WORLD OUTREACH (MINISTRY) ACTIVITIES

EPC PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST

• Strictly local activities managed and directed by some local organization, and
  
• Local activities of an organization having a regional, national or international scope.
  

• JOSHUA STATION -- Helping homeless families build stability:  Joshua Station, a former motel located at I-25 and 8^th Avenue in West Denver (2330 W. Mulberry Place, Denver, Colorado 80204), is a faith-based community which helps people who are homeless or in unstable housing situations make the transition to healthy interdependent living. The program operates under Mile High Ministries.  Joshua Station provides a 60 to 90-day program in which basic needs of food and housing are met and family needs are assessed. Families help prepare community meals and participate in employment training and placement during this phase.  Families who demonstrate growth are invited to participate in the extended phase, which is one year. In addition to the components of the short-term phase, families receive life-skills training, start savings plans for future housing, receive spiritual, emotional and physical health counseling, and are required to volunteer in the surrounding community.
• The Senior Fellowship at Cherry Hills Community Church supports this outreach both financially and by serving as volunteers, but they welcome the involvement of others.      
  
• Typically, we offer different levels of opportunities from providing a meal or funds to going down to Joshua Station.
  
• Volunteer training is available; long-term involvement is welcome and needed.  You are welcome to participate helping the families in various ways.
• Like to build?  A play area is being built where resident children can play while their parents are in the newly refurbished kitchens preparing meals.
• Folks can volunteer one time, but long-term involvement is more productive and rewarding.  We are looking at establishing a Joshua Station Team, for folks that would like to make a commitment to continued involvement.  For more information and contacts, follow this link.
  
  
• CROSSROADS OF THE ROCKIES -- A Place Where People Really Matter:  Crossroads of the Rockies began in 1988 as a food bank to address the needs of the poor; it has grown to where Crossroads now serves over 1000 people each month, through various programs and efforts.  The Crossroads Community is committed to providing a safe haven where children can learn and grow, where the lost can find healing and direction, where the poor and needy can get relief and assistance and all can experience the miracle of God’s love in shaping and guiding our daily lives!
• The Crossroads community, which is comprised of over 300 people who share the value of giving and sharing what they have with the underserved of Denver, welcomes volunteers.
• Visit Crossroads online at this link.
  
  
• RESTORATION OUTREACH ministries are dedicated to serving the community on East Colfax in West Aurora and East Denver, and work closely with Restoration Worship Center, its partner church.
  
• Restoration Outreach Programs (ROP) seeks to reach out to the many needy individuals and families who are trapped in poverty in our community.  Our outreaches act as a first step in building relationships with our neighbors, while at the same time clearly and publicly sharing the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.  We view our outreaches as a way of lovingly reaching out to our neighbors, providing a practical need and introducing them to the other ministries/resources ROP offers which can lead them to lives of greater self-sufficiency.
• Restoration Worship Center (RWC) is our partner church and a vital part of our community-building efforts.   RWC desires to restore broken lives by bringing hope to hurting people, to provide a rich Worship experience that enables people to connect with God, and to provide a Center as a place to gather each week for fellowship.  RWC meets every Sunday at 10:30 am at   1540 Boston Street, Aurora, CO 80010      (Four blocks East of Yosemite and just North of Colfax Ave behind the EZ Mart).
• The Restoration Outreach welcomes volunteers, and provides training when appropriate.  Find further information by following this web link.
  
  

• STREET'S HOPE provides an escape for women and girls in the "sex for sale" industry.  This  faith-based non-profit organization assists women desiring to leave sexually oriented businesses. Our clients include women working in prostitution, exotic dancing, and pornography. The goal of Street's Hope is to encourage each woman to become balanced (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually), to be self-supporting apart from the sex for sale industry, and to become an active part of a healthy community.
• Street's Hope now offers housing and housing assistance, individual counseling, group counseling, life skills training, case management, mentoring, and Bible studies. We partner with other non-profit organizations in the Denver metro area to provide education, employment training, employment referrals, drug and alcohol counseling, and twelve step recovery groups for our ladies.
• Compassionate, encouraging women volunteers are needed to mentor our participants. Training is provided and mentors are able to set their own level of participation.  For more information, follow this web link.
  
•  Find further information by following this web link.
  
  
• EXTREME COMMUNITY MAKEOVER:  Get involved in the Denver area, or start a project in your city.  Follow this web link for more information.