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West Side Ministries - Street Church
Current Volunteers click here for the Street Church Resource Page
"Street Church" is a neighborhood outreach based on the needs of Denver's at-risk youth. This weekly after-school club focuses on K-6th but we have kids as young as 3 and also open our doors to both middle and high-schoolers. Street Church begins with a homemade hot meal for the kids and continues with active Bible learning, memory verses, games, crafts and group building. We also enjoy time with the kids in small group Bible Study and our end of the night "Prayer Circle".
Street Church begins at 4:00 sharp with prayer and a staff meeting. At 4:30 we split up to
pick up the kids, prepare dinner and do our last minute prep. As kids arrive we spend some time "hanging out" and then we have dinner together before we begin our activities. Club lasts from 5:00-6:30. We spend the last half hour until 7:00 taking kids home and cleaning up.
We offer two different sessions of "Street Church":
Wednesday Street Church: 4:00-7:00 or
Thursday Street Church: 4:00-7:00
Weekly Commitment: 3 hours
Yearly Commitment: 27 weeks (including 2 training sessions and one mid- year briefing)
Ministry hours: 75 hours (for CCU students)
All student team members from Colorado Christian University will meet at a decided
location on campus at 3:40 to carpool down to the neighborhood. All other volunteers
drive directly to the First Avenue Presbyterian Church - 120 W. 1st Avenue, Denver CO
80223 (map).
Interested? Please click here or contact one of the following volunteers:
Stephen Nelson (CCU West Side Leader):
email: slnelson [at] ccu [.] edu
phone: 815-979-4071
Amy Beth "A.B." Barlow (Director):
email: thethirdstory [at] thethirdstory [.] org
VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
Our biggest and brightest goal to is to provide a safe place for our kids to learn about God's love. In order to create a positive atmosphere all club leaders are required to complete the following before they will be allowed to work with our youth:
 Complete an application form available by clicking below:
Application
Agree to allow The Third Story to run a background check
Provide three confidential references whom we will contact via phone or email interview
Thoroughly understand and read the the Child Protection Policy and turn in a signed commitment form. You may download the Policy by clicking on the link below:
Child Protection Policy
Complete the Child Protection Policy Training Course covering positive discipline, child protection, child abuse reporting and appropriate touch. This training is provided at the beginning of the fall semester. Please email thethirdstory [at] thethirdstory [.] org to inquire about additional training dates and options.
If you will be driving kids we require a copy of your current driver's license and a copy of your current insurance card. You will also need to submit a "Driver Application". The form is available below:
Driver Application
Thanks for Helping Us Keep Our Kids Safe!
"Do all the good you can,
By all the means you,
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.
-John Wesley
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