Pathway Out of Poverty
Increase the percentage of churches that partner with local school districts
from 10% to 40% to raise student reading levels by June 30, 2019.
from 10% to 40% to raise student reading levels by June 30, 2019.
Pathway for Resourcing Local Churches:
- Resourcing: Establish and create tools for partnerships to utilize (e.g., devotionals, sermon series, tutorials for initiating church-school partnerships, poverty training for churches, etc.).
- Innovation: Brainstorm big ideas to help us reach our goal – experiment, test and dream.
- Information: Determine the starting point, collect and share information, search for best practices and search for community partners.
- Celebration: Celebrate and highlight mutually beneficial church-school partnerships around the conference.
- Invitation: Invite local churches to participate at various levels.
How we will reach our goal
Introduce this goal to at least 24 ministerial leaders a month through phone calls or face-to-face meetings.
Missouri Conference Examples:
- Living Word Church Partners with Meramec Elementary School, The Missouri Methodists, September 2018
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Summer Lunch Program at Saint Luke’s Goes into Neighborhood, The Missouri Methodists, August 2018
Want to serve on the education task force? Contact Beth West.
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