Brenda Armstrong in partnership with
Mercy Tree Ministries and CROWN Financial Ministries

has developed Implementation Manuals for starting new ministries in communities and churches:

1. Single Parent Ministry Training Manual
2. More Than Baby-Sitting (Child Care)
3. Reach the Heart of the Home (Housing Ministry)
4. Fixing Cars to Fixing Lives (Car Care Ministry)
5. Empowering Single Parents (Welfare-to-Work)

Here is a brief description of each manual. . .

1. The Single Parent Ministry Training Manual
The Single Parent Ministry Training Manual was developed by Brenda Armstrong for the late Larry Burkett, and Crown Financial Ministries. This comprehensive resource provides the basics for helping single parents or anyone else in need and has been used to train over 1,000 leaders. Topics are the same as the live seminar and include:
   --Tools that can be used to help any family or individual in need.
   --How to recognize the unique needs of single parent families. 
   --Identifying and developing ministries to meet the top 10 needs.
   --The biblical response to single parent families and how to meet needs effectively.
   --What other ministries are doing to meet needs.
   --Case study of low-income single parent and what is practical for the situation.
   --How to build an effective single parent ministry: team building exercises include developing your mission, purpose, and basic direction.

2. More Than Baby-Sitting
The guide to developing a child care ministry in your local church or community! With More Than Baby-Sitting–Ministering Through Child Care, your church can help meet a very great need. This book and accompanying video on child care solutions is the first in a series of “how-to” resources to show churches and para-church organizations how to meet the practical needs of single parents or anyone else in need.

The church is the perfect place to provide help to members and to serve as an outreach to the community. The “steps” included in this manual and video show churches how to develop simple-to-formal child care programs. With this system you will learn how to
   --Organize a “sitter swap”
   --Organize partners to help provide relief
   --Provide a “kids morning out”
   --Offer scholarships to needy families
   --Start a before and after school ministry
   --Offer a summer care program
   --Train moms to provide in-home care
   --Develop a full scale child care center

3. Reaching the Heart of the Home--Housing
The practical guide to developing a housing ministry in your local church or community. Reaching the Heart of the Home – Ministering Through Housing is designed to show churches how to assist families in reducing housing expenses. This book and the accompanying video is the second package in a series of step-by-step materials developed to show churches how to meet the practical needs of single parents or anyone else in need.  The first package, More Thank Baby-Sitting – Ministering Through Child Care, shows churches how to develop simple-to-formal child care programs. The “steps” provided in this manual progress from simple fix-it ministries to long-term transitional housing ministries. With this system you will learn how to:
   --Assess needs correctly.
   --Organize a “fix-it” ministry to help maintain homes.
   --Provide “home-ed” classes on maintaining or purchasing a home.
   --Offer benevolent help to reduce housing expenses.
   --Organize a “home sharing” ministry that matches single parent families with elderly people or other single parent families.
   --Start an independent living, long-term, transitional housing ministry with apartments for each family.
   --Start a group home, long-term, transitional housing ministry.

4. Fixing Cars to Fixing Lives
The practical guide to developing a car care ministry in your local church or community! Fixing Cars to Fixing Lives–Ministering Through Car Care is designed to show churches how to meet practical car care needs of single parents, or anyone else in need, to better enable them to manage their limited resources. This book and the accompanying video is the third in a series of step-by-step materials developed to show churches how to meet the practical needs of single parents or anyone else in need.  The first package, More Thank Baby-Sitting – Ministering Through Child Care, shows churches how to develop simple-to-formal child care programs.  The second package, Reaching the Heart of the Home – Ministering Through Housing, shows churches how to offer work days to help with housing repairs and maintenance and how to develop independent living or group home transitional ministries. With this system you will learn how to: 
   --Assess needs correctly.
   --Provide car care classes that teach the basics of car purchasing or car maintenance.
   --Set up a quarterly car care event on church property that provides oil changes and safety checks.
   --Set up a monthly car care event in a local repair shop that provides limited repairs in addition to maintenance.
   --Set up a care giveaway program that provides cars for qualified recipients.

5. Empowering Single Parents
The practical guide to developing a comprehensive single parent ministry in your local church or community that provides support to families who are making the transition from welfare to work! This book and the accompanying video is the fourth in a series of step-by-step materials developed to show churches how to meet the practical needs of single parents or anyone else in need.  More Thank Baby-Sitting-Ministering Through Child Care, shows churches how to develop simple-to-formal child care programs.  Reaching the Heart of the Home-Ministering Through Housing, shows churches how to offer work days to help with housing repairs and maintenance and how to develop independent living or group home transitional ministries. Fixing Cars to Fixing Lives–Ministering Through Car Care explains how to establish an effective “Car Care Saturday” ministry. It is a recognized fact that faith-based initiatives are more successful in meeting needs and effecting long term success among program participants. In this package you will see and learn some of the “best practices” for meeting needs. With this system you will learn how to: 
   --Prepare the church to serve the needy.
   --Establish a means to build relationships with those in need by starting point-of-contact ministries.
   --Assess needs from a biblical perspective.
   --Develop an accountability structure for program participants.
   --Develop a Compassion Circle ministry that extends small group ministries to meet needs.
   --Develop a comprehensive welfare-to-work non-profit ministry.

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