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The Many Facets of Neighborhood Ministries

Food & Clothing Center Two-Year Internships Art Center Hope House Summer Internships Moms Place Jeremiah Project Parent Volunteers CTM Classes Sunday Church I Can Do It! Partners In Learning Mi Nana's Tamales Christmas Fiesta UYWI Reload Kids Club

Year-Round   |   School-Year   |   Summer   |   Special Events

Year-Round Programs

Sunday Worship Service
10am each Sunday, in English & Spanish 
Billy Thrall & Jorge Macias
Jeremiah Project
A Hope and a Future for Youth.  Launched with funding from a Latino Coalition grant.
Allison Nagle, Manuela Sheehan, Sarah Leon
Hope House
Our first of three proposed boarding homes.
Diane Crew
Art Center
Offering opportunities in the arts to urban youth.
Noel Barto
Moms Place
Young, unwed mothers learn parenting skills, experience community support, and connect with mature women in mentoring relationships.
Susan Leon
I Can Do It
An incentive-based program designed to help fifth-through-12th graders succeed in school.
Jeremy Wood, Nikki Villegas, Dee Sanders
Parent Volunteers
We provide work opportunities for parents to develop and use job skills. The points they earn can be redeemed for Christmas gifts, school clothes and other essentials.
Rosalba Espinoza
The Food and Clothing Center
We distribute essentials to those in need.
Open Fridays, 9am-Noon
Jorge Macias & others
Spanish Bible Studies
Jorge Macias
Two-Year Internships
Young adults staff many of our programs and gain ministry experience.
Kit Danley

Summer Programs

Kids Club (3-6 grade)
Probably our signature program.
An intense two-week summer day camp for 400 kindergartners through sixth graders on our campus.
Usually the last week of June & the first week of July.
Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm, for 2 weeks.
Sarah Leon & Allison Nagle
Junior High Kids Club
An one-week summer day camp for our Junior Highers on our campus.
Kristen Martin
Kids Camp (3-6 grade)
One-week summer camp in cabins along Christopher Creek,
just below the Mogollon Rim,  east of Payson.
Mexico Missions Trip (Senior High)
A weeklong summer missions trip to Mexico.
Chris Brewster, Jorge Macias, Billy Thrall
Summer Internships
Young adults staff many of our programs and gain ministry experience.
Kit Danley

School-Year Programs

HeadStart
Before, during and after-care for preschoolers who attend the Head Start program at the Neighborhood Center campus.
A partnership with the City of Phoenix.
Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm
Ericka Martinez
Kids Life (K-6 grade)
About 450 elementary students attend this Monday night program and enjoy creative activities, sports, small group sharing and Bible stories.
Monday Nights, 6:30pm - 8:45pm
Andy Allen
Junior High
About 150 junior high age youth find fun and safety in this mid-week program that offers discipleship and leadership training.
Tuesday nights, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Kristen Martin
Senior High
About 100 senior high age youth find fun and safety in this mid-week program that offers discipleship and leadership training.
Wednesday nights, 7pm - 9pm
Chris Brewster

Special Events

Parent Volunteer Stores
A function of the Parent Volunteer Program, these reward stores occur every 4 months:  April (Spring store), August (Back-to-School store), and December (Christmas store)
Pencie Culiver
Kids Life End-of-Year Reward Trips
Andy Allen
Back-to-School Shoes
More than 400 pairs of new shoes are distributed to children in need in August. 
Andy Allen
Community Christmas Party
Hundreds of kids receive their Christmas gifts and their families enjoy a hot meal & evening of music, fun, & community.
Chris Somers