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WEDNESDAY,
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FBI (FATHERS BEING INVOLVED)
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UPCOMING
MULTIFAITH ACTIVITIES
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Project
FBI is a faith-based organization founded in
2007 to respond to the needs of ex-offenders and
the challenges they face after they are released
from prison.
It is our mission to engage
men with criminal pasts and empower them with
holistic tools resulting in stronger fathers,
husbands and community leaders. We seek to do
this by helping the offender develop a list of
personal goals (e.g. education, housing,
employment) and formulate a plan to accomplish
those goals.
It is also our intent to
connect each offender with a mentor to provide a
sense of support, guidance and
encouragement.
For those individuals who
have families, we have fatherhood and
communication training for the client and their
significant other.
Project FBI is part of
a collaboration known as the Key Initiative
Focus (KIF) Reentry Collaborative. As a part of
this collaboration, we have taken on the
responsibility of recruitment, training and
ongoing support of volunteers, and matching
volunteer mentors to persons exiting
incarceration.
The majority of offenders
go home without transitional support services in
place. In fact, each year roughly 28,000
offenders are released from correctional
facilities across Ohio, less than half are
released to a form of community
supervision.
A comprehensive network of
services for ex-offenders making this transition
will enhance the safety of Ohio’s
communities.
In Lucas County alone,
approximately 1,200 people are incarcerated
annually with approximately 60% (720) serving
one year or less. It is our goal to provide
mentors to 120 of these individuals within a
one-year period.
On SATURDAY, JUNE 14th,
we will hold our first major training for these
volunteers. Our goal is to have at least 100
persons attending this event with the intent to
become a mentor to an ex-offender. Our primary
target is the faith-based community. We
understand that the pastor cannot do it all, but
here is an opportunity for the membership of the
local churches to meet the calling that the Lord
has placed upon us as believers.
He says
in Matthew 25.36, “I was in prison, and ye came
unto me.”
For those individuals
interested in learning more or actually becoming
a volunteer, please call our office at
419/536-4419.
Pastor Nolan G. White,
Sr.
Christian Community Church
2500
Nebraska Avenue
Toledo, Ohio
43610
419/536-8357
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PRAYER
IN AMERICA FREE SCREENING/DISCUSSION
EVENT
TUESDAY, JUNE 17th at 7:00
pm
WGTE Studios
1270 S. Detroit
Avenue
Toledo, Ohio
WGTE and the
MultiFaith Council of NW Ohio present a
screening, panel discussion and facilitated
group discussions around the topic of Prayer and
the Constitution.
The event is FREE and
open to the public, but reservations are
required by calling 419/380-4638.
The
panel includes Karrie Mosley Christianity,
Udayan Nandkeolyar Hinduism, Samina Hasan Islam,
Howard Friedman Judaism and Karen Do'on Weik
Buddhism.
21st ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE AND
INTERFAITH MUSICAL CELEBRATION
Blood
Drive: SATURDAY JUNE 21st and SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd
from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm
Grace Lutheran
Church
4441 Monroe Street
Toledo,
Ohio
Walk-ins accepted; reservations
appreciated. Call Dorothy Friedrich
419/841-4652
MUSICAL UNITY CELEBRATION:
SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd at 7:00 pm
Epworth
United Methodist Church
3077 Valleyview
Drive
Toledo Ohio
SIXTH ANNUAL
MULTIFAITH COUNCIL FREE POTLUCK PICNIC – RAIN OR
SHINE!
SUNDAY, JULY 13th from 3:00 pm
until 7:00 pm
Glen & Jean Torrence’s
Farm
5002 Black Road
Monclova, Oh
43542
Fun for all ages. FREE. Bring a
dish to share. Kosher hotdogs, corn, watermelon,
grills, beverages supplied. Hayrides, games,
toddler pool available. Optional: bring lawn
chair, fishing equipment and/or musical
instruments.
FOR MORE INFO ON ANY OF THE
ABOVE EVENTS, PLEASE
CALL WOODY TRAUTMAN AT
419/475-6535 or 419/215-4312
EMAIL: info@multifaithcouncil.org
Or
visit the MultiFaith Website by clicking on the
link below.
Please spread the word! All
are invited to attend!
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