11-12-13 Notes for upcoming Poverty Training Events from
Evelyn Lemons
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Click Here to Register for Poverty Training
Developing successful
church school partnerships
Who: Pastors of the
Watauga Missional Network
Date: Wed. Nov. 20,
2013
Time: 11:30am to
1:30pm,
Location: Deerfield
UMC
Please bring a bag
lunch, Evelyn will provide drinks.
Audience: Small
group meeting with Pastors of Watauga Missional Network. The Watauga Missional
Network pastors will have the chance to meet with Susan to have follow up
training from our meeting in May in a small group setting.
Subject: 1. Leading
our churches to launch new efforts to build bridges to the schools in our
communities. Trouble shooting time for pastors in how to get the effort off the
ground. How to get lay people on board? Hear from pastors where we are stuck
and get suggestions from Susan.
2. How can we do follow up work in the schools after the
poverty training offered this week?
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Event One
Seminar: Understanding and responding to
children and families living in poverty
Date: Wed. Nov. 20th
, Snacks ready: 3:15pm, Time: 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Audience: Teachers
and church leaders
Focus: Emphasis
on Title one schools as they deal with supporting children in poverty.
Location: Henson
Chapel UMC
Contact person at Henson UMC: Pastor Catherine Cornell
828-263-2035
Catherine is
coordinating the snacks with her church for that day.
Maximum seating for 300 to 350. We anticipate having enough room for all who
will want to participate. Teachers and church leaders invited.
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Seminar: Developing successful church-school
partnerships
Date Wed. Nov. 20, Time:
6:30 to 8:30pm, Location: Deerfield UMC
Contact person:
Pastor Evelyn Lemons, 828-264-7130, church. Register at this number.
Audience:
Appalachian District, missional network leaders, key lay people working in
schools
Subject: Follow
up strategy training in how to launch new partnerships with schools in the
community. Hear where people are stuck and do trouble shooting. Address how the church can deal with poverty
issues in the schools they are supporting. What does the church need to
understand about poverty as they begin these new partnerships? Watauga
Missional Network is focusing on building relationships in the community that
will last. Susan said she would begin with the poverty piece then move towards
the church school partnerships.
Needs from Deerfield UMC: Refreshments, greeters.
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Seminar: Understanding and responding to children and
families living in poverty
Day Two: Thursday
November 21, 2013, Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Location Central
office: Space is booked and Christy Welch’s husband John Welch is providing
breakfast. Participants should contact Christy Welch to register.
Audience: Counselors, social workers, nurses. We are looking
at about 20 people for this. Similar material from the afternoon seminars for
teachers, targeting these specific support staff in their role.
Subject: Trainer would focus on the subject of poverty, the
mindset of the students vs the mindset of what teachers think vs mindset of
those who are in a support role.
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Business Leader Luncheon: Jim Hastings. Watauga County Lay Leader, member from Deerfield UMC is heading up this luncheon. We hope to have a small meeting of business leaders to begin the conversation about poverty in our community. We hope that our gathering this week will spark an interest for people to want to work towards solutions here locally.
Date: Thurs, Nov. 21,
2012
Time 11:00 to 11:30
registration and lunch.
11:30 am to 1pm Lunch
Meeting
Location: To be
decided
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Seminar Two: Understanding and responding to children
and families living in poverty
Date: Thurs, Nov. 21,
2012
Time: 3:30 to 5:30pm
Location: Boone UMC. Luke
is providing snacks.
Audience: Teachers and church leaders
Subject: Trainer explains how poverty impacts
education. Focus on comments from
trainer targeting a population mixed with those in poverty and students from
middle class. She will address many ways poverty has an impact in the classroom
and look at Watauga County data.
What kind of differences could a teacher make to adapt to
this diversity in resources at home for students?
Remember, this is for free continuing education for the teachers on Wed afternoon and Thursday afternoon. See Evelyn to sign up for the credits at the seminar.
Evelyn
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