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Organize and participate in ongoing Community Prayer Services

Work with other housing related organizations (Habitat, etc) to improve available housing stock, reduce blight, increase percent of home ownership
Support and encourage expansion of youth oriented activities in the community including the Ground Floor and the Fifth Quarter

Support and encourage one on one mentoring relationship for youth and at risk individuals
Organize, publicize and implement community wide small group study sessions on relevant community issues

 
Offer summer park programs through ministerium groups
 
Plan, build and support a community wide bulletin board system to help keep neighborhoods up to date on events happening
 
Provide strong community feedback on drug and alcohol issues

 
Reactivate the “Adopt a Cop” program whereby a church can adopt to pray for and support a specific public service officer, add “Adopt a Teacher”, “Adopt a Grade” and so on, to connect church groups to education resources

 
Actively support and promote other programs by other community and faith based groups that also address these issues. Example: America’s Promise: see www.americaspromise.org

 

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Upcoming Events

Wed. Oct. 19,  2005

1 p.m. at Pine St. United Methodist Church, 441 Pine Street, Williamsport. Discussion about what Youth activities can be organized downtown.

 

Wed.,  December 14 , 10:45 a.m.  at Pine St. United Methodist Church, 441 Pine Street, Williamsport, Planning meeting, open to all interested persons and groups. General discussion on action list and related business items, organization into 10 work groups, one addressing each action item.

 

1st Tues. of Each Month

7PM at City Church, East Fourth Street, Williamsport, Prayer session for the City and area.

 

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