Articles for tag: School Program

October 2, 2019

Third City Going the Distance to Launch Broken Bow Site

By Jim Nieman The first venture into multisite ministry by Third City Christian Church, Grand Island, Neb., started with a request for help more than a year ago. First Christian Church in Broken Bow, Neb., about 80 miles away, had lost its minister, and the folks who remained thought the church “wasn’t going to make it,” said Third City senior minister Scott Jones, “[so] they reached out to us.” The folks at First Christian knew Third City was a healthy, growing church. TCCC averages about 1,500 on weekends and has a strong after-school program that sees about 350 students weekly.

August 7, 2019

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

Churches Help in Various Ways as School Year Set to Start (Plus News Briefs)

Compiled by Jim Nieman and Chris Moon Classes are starting this month, and Christian churches across the country are trying to help children, parents, and schools begin the year successfully. Here are just a few examples: * * * LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 2,000 members of Northeast Christian Church helped spruce-up the exteriors of 32 schools on Sunday. “Volunteers laid mulch, raked leaves, and pulled weeds at schools throughout Louisville and Oldham County,” WDRB reported. The church focuses on the campus and grounds of schools because principals say that is where help is most needed, said David McKinley, marketing

November 13, 2016

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

The Church Needs the Hood

By Justin Horey It took a gang member for Tommy Nixon to understand grace. In 2002, Nixon cofounded Solidarity, a ministry designed to “help churches transform their cities,” but after a decade living and working in the low-income neighborhoods of Fullerton, California, he was frustrated. Nixon”s work with Solidarity had introduced him to a number of local gang members, and he had been ministering to one in particular for 10 years””but the young man”s life wasn”t changing. Despite Nixon”s efforts to help him, the gang member wound up in jail, and even was deported. Nixon recalls turning to God in

January 5, 2012

Jennifer Taylor

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

BASH Program Offers After-school Help

Berean Christian Church’s BASH after-school program provides homework help, activities, and meals for local students while connecting with families. With new volunteers, the outreach has expanded to include middle-schoolers.

November 27, 2011

Jennifer Taylor

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

Church Providing Meals to Children Each Weekday

Volunteers at East Bartlesville Christian Church provide weekday meals for children at a nearby Boys and Girls Club, discovering along the way that serving hungry kids has also changed their own lives.