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Grand Avenue United Methodist Church is hosting a 3-part Suicide Prevention Series this spring and would love for you and your congregation/ministries to join us. This series is free and open to the entire community. It will provide education, resources, and support for those affected by suicide, and equip attendees with tools to recognize warning signs and offer hope to those struggling.
This is a great opportunity for our community, especially students, parents, and community leaders, to come together to learn how we can collectively address this critical issue with compassion and wisdom. |
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Open your home to the world!
A member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God - Household of God community, an APTB ecumenical partner and collaborator, is the local coordinator for CIEE, working to connect high school students from our global world community with local host families.
Can you or someone you know help?
Can you or someone you know help?
Council on International Educational Exchange - CIEE
Being a CIEE High School USA host family is about creating a home away from home. You’re part parent, part cultural ambassador, part mentor. Hosting is a chance to learn from one another. Our host families tell us over and over that their lives are just as touched and changed as those of their exchange student.
Host families
· Open their heart and home and provide a bedroom and bathroom (can be shared)
· Provide 3 meals a day
· Make a lifelong connection with a student!
Exchange students
· Come with their own health insurance
· Come with spending money
· Can take the school bus or carpool
· Can travel with the host family
· Speak strong English
· Are vetted and interviewed for success on the program
· Can attend the local high school
· Open their heart and home and provide a bedroom and bathroom (can be shared)
· Provide 3 meals a day
· Make a lifelong connection with a student!
Exchange students
· Come with their own health insurance
· Come with spending money
· Can take the school bus or carpool
· Can travel with the host family
· Speak strong English
· Are vetted and interviewed for success on the program
· Can attend the local high school
Meet a few of the students waiting to be matched:
Luiza – 16 - Brazil – female (requesting Wisconsin)
Karn – 15 – Thailand – female
Mauricio – 16 – Mexico - male
Nawaphol – 17 – Thailand - male
Armin – 16 -Germany – male (grant scholarship student)
Luiza – 16 - Brazil – female (requesting Wisconsin)
Karn – 15 – Thailand – female
Mauricio – 16 – Mexico - male
Nawaphol – 17 – Thailand - male
Armin – 16 -Germany – male (grant scholarship student)