Bradley United Methodist Church

Pastor Clarinda Crawford from Greenfield, IN, has led two teams to Kokomo to help with our Sunday Night Outreach. Not only did they bring some great volunteers, they also brought lots of food....hotdogs, chips, cookies etc, etc, etc.


Thanks to Bradley UMC

St. Luke's United Methodist Church

During their Forty Days of Community program various small groups from St. Luke's UMC:

• made 100's of homemade cookies
• repaired bikes
• supplied dinner
• provided food

Along with the above:

• Vacation Bible School provided potato chips for cook-outs all summer
• One small group led by Lori Collins came to cookouts and did bike repair, did a personal hygiene education/ giveaway, and brought watermelon and taught kids new songs.
• Provided Back Packs

Thanks St. Lukes

Grace United Methodist Church

Grace United Methodist Church:

• will house Crisis Child Care Center
• provided a grant of $5,000 for the Center
• brought Vacation Bible School to Trinity providing leadership and all resources plus their children attended
• put together a closing VBS celebration in Apartment complex with over 300 served
• provided back packs and hygiene supplies
• Susan Garner read and distributed books to neighborhood children
• provided volunteers for a lunch
• is the home church of summer intern Melissa Zimmerman
• provided laptop and projector for power point presentations
  

Leadership Kokomo Thanks

Leadership Kokomo has provided KUO with:

• A new fully equipped utility trailer(grills, toys, utensils, sound system, coolers, chairs, tables)
  
• New shelving updating of our food storage area
  
• One hundred plus backpacks with personal hygiene supplies in each one

Thanks Leadership Kokomo for your generosity.

Crossroads Community Church

Thanks to Crossroads for giving me a chance to share the story of KUO at their Saturday Night service and to allow a board member to share during the two Sunday Morning Services. I also want to thank Crossroads for sending several of KUO teens to their church camp for free. Thanks Steph. We also have had several volunteers this summer from the church along with regular volunteers Stephanie Berghoff and Karen Malone and their families.

Bridges Outreach

Bridges Outreach spent a day at KUO packing picnic dinners for the Vacation Bible School bash held at the end of July. Bridges also went door to door at Garden Square and Pine Valley passing out bags of groceries. Three hundred bags were distributed.


Thanks Bridges Outreach!!!

Community Foundation of Howard County

The Community Foundation of Howard County:

• provided a series of workshops relating to non-profit capacity building
• in cooperation with the Indiana Youth Institute provided KUO with a mini-grant that will enable us to receive 50 hours of non-profit consultation and coaching

Thanks Community Foundation

Serving in Love

Serving in Love:

• is helping us expand in different areas of outreach throughout Kokomo
• has offered to train churches to tutor/mentor in schools

Thanks "Serving in Love"

Kokomo Rescue Mission

Thank You Kokomo Rescue Mission!!! This summer the mission has:

• provided some food for our lunches
• provided us with a freezer
• delivers products from Frito-Lay
• been a source of encouragement for me
  

Next Steps

I believe we are in a position to consider expanding. We know for sure we are expanding the Board of Directors. We are excited and pleased to have received a Grant from the Community Foundation to provide a non-profit coach that will help us to understand what we need to do next as an organization. Please be in prayer for us as we begin to discern what our next step will be. You can continue to help by partnering with us through giving.

Our Address is:

Kokomo Urban Outreach
P.O. Box 20122
Kokomo, IN 46904-0122

Presently we have a balance of $26, 428.88, of which $5,000 was given for the Crisis Child Care Center. We have 21,428.88 available to us. Our budget is about 51,000 for the year not including Crisis Child Care.

Cook-Outs Continue

groups that have repaired bikes, provided hygiene supplies, organized games and passed out sacks of groceries. Along with all of that Parish Nurses have provided residents with blood pressure checks. The cook-outs at Pine Valley are led by Mary Ingle with our friends at Alto United Methodist Church volunteering weekly. Pine Valley has had face painting and almost always have hamburgers along with hot dogs. The cook-outs are going well.

Sewing classes are still going on Tuesday's at 10:30 AM, as well as reading. Sidewalk Sunday School will continue on Thursday's and Friday's until the end of July when there will be about a six break.

