Community Baptist Church has started a new ministry called the Elgin Community Development Corporation. This non-profit organization works to make our west Elgin neighborhood a healthy, safe and connected place to live.Even though the ministry is just beginning, we are already seeing God work on our behalf. A few highlights follow:
- a woman from Kosovo who is expecting a baby has been helped by the ECDC. Last week she attended church for the first time.
- A young girl in the churches Kids Club ministry, which Claudia directs, choose a Bible over toys, games, puzzles and candy. We pray that she will continue to choose God in her everyday life. And we as a church are committed to supporting her.
- When people come to the church for emergency needs like money for rent, food etc., they are being referred to the ECDC for holistic help with budgeting, setting goals and life planning.
We are excited to see what God is doing in our neighborhood!
2 comments:
I like that you guys have a holistic approach in looking at life planning and budgeting. Too often organizations hand out money and fail to teach people valuable lessons on how to manage it. We can't just give them a fish, we have to teach them how to fish!
And then we have to figure out how we can help people to own some of the pond!
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