October 2023

Ministerium Social Outreach and Planning Meeting

October 5, 2023

Welcome: Doug Lamb

Introductions:

Community Updates:

·       Elizabethtown Borough

o   Looking for a new police chief.

o   Have a new borough manager

Informational Updates:

·       EACTC- Mason Brown

o   Etown Mentorship/Tutoring starts next week

§  Wednesdays & Thursdays

·       AM- High School 7:20am-8:20am

·       PM- Middle School 1:50pm-2:50pm

§  If you’re interested in helping, contact Gail Viscome.

·       CPOW- Doug Lamb

o   The Elizabethtown Community Cupboard almost doubled the amount of clients in recent months.

§  They need food. Churches can take a month and supply food for the food bank then.

·       They need everything. Keep an eye out for an email of when your month could be.

§  Working on funding to get the kitchen remodeled.

o   Turkey Giveaway

§  December 16th.

§  Looking for donated turkeys. Pray into this, the food bank numbers doubled and the people that usually donate the turkeys have cut our turkeys down to 50 instead of 100.

o   White House Housing

§  Remodel is almost finished

§  Planning a ribbon cutting, but unsure when

o   Clothing Barn

§  Moved to the brick building and are looking to possibly have evening hours.

§  Unsure what will happen with the red barn.

·       An org that teaches kids how to repair bicycles is interested, but they are unable to expand at this moment.

·       ECHOS-

o   Winter Shelter Training

§  November 8th at St. Paul’s.

o   Winter Shelter opens December 4th.

§  4 family rooms

§  Only 40 beds allowed (from the borough)

§  Pray for this season, we may see a huge influx.

·       Cornerstone- Jim Bush

o   October 20th 5-7 Open House- RSVP by calling the center and scheduling a tour.

§  Remodeled the café

·       Added cubbies for backpacks & coats

o   Always looking for financial support.

·       LOVE, Inc.- Jay Raigh

o   The Meal

o   Closing down the transportation ministry, but still serving the same clients they are currently serving.

§  Moving their call center into a more of a help center and not just scheduling medical transportation, in the next few years. Creating a culture of mentorship.

o   Looking for churches to serve a ministry in the county to help them on their property.

o   Looking to train people in budget management to mentor families in Columbia, with Home of Hope.

·       Upcoming Events

o   Faith and Blue will be October 7th at Etown Grace.

o   October 19th- Spiritual Enrichment and Light Breakfast for the pastors at Trinity Full Gospel Chapel.

·       MISC

o   A lady in the community is looking for a space to rent in a church for childcare.

o   Good News Club in Bainbridge Elementary School- prayers for the ministry as they can’t hand out flyers to the kids anymore, per the district.

·       Closing Prayer- Doug Lamb