A Local Opportunity and an Announcement

Have you heard of Real Life Teen Parent Outreach?  Real Life is part of the East Central Illinois Youth for Christ and is a national ministry established in January of 2007 to minister to pregnant and parenting young mothers ages 13-21. In Champaign-Urbana, a weekly support group is held at Vineyard Church to offer these moms and their children a warm meal, childcare, diapers and the opportunity to hear about the love of Jesus. Approximately 25-40 young moms are present each week, bringing with them 15-40 children. I bet these gatherings are a break and an encouragement for many.

As many of you may be, our family is on the look out for ways we can reach out in love to others in our community.  Real Life offers opportunities to do just that.

Here are some of the Volunteer Opportunities available with Real Life:

• Childcare – weekly or once a month
• Mentoring Moms Team – requires weekly attendance at support group
• Prepare/Serve meal for moms/children
• Organize a Diaper Drive
• Financial Gifts

For more information in Real Life please go here. http://yfceci.org/RealLife/about.htm

One way to get involved is to prepare and serve a meal to the moms and their children.  Would you like to be a part of this type of service?  The local KnownToMe community gets to do just that.  Christine Decker has organized an opportunity for us to serve a meal for the moms and children at Real Life this spring. Our night will be Monday, May 17th.  For all the details and to sign up to help,  please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or see all the details and the sign up sheet in the KTM forum: http://www.knowntome.net/index.php/forums/viewthread/60/

A huge thank you to Christine for organizing this event! We are thankful to be able to get a chance to serve these moms.