Urban Hope Inc

URBAN HOPE'S MISSION IS TO BUILD CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE NO SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD.URBAN HOPE'S VISION IS TO BUILD A HOUSE OF HOPE IN THIS WORLD OF PAIN. TO SEE HEAVEN'S HOPE AND JOY SATURATE UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT URBAN HOPE OFFERS:LITERACY DREAMS - TO ERADICATE THE ILLITERACY EPIDEMIC IN NYC AND THE BIBLICAL ILLITERACY THAT PLAGUES THE NEXT GENERATION.LEADERSHIP DREAMS - THE STEPS WE TAKE TO MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION.HOOP DREAMS - WE HAVE POWERFULLY MINISTERED TO HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN FROM NEARLY EVERY PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX ON STATEN ISLAND. WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT IN 2019 WE LAUNCHED A YOUNG WOMAN'S LEAGUE! CITY DREAMS - WE HAVE SPEARHEADED THE SATURATE NYC AND JESUS WEEK MOVEMENTS IN NYC, THROUGH WHICH OVER 10 MILLION INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOVE OF CHRIST.KIDS ZONE - WE PROVIDE ACTIVITES FOR KIDS SUCH AS WORD AND PRAYER, A BITE TO EAT, GARDENING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.

THE CITY OF JOY DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON PROVIDING CHRISTIAN LITERATURE TO THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. WE UTILITIES A 50 000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE THAT STORES MILLIONS OF BOOKS OVER 35 TITLES, RANGING FROM KIDS BOOKS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO YOUTH BOOKS TO WONDERFUL DEVOTIONS. WE HAVE FAMED AUTHORS, LIKE LEE STROBEL, MAX LUCADO, LOUIE GIGLIO AND MANY OTHER WONDERFUL AUTHORS, MOST IMPORTANTLY BEING THE BIBLE. TRANSPORTATION IS KEY PART OF THIS DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE AND SEND OUT MUCH NEED CHRISTIAN RESOURCES.

LITERACY IS MUCH NEED WITHIN OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. WE HAVE ASSISTED OVER 300 KIDS WHO WHERE WELL BELOW SATISFACTORY LEVELS TO RISE TO A EXPECTATIONAL LEVEL. WE WORK WITH 5 SCHOOL AND OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST OUR KIDS WHO NEED PRIVATE LITERACY ASSISTANCE

JESUS WEEK DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON EVENTS WITH CHURCH'S ADOPTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS TO DELIVER CHRISTIAN EVENTS. THESE EVENTS WOULD HAVE A CLIMAX EVENT IN TIMES SQUARE WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD CONGREGATE TO HAVE A NIGHT OF WORSHIP AND PRAYER.

VBS (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL) IS 6 WEEK PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD DELIVER A FUN AND CHRIST CENTRIC PROGRAM WITH IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN NYC. WE WOULD TEACH OUR KIDS IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN VALUES OF LEADERSHIP AND SHOW THEM LOVE, RESPECT AND TRULY VALUE THEM AS A PERSON. THAT THEIR VOICE IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE GAMES, LITERACY, ARTS AND MUSIC THAT FINISHES WITH SNACKS AND MESSAGE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR KIDS FOR THEM TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THEIR DREAMS ARE.STM (SHORT TERM MISSIONS) DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HELPING US RUN OUR VBS PROGRAM AND OUR OUTREACHES. YOUTH GROUPS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULD TRAVEL AND BE HOUSES, FED AND DO OUTREACHES ACROSS NYC.HOOPS DEPARTMENT IS A BASKETBALL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE TRULY STRUGGLING. WE USE BASKETBALL TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEN INTRODUCE OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF THEM, GRADUATING HIGH, GOING TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND OBTAINING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT MENTORSHIP DEPARTMENT FOCUS ON OUR TEENAGERS WITH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTERED AROUND CHRISTIAN VALUES AND TEACHINGS.ELD DEPARTMENT ALLOWS FOR THE STAFF TO BE INVESTED IN. IF A STAFF NEEDS BETTER TRAINING TO FULFIL THEIR JOB, WE SEND THEM ON THAT COURSE OR PURCHASE A MATERIAL FOR THEM TO DEEPEN THEIR SKILLSETS TO PERFORM THEIR JOB BETTER.STM (SHORT TERM MISSIONS) DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HELPING US RUN OUR VBS PROGRAM AND OUR OUTREACHES. YOUTH GROUPS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULD TRAVEL AND BE HOUSES, FED AND DO OUTREACHES ACROSS NYC.