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Outreach
Outreach @ LIFEGATE
Looking to get involved in volunteer and outreach opportunities at LIFEGATE? See below for our partnerships.
Our Partners
Alternatives Pregnancy Center
Alternatives requires an application and orientation in order to participate as a volunteer. They are not holding any orientations until October and are not taking applications for any of their trained volunteer positions until the new year.
Alternatives has a variety of options for hotline, client services, administrative, mentorship, medical and community engagement volunteer positions requiring training.
CarePortal
CarePortal exists to exist as a bridge between families and children in crisis and those in the community with resources to help. Caseworkers and professionals are able to share urgent needs and LIFEGATE members can be available to donate whatever may be needed (diapers, cribs, car seats etc). Jess will be organizing a room stocked with needed items at LIFEGATE and members can donate, help with organization, or transport items to families when requests come in.
Denver Dream Center
The Denver Dream Center rescues people, rebuilds lives, and restores dreams. Through free resources and wrap-around services, we address the immediate and long-term needs of more than 50,000 people annually. As a team of resilient people redeemed by God’s love, we believe in the transformative power of hope for individuals, communities, and us all.
Wednesday nights at 7pm, looking for leaders and drivers to pick up teenagers from nearby communities to participate in youth night at the Denver Dream Center. Youth nights focus on support and mentorship through athletics. Could volunteer once a week or once a month.
Need male volunteers to participate in Dream Social Tuesday nights with men from the halfway house. Play basketball, pool, ping pong, participate in bible study and serve dinner from 7pm-8:30pm.
Denver Dream Center offers community dinners to their friends on the street every Thursday at the Dream Center from 6pm-7:30pm. Volunteers can help prepare and serve dinner and build relationships.
Members can meet at the Denver Dream Center to put together boxes of donations that they will then deliver to nearby low-income neighborhoods. Volunteers will play games with kids, do crafts and serve lunch. Event occurs the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 9:30-12:30/1:00pm.
Learn more about Adopt-a-Block.
One Child
OneChild is a global community of Child Champions that serves children in poverty so they can discover hope and reach their God-given potential. They provide education, healthcare, spiritual guidance, and community for children in hard places. The primary ways to get involved are through donations, child sponsorship, and vision trips.
Our next vision trip will be in March 2024. More information to come. If you have any questions or are interested in going, please email Pastor Lis (lis.cheesman@lifegatedenver.com).
To sponsor a child through OneChild, follow this link.
Project 1:27
Project 1.27 is a place where deep faith and a huge vision come together to fulfill the Christian’s responsibility to care for kids in foster care and those at-risk for out-of-home placement.
For more information, email:
Kim Schnittker
Hope Forti
An individual or couple can participate in the 24 hour training through Project 1:27 to provide overnight relief/respite care for a foster family. After completing the 24 hour training, Project 1:27 can help to connect members with an agency for licensing. This will require a home study, paperwork and background check. Total cost would be about $50-80 for those wishing to participate.
An individual, couple, or group can act as a “neighbor” to support a foster family for an initial 6-month commitment (after 6 months there is an option to continue). The neighbor would bring a meal to the family once a month that can be scheduled with the family directly. The neighbor can reach out to provide support and check in to make sure the foster family has what they need. 45-minute training and background check ($20) are required to participate in the program. Both the training and the background check are virtual.
For more information visit https://www.project127.org/neighborprogram.html
Info meeting (virtual) followed by 24-hour training through Project 1:27. Members will then become licensed through an agency after a homestudy, background check etc.
Next virtual informational meetings:
Friday, September 15th : 12p-1p
Thursday, September 21st : 7p-8p
Tuesday, September 26th : 7p-8p
Wednesday, October 4th: 5p-6p
For more information, visit https://www.project127.org/infomeeting.html.
This would be a group of 6-8 people or 3-4 couples providing support to a family who has not yet had children removed from their home. They may or may not have an active CPS case (families will be located in Arapahoe County). The goal is to prevent removal and provide support by bringing meals weekly as well as a bag of groceries each month (couples and individuals can rotate weeks). An individual can volunteer and be placed in a group. Year-long commitment with a 4.5-hour training provided by Project 1:27.
For more information, visit https://www.project127.org/familiescare.html.
STAY HERE
Stay Here is a mental health organization dedicated to giving hope to those battling brokenness, depression, anxiety, self-harm, addiction, and suicide. We work with some of the greatest organizations in the world to get free resources like therapy and prevention training to those who need it most!
To take our ACT Training, follow this link.
To learn more about Stay Here, visit https://www.stayhere.live/our-purpose.
TEAM
TEAM’s mission is to partner with the global Church in sending disciples who make disciples and establish missional churches to the glory of God.
TEAM offers short-term mission trips between 2 weeks and one year to over 40 different countries.
For more information, visit https://team.org/shortterm.
Opportunity for some who ideally has experience with missions to help others take the next steps.
Volunteer to pray for the missionaries serving through TEAM globally.
Opportunity for a family to connect one-on-one with a family serving overseas.One year commitment to encourage them, pray for them, and possibly send care packages.
Whiz Kids
Whiz Kids offers one-to-one tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurture to students below the literacy and poverty lines with the Spirit of Christ.
Whiz Kids works to pair churches with nearby schools (currently trying to connect with Shoemaker) in order to provide tutoring/mentorship to kids over a year-long commitment. About 10-15 adults would be matched with kids and participate in tutoring as well as club time on Tuesdays from 4:30p-6p at the church starting the 1st week of October until the end of April. Would follow a school schedule and not meet during holiday weeks. There is no cost for the tutor or students. Whiz Kids would like to develop a leadership team at each church would be comprised of the following:
Coordinator: Gets to know the adults interested in mentoring and tutoring kids and communicates regarding schedule and training. Provides oversight for the volunteers.
Club Leader: Leads the 30 minutes of club time by sharing a message to the group
Tutors: Matched with one child and provide tutoring and mentorship and possibly rides for one year.
Each school that participates in Whiz Kids has a school liaison (teacher or staff member who is paid to help coordinate student sign-ups, engagement, permission slips, etc.). Opportunity for teachers at LIFEGATE to become liaisons if they would like to bring Whiz Kids to their school.