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State
Missions Offering
February 2005
Pushing forward
through Metanoia
My name is Charmaine Townsend. I am a person
who is pushing forward into a new relationship with God and others to
help create a strong community. This is the mission statement of all of
us who are a part of the Metanoia family in North Charleston.
In August of 2003 I learned of an organization
called Metanoia that was rising up in the Chicora/Cherokee neighborhood.
When I first heard the name, I had no idea what it meant. What I did know
was that they were opening an after-school program in a neighborhood where
kids needed somewhere to go once school was out. I made the decision to try
to be a part of Metanoia. I applied for one of the positions being offered
and by the grace of God I was hired.
On my first day on the job I found out what
Metanoia meant. It means “positive change.” By the end of that first day
after learning what their plans were, I truly believed that with CBF and
with the help of urban ministers Evelyn Oliveira and Bill Stanfield, changes
were going to come into our neighborhood, and they would be positive.
Well it has been a year and a half since I’ve
been with Metanoia and day by day we are making positive changes. Since
Metanoia was started, Chicora Elementary, our neighborhood school, is no
longer worried about being closed but is looking forward to having a new
building. Residents in the community are being offered classes on credit
counseling and home ownership. Also right now we have 25 Young Leaders who
are learning more ways of making our community a stronger place. I am
blessed to be a part of Metanoia where we are all are pushing forward
together.
Charmaine Townsend
1st & 2nd Grade Teacher
Metanoia Young Leaders Program
Metanoia is one of the ministries supported by your gifts to the State
Missions Offering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina.
The goal for 2005 is $110,000. Learn more about CBF in South Carolina at
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Other monthly
features:
March 2005: Raymond Bennett at Christ
Central Ministries in Allendale. Go.
April: Fumi George, Japanese Ministry.
Go.
May: Tyquanisha Fludd, a Young Leader
at Metanoia. Go.
June: Duc Nguyen Van, the pastor of a
Vietnamese congregation in Greenville. Go.
September: Oakland Baptist Church in
Rock Hill doing missions in Belgium. Go.
October:
Akiko Beville,
Japanese Ministry. Go.
November: A
testimony from Metanoia. Go.
December: Lana
Rowland on Belgium. Go.
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