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Shannon Cline
Intern
'Since Central's inception
... it has been committed local inner-city elementary
to serving people
surrounding its
downtown location.'
Mustard Seed Project latest effort of Wichita
church to ‘make a neighborhood’ downtown
exposure with this change, Cline said.
The Mustard Seed project “was cre-
ated to care for the physical, mental, as
well as spiritual needs of the community.”
said Tim Loftin, Central member and the
project’s coordinator.
Future hopes are to provide a life skills
and job assistance program and Bible
classes — all as part of the church’s
efforts to embrace, not retrench from its
community, Ix)ftin said.
Every year Central’s youth conduct
Kids’ Kamp, an inner-city
Vacation Bible School which
builds on outreach to a
school.
Kid’s Kamp has brought
Central new members and
about 15 to 20 percent of
its youth group, said Scott
Waltman, adult minister.
Central members also
work with residents at a
local prison-work-release
center, and conduct a large
correspondence ministry., Waltman said.
Cline cites Central’s 50 years of dedi-
cation to the local Maude Carpenter
Children’s Home and the founding of
Christ Villa nursing home in 1981 as fur-
ther sign of the church’s resolve.
Waltman said, “Central has never
thought of leaving downtown. The congre-
gation draws people from many outlying
cities. Since Central doesn’t have a tradi-
tional neighborhood, we decided to make
a neighborhood.”
WICHITA, KAN.
More than a decade ago, members of
the downtown Central church often saw
homeless people seeking shelter under
a bridge over the Arkansas River near its
building, church leaders recall.
With winter approaching, the congrega-
tion decided to act. Since the early 1990s,
about 50 percent of Central’s members
have helped with a homeless shelter min-
istry that provides housing and meals dur-
ing the coldest months of the year.
Such concern for its envi-
rons has typified Central’s
history, said Shannon Cline,
summer intern.
In early July, the congre-
gation opened its doors to
a new community effort
— the Mustard Seed Project
— which will serve the inner
city and be housed in a reno-
vated warehouse next door.
“Since Central’s inception
100 years ago, it has been
committed to serving people
surrounding its downtown location,” Cline
said.
The Mustard Seed Project building con-
tains Simple House, a family assistance
center begun by Central member Terry
Anderson, and a satellite clinic of commu-
nity-based Hunter Health Clinic. The new
clinic provides treatment for diabetes.
The project’s building is also the new
home of Central’s Hispanic congregation
which began in the 1980s. The Iglesia de
Cristo hopes to increase its service and
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Spiritual Growth Workshop draws 4,000 to Orlando
More than 4,000 people, including 800 teens and 500 children attended the 11th
annual Spiritual Growth Workshop July 29-31, said James Moore, director.The event,
conducted every other year, drew most of its participants from Florida, although 24
other states and five other countries were represented, Moore said.
Mike Robinson and family (above) leave for a lunch break during the activities,
which included speakers, a Hispanic program and children's classes.The Orange
Avenue church, Eustis, sponsored the event.
"The multi-cutural and multi-aged diversity of the workshop is one of the most
encouraging things," said Moore, who is marking 20 years as the program's director.
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