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2019-2021 Mission Grant 7

Restoring Hope for Detroit Children and Families

Camp Restore Detroit

$100,000

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Camp Restore does not work for our community, but alongside our community. We follow a community asset-based approach to ministry. We take our lead from community members and work together to accomplish shared goals.
nullOur dorm rooms are ready and waiting for campers!  We have beds for 93 volunteers and can house more when the opportunity arises.
 

Detroit has experienced economic disaster and leads the nation with 57.3% of their children living in poverty without food or opportunity.  Camp Restore Detroit provides a safe nurturing Christ-centered place for these children, their families, and other adults. This camp provides a place for the children to come and learn about God’s love as they participate in art, theatre, and music classes and receive homework help while receiving assistance with basic educational and developmental skills. Additionally, adults are offered parenting, finance, and resume building classes. This grant will fund the renovation of two previously abandoned houses into community outreach centers, along with the house furnishings and outreach materials.

WHEREAS, Christ has charged us in His Holy Word to share the Gospel and minister to the poor; and
WHEREAS, Detroit has experienced economic disaster, leading the nation with 57.3% of the children living in poverty without food or opportunity; and
WHEREAS, Camp Restore Detroit has found a need within the community to provide a safe, nurturing Christ Centered place for these children, their families, and other adults to come where children can learn about God's love as they participate in art, theater, and music classes, and receive homework help while receiving assistance with basic educational development, while parents and other adults will have additional opportunities to participate in classes on subjects such as parenting, finances, resume building as well as joining small groups; and
WHEREAS, with much renovation, there is an opportunity to use previously abandoned houses to fulfill this need; therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the delegates gathered at the 2019 Lutheran Women's Missionary League Convention in Mobile, Alabama, vote the sum of $100,000 to help fund Restoring Hope for Detroit Children and Families.

Resources for Grant #7

Mission Grant Poster — color

Mission Grant Poster — b/w

Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)

Devotion

Prayer Guide and Story

Prayer Guide — large print

Story — large print

Spring 2020 LWQ article — Restoring Hope in Detroit

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Lovingly called 'The White House' by our volunteers, this is one of the houses that we will be developing into a Community Outreach Center. We are so excited to welcome children, their families, and other adults into our Christ Centered houses where we will reserve walls for their handprints, so they feel like they belong. Much work has gone into the pictured property already in the 2018 season, as the lot had to be cleared, trash had to be taken out of the house, and the inside gutted. It is now boarded up and waiting for the next step.
nullThis is the cleanup of an alley that was previously unusable, except to provide cover for illicit behavior.  When we first arrived onsite, this seemed a formidable task.  Was there really a path all the way through?  Were there really houses on either side of this?  You can see the amazing difference - a usable ally that is both safe and much more pleasant to have behind your house.
nullOur playground, which was built on lots where three abandoned houses as few years before, has been a great place to gather. The joy on this girl's face shows that. With our houses, we will be able to create programs for girls like this one.
nullOur church members are always willing to volunteer when it comes to ministry.  Here a member is reading Bible stories to children in our community that participated in our Vacation Bible School outreach event.

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