Community Renewal Inc

Programs: Community renewal, inc. Seeks to mobilize the body of christ to bring healing, development, and the good news to the community of tucson, especially the poor, marginalized, vulnerable and broken. The organization is responsive to the needs of the community, and so offers different courses and seminars within each major program area from time to time. . Counseling: one of the most important factors contributing to the stability and development of our community is the health of families. One of community renewal's mission statements is, "we all know that a healthy person needs a healthy family, and a healthy family needs a healthy community. " (bakke) in this organization, a priority is given to community leaders and the working poor or the gap group for counseling. Individual and family counseling is offered, as well as classes on relational skills and seminars on family issues. . Neighborhood involvement: the organization sponsors meetings to help churches catch a vision of how they can get involved in the needs of their neighborhoods and develop more of a parish ministry with some of the "at risk" in our community. * daily meetings are held with leaders in the community. Those meetings have to do with collaboration and networking over problems and issues concerning the well-being of the community. These meetings are with leaders from business, government, and the faith community. * classes and seminars are offered on community issues and development. * the organization participates in a monthly para-church meeting called the tucson coalition of compassion ministries. * once every month, community renewal has a partnership with 4tucson and tucson ministry alliance to educate the faith community on the problems and "at risk" populations of tucson. * community renewal participates in an annual prayer summit with pastors, and an annual prayer walk. * we are working on establishing restorative processes in other areas besides the criminal justice system. * we are currently working on leadership development for other nonprofit organizations. * one of the areas we are working on is volunteerism with college students and retirees. * we have been working to help the poor of our community, through relief and empowerment. This is especially in the area of debt reduction and wealth development. We help facilitate debt reduction. . Faith-based partnerships: the organization partners with local government through the county faith-based liaison who coordinates community needs and issues for pima county. . Community partnerships: the organization also develops working relationships with business leaders who are interested in the well-being of our community. These relationships create partnerships between different sectors of our community for the common good. . Consulting: randy reynolds, the organization's executive director, provides consultation to churches on organizational structure and conflict resolution. He consults with various community organizations and churches on how to mobilize the community and congregations to effect positive change in the community. Randy also provides consulting on restorative justice, work force development, and christian leadership development.