Registration Form - Training of Local Trainers for Neighborhood Transformation, Goshen IN
Date: September 27 and 28th
Location: Harvest Community Church
17285 Country Road 34
Goshen IN 46528
Time: Friday evening 6:00 - 9:30 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $60
For information contact: Jim Dreier [email protected]
For individual coming from out of town you will be responsible for your own housing, travel costs.
Collaborative for Neighborhood Transformation has over 35 years of International experience and 10 years of experience here in the U.S. on how to equip the urban poor in North America to transform their own lives and their neighborhoods. The goal is to facilitate transformed lives, neighborhoods and cities through the seamless combination of evangelism, discipleship and community development that is identified and owned by people in the neighborhood using available assets and resources. In urban USA settings this is called Neighborhood Transformation (NT).
Neighborhood Transformation (NT) trains church lay-people how to enter an urban poor neighborhood, develop relationships and identify assets already found in the neighborhood in individuals and groups. Building on these assets, the goal is to see the gospel bring true poverty alleviation over time.
Neighborhood Transformation (NT) ultimately addresses the root causes of poverty, disease, and spiritual darkness by training neighborhood individuals to take more responsibility for their own lives and neighborhood. When implemented, neighborhoods gain the capacity to identify and solve problems, and then determine and implement sustainable solutions utilizing appropriate technologies. Vital biblical faith is nurtured at every step.
NT seeks to transform individuals and neighborhoods by helping churches address the root causes of poverty, disease and spiritual darkness by training local church people to share the gospel and mobilize neighborhood actions. Neighborhoods identify their assets and take responsibility for their own lives by learning to change things that they want to see changed in their neighborhood. NT is multi-faceted, functioning in urban poor neighborhoods as Community Health Evangelism functions in the developing world.
This weekend course for Training of Local Trainers (TOT) is being offered September 27th-28th 2019. The training will introduce NT concepts while showing the tools and processes of implementing and managing Urban NT. Sessions are conducted in a participatory style with large and small group discussions, as well as various hands-on activities. These methods all easily transfer to the urban neighborhood setting.
NT TOT1 (14 Hour)
Introductions and Meeting Each Other
Neighborhood Transformation (power-point)
Biblical Basis of Wholistic Transformation
Comparing Relief, Betterment and Development
What is Good Health and a Community
Urban Setting
Gathering Primary and Secondary Information and Choosing Best Neighborhood
Focusing on Assets
Identifying Assets in Your Neighborhood
Knowing Your Neighbors
Working with Your Elementary School
Acquiring and Retaining Volunteers Overview
Using a Lesson Plan
Final Questions and Close