treatment process. Hillcrest has locations in 12 communities.
Hope Ministries – Des Moines - http://www.hopeiowa.org/ - 515.265.7272 Hope Ministries is a Christ-centered faith-based ministry that provides programs and services for homeless, hungry and hurting people in Des Moines and central Iowa. We are one of the largest non-denominational collaborative efforts in Iowa focused on homelessness and hunger issues. Each year over 100 individual churches participated in our ministry through financial support, volunteers, clothing and/or food drives. Our staff, board and volunteers involve many Christian denominations including, Reformed, United Methodist, Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Assembly of God, Church of the Brethren, Baptist, Evangelical Free, non-denominational and more.
Mission of Hope – Cedar Rapids - Director Rev. Barb Furman - 319.362.5559 The purpose of Mission of Hope is to “be the Church” by providing food, clothing, emergency shelter, transitional housing, worship services, Bible studies, support and accountability groups, and spiritual direction for those who have been previously incarcerated and for others in need.
MUMMS – Mobile United Methodist Missionaries — South Central District Director – Peg Egbert - 319.456.6661 Mobile United Methodist Missionaries (MUMMS) is a rural ministry of the Iowa Conference whose goal is to take the Gospel into unchurched areas and help revitalize rural congregations. 2006 marked ten years of vacation Bible schools, after school programs, work projects and camps for at-risk children. Statistics show there are more children living in poverty in RURAL Iowa than in urban Iowa, thus the demand for this ministry continues to grow!
Neighborhood Centers of Johnston County – Iowa City - www.ncjc.org - 319.358.0438 Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County is a community-based, family-centered human services agency. We operate three centers in the county, two in Iowa City and a third in Tiffin serving rural Johnson County. Our programs, services and activities reach over 200 children and 100 adults each day. Our programs begin with child development programs for infants, toddlers and preschoolers and continues with in-school and after school prevention programming for school-age children. In addition, we also work closely with parents and other adults through our Even Start Family Literacy Program and our Successful Families Initiative.
New City Ministry – Waterloo Director Rev. Michael Blackwell - 319.232.0285 - urban@cedarnet.org New City Ministries, formerly Urban Ministry, Inc. is a ministry of The United Methodist Church in partnership with other faith and community justice groups and is an advocate with those who are disenfranchised or ignored by society in general. Its ministries focus on the areas of developing and strengthening multicultural relations between individuals from different ethnic groups and economic backgrounds. A second focus of the ministries is promoting wholeness, healing, and health through education and programming. New City Ministries provides a crisis program for emergency assistance in areas such as rental, water, and utility assistance.
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