Gone are the two students hired as Summer Interns by Hands On Mission Work Group for the DPSI, Festivals of Health and BlitzBuild projects. Kate Voskeritchian from the Allen Park church left for Louisville Seminary on August 2, 2008. Edwin Fabré from Calvary church is finishing the Master of Divinity program at ETS and preparing for Presbytery examinations: Exegesis and Church Polity. Both were enthusiastic and energetic in handling assignments: DPSI, Festivals of Health and Habitat for Humanity® Detroit. They conducted Vacation Bible Schools: Jefferson Avenue, Lincoln Park, Second Mile and Calvary; worked with mission teams from Barrington and Normal, Il.; served the hungry at Fort Street, Park United, E.T.S. and the Capuchin’s; and worked at Gleaners, Forgotten Harvest, Motor City Blight Busters, Habitat Restore. More than implementation, the interns participated in event and project planning: Katrina VII, VBSs and health fairs.
Mark your calendar for October 25-November 2 and/or November 1-9, 2008. The Presbytery of Detroit will be going back to the PDA camp in Pearlington, Mississippi to help rebuild lives and homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina 7 Trip Application (and more fun trip stuff)
Katrina 7 flyer - PDF
Iliteracy is a leading cause of poverty, hopelessness, despair and joblessness. It is an epidemic in Detroit and the surrounding communities. Calvin Church began a reading program in October 2007. We need more tutors for this program. Tutoring is currently being provided for children from Kindergarten through 8th grades who want to become better readers. Tutoring takes place weekly at the church on Wednesdays from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, October through May following the Detroit Public Schools’ calendar. Students and tutors are asked to arrive at 5:15 pm; a light snack is provided. We currently have 12 trained reading tutors servicing 22 children from at least five area urban and suburban schools; however we have a wait-list. All of the children are not being served. We can double the number of children served with more tutors.
Persons interested in tutoring reading at Calvin Church must be mature, dedicated, Christian adults, at least 21 years of age, be willing to complete a 16-hour training program through Pro-Literacy Detroit (at a fee of $35) and undergo a police clearance check ($10).
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 6125 Cadieux (1/2 block south of Harper), Detroit, Michigan 48224, (313) 885-4184, Pastor Mark Tippin. For more information, please leave a message at the church for Andrée Tarrant, Coordinator.
Calvin Reading Program flyer - Word
Calvin Reading Program flyer - PDF
Detroit Presbytery Service Initiative (DPSI) provides opportunities for groups from outside the Detroit region to partner with us in mission opportunities. Generally a church will volunteer to host an out-of-town group for a week or so while that group works with partner organizations to achieve their end-goals.