Vacation Bible School will be provided by Grace UMC, July 16-19 from 6:30-8:15 PM at Trinity UMC.

We are still looking for used computers to start a computer class in the fall and we are gearing up for smoking cessation classes.

I will be working with two new churches and will continue to work with those already moving into their neighborhoods.

Thanks to all who are helping to transform our community.

Kid's Cafe

Menu

Week One

Pizza/fruit/desert

Hotdogs/Macorni and Cheese/Green Beans/Desert

Peanut Butter sandwiches/ corn/ fruit

Spaghetti/sauce/salad/desert

Left- over buffet

Week Two

Hamburger Helper/corn/desert

Grilled Cheese/Tomato Soup/desert

Pancakes/sausage/Fruit Cocktail

Chicken/rice/ veg/desert

Left-over buffet

Week Three

Pigs in blanket/Mac and cheese/desert

Tacos/fruit/desert

Hamburger sandwiches/ chips/ fruit/desert

Spaghetti/sauce/salad/desert

Left over buffet

Week Three(School Starts on Wednesday)

TBA

TBA

We Need

Salad in bag

Hamburger(40 pounds)

Shredded cheese(10 pounds)

2 five pound blocks of sliced cheese

Taco Shells(about 75)

Each Friday children will receive food to take home for weekend.

Backpacks

We will start collecting Back-to-School back packs. The back packs will be stuffed full of personal hygiene supplies. Things we need include:

Toothpaste(full size tube)
Toothbrush
Bar of Soap
Comb/pick
Wash cloth
Shampoo(full size bottle)
4 pack toilet tissue
Deodorant for older kids

And of course Back Packs

We would like everything by August 10th. If you or your group can help us please call me at 461-9618.

Sidewalk Sunday School July 2007

We just finished up with the first fruit: Love. WOW!!! I learned there are several types of Agape love. Agape love is more a "response" than a feeling. We respond to others the way Christ responds to us. We should be meeting people's needs, not just physical needs, but spiritual needs. God's command to us is to love as He loves. God demonstrated His love for us when His precious Son died on the cross. His blood was shed for you and me. We now have liberty (freedom)to live a life loving and serving Jesus and others. While Jesus was here on earth, He had an intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father. He showed "Agape love" (actions) by the way He responded to meeting the people's needs. Healings, deliverances, and building relationships with them.

I challenge all of you to read John 17. Read it several times and let the words soak in to your spirit. You will get a glimpse into the very intimate moment between Father and Son. The first five verses is Jesus praying for Himself. Verses 6-19, Jesus is praying for His disciples. The last set of verses, 20-26, Jesus is praying for the saints. (Us) Praise God, we all have an Intercessor.

In closing, please remember where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. We have the liberty (freedom) to share and show the love of Christ to all. You may be the only Jesus they may see. Agape love is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, not rude, not self-sought, not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, and finally agape never fails.

Update on the Pine Valley Cookouts

The Lord is good!!! The cookouts are going great!!! We have an awesome team of volunteers that comes every week and helps us. We serve approx. 50+ kids and adults every Sunday. We grill 100+ hotdogs and we also grill 30+hamburgers. Plus we serve chips, cookies, and drinks. I play games with the kids and sometimes I get their parents involved with the games as well. We have a parent who does face painting for the kids. They love it!!! Their favorite game is when I bring out the big parachute and we play games with that. We have a great time of fellowship with the residents there. Alot of new friendships has developed through the cookouts. They know we are there to share Jesus with them and to let them know that we love them also. Please continue to keep ALL the Kokomo Housing residents in your prayers. Please pray that they will see Jesus in all of the changes that may be taking place. THANK YOU to St. Luke's VBS for their gifts for the kids, money for chips, and to all who have prayed,donated food, volunteered. Without all of you, this ministry would not be going. THANK YOU and God bless.

Summer SWSS Update

The kids are having a great time at SSWSS. We are teaching the kids the Beatitudes. We have a lesson, singing, prayer time, and a craft. Sometimes we play a game.They all get a snack to take home with them. We have approx. 15-20 kids from Garden Square on Thursday afternoons and 20 from Pine Valley on Friday afternoons.

