C4C Annual Conference Presentation
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C4C Annual Conference Presentation
- 2. A STATE WIDE INITIATIVE Congregations for Children is transforming the lives of children and families impacted by poverty through collaboration with public schools. WNCCUMC Office of Discipleship Ministry
- 5. Transforming the lives of children and families impacted by poverty through collaboration with public schools.
- 6. THE GOAL OF C4C IS TO DEVELOP SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS K-3 Literacy Poverty Education & Advocacy Community of Faith and School Partnerships Family Engagement Basic Physical Needs
- 14. Caroline Wood, Associate Director of Discipleship Ministry cwood@wnccumc.org 828-289-6817
Editor's Notes
- Who am I? Who do I represent today? If you are in a community other than your own you are representing the Blue Ridge District C4C Team If you are in your own county and presenting to the Missional Network you are representing the Blue Ridge District C4C Team If you are in your own area and your C4C Team has been established-you are representing your local C4C Network Team What is my role in the C4C District Team or other participation Why do I care?
- This is initiative is a joint effort of both conferences of the UMC. C4C has been initiated in order to help the church and community reach and support children within their own communities who are in need. This initiative is being supported by both conferences and The Duke Endowment The purpose is 2 fold: to develop new church and school partnerships or to strengthen existing partnerships that are focused on the children who need the support the most. 2. To develop community wide collaboration with communities of faith , school administration, and other organizations in order to provide an organized, unified, non duplicative avenue to support the children who need the support the most.
- C4C has four focus areas : Helping the faith community and the community at large better understand poverty and the role it plays in our communities. It is our hope to help children and in the process we will grow the most! Once we begin to better understand poverty the natural reaction will be to respond through works and policy efforts. For the children the first thing we need to do is to make sure the basic needs of children are provided. It is hard to focus when you are hungry or have an abscessed tooth. All children need proper nutrition, medical and dental care, clothing, school supplies and their basic needs met. Reading on grade level by 3rd grade is imperative! Children who are not reading on grade level by 3rd grade are more likely to drop out of school later. 75% of prison inmates are high school dropouts. Giving up an hour a week to read with a child or small group of children makes a big difference. Summer is the most difficult time for many of our communities children and families in need. No school breakfast and lunch, often left alone with limited or no resources for enrichment activities, no reading material in the home. Children need us in the summer. This is an avenue to reach out and bring the children and families into the church by offering summer feeding programs, summer programming and reading programs, and also supporting our school programs by providing summer reading buddies for summer reading camps.