Updated overview of Urban Light outreach ministries

1. serving

2. serving…. Children & Families The Hurting and Hungry Men & Fathers

3. serving families… FREE COMMUNITY MEALS Each Sunday at 3:00 PM “Unto the least of these.”

4. serving children… THE SONSHINE CLUBS Lincoln Fulton Snowhill Lagonda Perrin Woods Simon Kenton Grayhill Horace Mann Warder Park Kenwood “Loving kids & bringing Jesus to them”

5. serving children… THE SONSHINE CLUBS Lincoln Fulton Snowhill Lagonda Perrin Woods Simon Kenton Grayhill Horace Mann Warder Park Kenwood “Loving kids & bringing Jesus to them”

6. serving children… THE SONSHINE CLUBS NEW! Emmanuel Christian School Enon Elementary School “Loving kids & bringing Jesus to them”

7. serving teens… THE SALT CLUB Hayward Middle School “Raising up the next generation of leaders.”

9. Family PracticeMonthly by appointment “Unto the least of these.”

10. serving the hurting… and homeless Urban Light Center-Food Pantry-Referrals Ohio Benefit Bank “Unto the least of these”

11. serving men… BASIC TRAINING FOR MEN(BTFM) “The skills needed to build better relationships.”

12. BTFM Sessions Session 1. Getting Off to a Good Start - Dating Session 2. Why Marriage? Session 3. From I to We: The Sweetness of Surrender Session 4. Communication: Getting your Message Across Session 5. Making Marriage Work with Conflict Management

13. BTfmSessions Session 6. Let's Make Love Session 7. Yours + Mine = Ours Session 8. Keep The F.I.R.E. Burning Session 9. Forever and For Keeps

14. serving fathers…

15. MissionImproving Outcomes for Children Vision Miami Valley will be a place where the ideals of fatherhood are reinforced through engaging, educating, equipping, and encouraging men to enjoy enduring relationships with their children.

16. Ideals of Fatherhood Both the father and mother raise the children There is harmony and respect between the parents There is a consistent father presence in the lives of the children The father-child interaction and involvement is of a good quality and quantity Faith principles are practiced in the family The father financially supports his children

17. NFL Meetings: Thirteen weeks 9:00 – 12:00 am Urban Light Ministries’ Fatherhood Resource Center Clark County Jail More locations coming

18. Weeks 1- 5 The Roots of Fathering Self-Nurturing Skills I:Fathering “The Little Boy Within” Self-Nurturing Skills II:The Power To Meet My Own Needs The World of Feelings and Male Nurturance The Power To Nurture:Fathering without Violence or Fear

19. Weeks 6 - 9 Overcoming Barriers to Nurturing Fathering: Anger, Alcohol/Other Substances, and Stress Discipline and Fun & Games Playshop: Fun & Games for Fathers and Their Children Nurturing Relationships I: Fathering Sons/ Fathering Daughters

20. Weeks 10 – 13 10. Nurturing Relationships II: Teamwork Between Father and Spouse/Co-Parent 11. A Time and Place for Fathering 12. Healing the Father Wound 13. Graduation Ceremony and Closing Activity

21. T TESTIMONIAL This program has really helped me. It has given me understanding of: The difference of parents… from what a mother gives, to what a father gives, in different ways to the child. How it takes forgiveness of self and others to recondition self. Helps me understand the mother, the woman and how they work as a person. Has taught me how to take and react to certain situations with my children. Taught me some of the different outcomes, of positive and negative ways that your child could suffer from when a situation isn’t handled properly. Thank you so very much. NFL Graduate Chuck Smith 4/12/08

22. Miami Valley partnership for fathers Programs in Clark, Montgomery, Miami and Greene Counties NFL – Fatherhood Classes for Adult Males Community Jails Prisons Monthly Father/Child Fun Activities Community, Sports, Educational Fatherhood Resource Center in Springfield Parent Resources and Support Clinics

23. Miami Valley partnership for fathers Programs Clark, Montgomery, Miami and Greene Counties Wise Guys – Premature Fatherhood Prevention for Teen Males Schools Pregnancy Resource Centers

24. Men & Father’s outreach Mentor Dads – Recruit, train & retain mature Christian male volunteers in partnership with churches One-on-one mentorship of fathers Relationship evangelism One-on-one discipleship Monthly Male Support Group Meetings “Developing mature, responsible Christian adult men.”

25. Thank you!!! for helping us serve How to donate: www.urbanlight.org or: Urban Light Ministries, Inc. PO Box 3132 Springfield, Ohio 45501