We have 6 adults who helps me and I appreciate ALL they have done. I have had to miss a couple of weeks and they stepped up and did a great job. Again, I cannot thank God enough for ALL He has provided for Sidewalk Sunday School and the cookouts. We are so blessed to have this opportunity to spend time with the kids and to continually tell them about Jesus' love for them. These kids mean soo much too me and to the volunteers. Again ,THANK YOU to all who has supported SWSS. Please keep all of us, kids, and their parents in your prayers.

OPPORTUNITIES/PRAYER CONCERNS

Vacation Bible School "Quest for Truth" Grace & Trinity teaming up July 16th-20th

Time 6:30-8:15 at Trinity. Friday night (20th) " Block Party" in front of Garden Square

Community Center. Featuring Stephen Sherwood and Praise Team. Free food!!

Free Admission!!! Come and enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit. Don't forget your

lawn chair. There will be a training meeting July 9th @7:00 at Trinity.

Needs: Volunteers & Cookies

Cookouts: Anyone who would like to come and observed what we do at the

cookouts on Sundays are ALWAYS welcome. You may either come to Pine Valley

from 4:30-5:30 or Garden Square 5:00-6:00. You are truly missing out on being

blessed.

Prayer Concerns: Cookouts, VBS, Pastor Jeff and Miss Mary, all of our

volunteers, donors, ALL Kokomo Housing Residents, churches who are

stepping out and ministering to their neighborhoods, God continually blesses

and guides KUO/SWSS as we step out MORE in the neighborhoods in our

community and we will be accepted by them. They will see Jesus through our

love, caring, and sharing for them.

May God bless all of you as all of you are blessing God. Amen.

Miss Mary

Summer Intern

.....doing a great job as she works in Sidewalk Sunday School, coordinates loading of cook-out trucks, teaches Children's Sunday School, participates in worship, keeps the food pantry area clean and food stocked, plays with kids at cook-outs, passes out fliers and the list can go on and on. I will let her introduce herself to you:

My name is Melissa Zimmerman. I grew up in Greentown and attended Grace United Methodist my entire life. This fall I start my sophomore year at DePauw University where I double major in Spanish and Religious Studies. When I was twelve I first recieved my call to be an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, so I am working through the process I must
follow to achieve that goal. After Undergraduate School, I will go to seminary and continue through the steps to ordination. This internship gives me an opportunity to see what a pastor like Jeff does, and it shows me the importance of missions in our own backyard.

Keep Melissa in your prayers.

Give for the Good

the answer is YES!!!! Actually, on the Fourth we filled about 1/2 of it with about 2 1/2 tons of food and other supplies. The miracle happened on the 5th. We were unloading the semi into trucks when Deanna received a call on her cell phone from Tyson Transport of Wilmington, NC. They had a question for her....she asked them how they got her number. They said they did a search for food pantries in Logansport her number came up. As a side note Deanna is not associated with any food pantries anywhere. She does work for the Girl Scouts in Logansport. I came home and did the same search on several search engines and nothing came up at all. The question was could we take 79 cases of whole chickens. Cases were damaged, chickens were fresh and they had to give them away quickly. The 79 cases represented 790 whole chickens or 2 3/4 tons, of course we could not take them however, the Rescue Mission could take them. When the chickens were added to the other food collected there was more than a semi load of food. We estimate that we have 5 tons of food to giveaway because of Deanna's efforts(that is about 10,000 meals). Deanna recruited volunteers and promoted the event in a newspaper article and through some radio promotion, however, email was what did the trick. People emailing others. What a day!!!!! Thanks Deanna and volunteers along with Kroger who gave a portion of the parking lot for the day and Syndicate Sales for the use of the semi trailer. God is so Good!!!!

The Hallway after collection

Leadership Kokomo

a disaster trailer(we will be working on preparing item to put on trailer to respond to a disaster),
mobile Side Walk Sunday School trailer(pull into neighborhoods and put on SWSS in parks, etc. ) and a rolling food pantry. A special thanks to Kokomo Leadership Team Three for all that has been done and will be done.

Crisis Child Care Center Director Job Description

Crisis Child Care Center Director

Job Description

Our mission is to provide quality, short-term, emergency childcare service to families in need, enabling parents to go to job interviews, healthcare appointments, and other essential appointments.

Job Title: Director of Crisis Child Care Center

Reports To: Executive Director of Kokomo Urban Outreach

FLSA Status: Part-Time (Mon, Wed, Thurs 7:45 AM-12:15 PM with an additional 4.5 hours of administration)

SUMMARY

Directs activities of CCCC to ensure the physical and emotional well being of our children by performing the following duties:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Recruit, train, and oversee all CCCC volunteers.

• Complete a reference and background check for each volunteer.

• Ensure cleanliness and safety of facility.

• Understand, review and enforce CCCC policies.

• Maintain an adequate inventory of supplies; i.e., snacks, drinks, diapers, wipes, etc. and ensure that rooms are well stocked at all times.

• Routinely inspect nursery equipment and toys.

• Plan activities for children.

• Keep detailed records of clients, children and volunteers.

• Schedule all workers and find substitute caregivers when necessary.

• Understand budget of CCCC.

• Prepare and submit monthly reports to Director of Kokomo Urban Outreach.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises the volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Additionally, CPR training is required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Prefer a candidate with Early Childhood Development degree or equivalent experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems efficiently and effectively while maintaining good working relationships.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job...

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The building is multi-level with several sets of stairs, but is handicap assessable and equipped with an elevator. It is a nonsmoking environment.

COMMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of this job and the level of work performed by employees in this position. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties required by their supervisor.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

Sidewalk Sunday School June 2007

......"Kingdom Builders" here on earth. Jesus is counting on us to be his disciples. I am so thankful for the Body of Christ who are so willing to come and work together for His Kingdom at KUO. Touching hearts and Changing lives is what our mission is about. Serving and loving others. If you have not had the opportunity to come and be a part of the cookouts at either Garden Square or Pine Valley, please come at least once. You will definitely be blessed.

Pine Valley Cookouts

I have been praying all winter about should we start cookouts at Pine Valley . God has definitelty answered my prayers. I give Him all the glory for everything!!!

WOW!!! God is so good!!! So amazing!!! So awesome!!! The cookouts are going so well.

God is and has been providing everything we need from food, drinks, and especially special people to come and serve. Thank you! Thank you to those who have donated hot dogs, buns, cookies, and pieces of cake. You are all a blessing. Just to give you an idea of how many we are serving, we average every Sunday from 50-70. Our first Sunday we served 100+. Since then a little lower. That's okay. Numbers are not what is important. People are.

All are welcome to come and join us. EVERY Sunday. Rain or Shine. Our starting time for serving has been around at 4:30. We have been done by 5:15-5:30.

Summer Sidewalk Sunday School

We will be starting our first time Summer Sidewalk Sunday School Thursday, June 7th for Garden Square from 3:00-4:00 on the church yard. Friday, June 8th, 3:00-4:00 we will be at Pine Valley by the community center. Our theme is "Sermon on the Mount". The

BEE-ATTITUDES. We will be singing, praying, storytime, crafts, games, and a giving a snack to take home. I could use more volunteers. Please let me know if you want to receive a blessing.

Upcoming Event

Vacation Bible School is coming to Trinty UMC July 16th-20th. This will be a joint event with Grace UMC. Time is 6:30-8:15PM. We need more volunteers for VBS. We will be having a meeting Monday, June 4th at 7:00 . The last night of VBS, Friday night, "BLOCK PARTY" featuring "God's Alliance" in front of Garden Square Community Center. The Holy Spirit will definitely be "rocking". I am so excited about this event. Steven Sherwood and other members of God's Alliance is soooo AMAZING!!! So spirit filled!!! Mark this event on your calendar. You will not want to miss it. Don't forget your lawn chair. Oh, you may not need it if you like to jump and get excited for Jesus..like I do!!! I call it the "Holy Spirit Jump". HA!!

Items needed

Juices boxes, cases of pop (cans) individual bags of cookies & chips, assortment of individual wrapped candy bars, twizzlers, popsicles, hot dogs, or whatever else you feel led to donate. Very much appreciated!!!

As you can see it is going to be a busy summer, but a rewarding one. Please keep me, volunteers, and KUO in your prayers as we continue to do His work and show His love to the kids and to their families. That all we do is in His plans. Also, pray for yourselves, say "Here Am I, Send me". He may put on your heart to be a part of one of the many opportunities you are given to serve Him this summer at KUO.

In Christian love,

Miss Mary

Sidewalk Sunday School May 2007

is the Fruit of the Spirit that dwells in me, faith, walking and serving in love for others. Those I’ve caught, they’re not too small; therefore, I’m not throwing them back in. Instead, I’m praying and letting them know how much Jesus and I love them.
Have you been fishing for Jesus lately? Through faith, we become disciples of Jesus Christ and, as such, it is our privilege to share and tell the good news about Jesus. We share with others the message of the salvation that is ours. We need to not only share Christ with our family, friends, and church family, but with all that we meet in our everyday lives. We need to “stretch” ourselves to identify and recognize opportunities to tell others the good news of Jesus Christ. We also need to be the “face of God” to others. When people expect condemnation, God’s face says, You are forgiven. When they need a friend, they see God’s face and it says, You are welcome here. Our faces can become the face of God to a world looking for grace. So let’s “go fishing” together for Jesus at Kokomo Urban Outreach and in our surrounding community and especially our neighborhoods.
It is hard to believe that we just had our last indoor Sidewalk Sunday School this past weekend. We will be starting our cookouts May 6th. Which is this coming Sunday. They will be from 5-6:00 at Garden Square. God has put it on my heart to start doing cookouts at Pine Valley on the same day and the same time. Pastor Jeff will be overseeing the cookout at Garden Square while I will be overseeing the one at Pine Valley. We only need approx. 5 people out at Pine Valley. Please pray and if you want to help serve out at Pine Valley, Please let me (maryingle@yahoo.com) or Pastor Jeff know. Our cooks gives us the opportunity to meet the kids families that we have been ministering to. Building relationships is the key to starting a new ministry.

Other Opportunities for you to “Go Fishing”

Summer Sidewalk Sunday School
Theme : BEE-ATTITUDES (Sermon On the Mount)
Summer Sidewalk Sunday School at Garden Square
Every Thursday starting June 7th from 3:00-4:00 in the church yard.
Then we will be doing our Visitation (passing out flyers to every apartment)

Every Friday starting June 9th from 3:00-4:00 at Pine Valley we will be doing the same lessons with the kids there. Then we will be doing visitation there as well. (100 apt) Summer SWSS consists of singing, story, prayer time, and a game. We will be doing crafts twice a month. Our lessons take us up to the end of July. Then we will take the month of August off so that I can start planning our fall session of SWSS. Actually, I have it narrowed down to two themes. I am praying about. Which theme the Lord wants us to go with. If you are interested in helping, Sunday School groups, youth groups, Bible study groups, or just families wants to help, please let me know ASAP.

Grace UMC is teaming up with us at Trinity UMC (SWSS) for VBS during the week of July 16-20. The time is 6:30-8:15. The theme is “Quest for Truth”. It is like an Indiana Jones them. The kids are going to love it. Please let me know if you want to be a part of our VBS.

What we can use for our Summer SWSS/VBS

• Hugs (drinks)
• Honey Comb cereal
• Candy bars
• Juice boxes
• Suckers
• Individual bags of chips

As you can see, our summer calendar for SWSS is full. I am so excited to be doing this during the summer for the kids. The kids need something “positive” to do while school is out. I would love for all of you to be a part of our Summer SWSS/VBS. Without all of our awesome volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to do this ministry. Thank you for giving your donations, and especially your time serving the Lord. Please pray and ask the Lord where He wants you to serve and "Go Fishing" at KUO or in your own neighborhood. Please also to continue to pray for all of us at KUO that His will be done and that He receives all the glory.

In Christian Love,
Miss Mary