Covenant House Research Paper

The Hillel house is a place for Jewish students to find an ethnic community they relate comfortably with and find religious sanctuary. Found on 15 campuses in North Carolina, Hillel is home to Jewish services and events in which Shabbat service and dinner was held on Friday, March 23rd, 2o18. Shabbat is a traditional day of rest that starts Friday evening and ends Saturday at the same time, which is similar to how Christians view Sunday. Very dissimilar to Sunday service, however, was the lack of a sermon with the prayers. Shabbat seems to allow for your own interpretation of the prayers and a time to rejoice in the company of others for God over Shabbat dinner. My time at the Shabbat service and dinner at Hillel revealed common characteristics

Ward meetinghouses or ward houses are “churches” for LDS members residing in specific geographical areas. In early LDS history there would have been one ward house per town. However, as membership grew, the number of people attending a specific ward house was limited to 500. Most ward houses today are the spiritual home for about 250 people. Set by church leaders, ward boundaries allocate certain geographic areas of a city or region to a specific ward house. This method of geographic designation was influenced by the political practice of identifying voting districts in urban areas, hence the term “ward house.” Each ward is led by a volunteer bishop and two counselors with additional leaders assigned to various activities.

The Covenant House International is an established non-profit organization that has “houses” in twenty-seven cities throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates locally with two shelter sites, one right here in Orlando, the other in Fort Lauderdale. These two locations make up Covenant House Florida(CHF), which are making a tremendous positive impact in our own communities. Provided in each of these facilities are all the love, care, and essential resources needed to help a young person break away forever from a life on the streets. CHF offers transitional housing, crises counseling, G.E.D classes, drug and alcohol counseling, and much more to the runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth

In the past couple of years, the number of homeless individuals have been on the rise in Nevada. In this mass increase, the population mostly consists of homeless individuals under the age of eighteen. These minors are mostly unaccompanied, with no adults to teach them right or wrong. Being homeless and on the streets, it gives the minors less chances in life and it also influences them to act out negatively in society. The number of homeless teens have been skyrocketing and the problem is that with the amount we have now it might be hard to control in the future.

Religion is a system of symbols that establishes powerful motivation in people by creating conceptions of something real. Art and religion have gone hand-in hand for years. Almost every religion has representations of their God and symbols through works of art. Architecture is a form of art, and it requires creativity and imagination to build something related to religion. Two churches from different periods, built with different techniques, can have the same purpose. The design of the St. Louis Chapel Abbey, created by Gyo Obata with the purpose of serving God, is absolutely incredible. Similarly, the Borgund Stave Church in Norway, made from wood a long time ago, is also beautiful though the architect

Currently Vancouver Washington offers a program designed to assist the youth who struggle with homeless and mental health called Options Youth house. As stated on the our services website, “the youth house is available to youth under the age of 24, who are homeless, living in unstable environments or struggling with mental health” (Our Services). They provide a social worker who works one on one with individuals designing a plan that best fits each individual’s needs. For the youth who are struggling with mental illness they provide support not only from a counselor, but also from a licensed psychologist who can assist with any medications that may be needed. As mentioned in our services, youth who struggle with mental illnesses that go untreated are at higher risk for becoming homeless or struggle with drug addiction (Our Services). Having the opportunity to work on one with a counselor and social worker exposes the youth how to learn new coping skills in a healthy manor. They also provide support from an employment specialist, who is able to help with schooling, resume, work resources and more. A program like this would be very beneficial to Longview’s youth.

Back in the ninth grade, I had just started online school, very early on I discovered that virtue school was much different from traditional school. I spent the ninth grade trying to adjust to this new learning environment. Although, I was still making good grades, I was way behind in my school work and had a lot of overdue assignments. At one point it got so bad that the school board had to schedule a meeting with my mother to try to understand why I had so many overdue assignments.I believe this meeting was a wake-up call for me. I had to find a way to somehow complete all my overdue assignments before the end of the school or I would be forced to repeat the ninth grade. I had 5 weeks left in school to turn in all my assignments.I worked

Pastor Mitchell is a pastor in Prescott, Arizona and the founder of the World CFM, an international fellowship of Churches (Potter’s House, The Door, etc.). He was born in 1929 and attended L.I.F.E. Bible College in Los Angeles. He first moved to Prescott to take over a small and weakening congregation. While the pastor of this church, God saved many souls and “hippies” of that time. Pastor Mitchell has a vision that is referred to as “church planting.” In 1973 the first church was planted in Arizona. God blessed the congregation and many souls were added unto Jesus. The fellowship grew and then in 1978, a couple started the first International church, in Australia. Shortly after, churches were planted in Mexico, the Netherlands, and Germany. Now, there are over 2100 churches in 44 US states and 117 nations. Pastor Mitchell was and is a tremendous instrument and servant of God, and the author admires that characteristic.

Homeless youth are often missed judge and called delinquent. There are many associated risk factors have been identified for youth homelessness having aging-out of foster care, family conflict and or running away or being thrown out, physical or sexual abuse and coming out about their sexuality. (O’Sullivan-Oliveira, J. Burke, J. 2009 p 154). Youth can be thrown out from their living environment by their parent or legal guardians. Youth that have been abandoned by their families because of poverty. Immigrant youth who become homeless because they have lost track of their families, have language-barriers, cultural conflict and the legal obstacles to seeking help and or lost track of their family.

Let those words burn in your hearts and minds! Unless WE take ACTION all our prayers and fasting for Temple restoration ARE MEANINGLESS!!!

As a short term resident, I lived at the Cyrus Centre in Chilliwack for three days. This shelter is community funded, through donations and fundraising, and provides beds for up to five residents at a time. However, this help does not cover the growing need for shelter beds. With better government funding, the Centre would be able to give at risk youth a short term option by adding additional beds to their facility.

On a beautiful day, cars passed the street that the Queenston House resided on. The house was very comfortable and dark, but ran very close to the street. The sound of truck or cars passing on the streat created an occasional sound. It is known that there were strange occurances of a flying saucer visiting the Queenston House. People have described the sight of aliens descending from it, but there hasn’t been any physical evidence.

The House of Wisdom, founded by Al-Ma'mun and built in Baghdad, attracted scholars from surrounding continents. Its main activity was to translate a lot of literature and knowledge into Arabic. Scholars preserved literature and works of history by patiently copying and translating works by Aristotle, Euclid, and other important thinkers of ancient Persia, Greece, and Rome. They also try to understand the information and organize it into the teachings of Islam.

Peace House was started by two families who purchased houses right next to each other because they wanted to create a communal living space. During the school year they have an after school program where they provide a space for the children to do homework, and volunteers are there to help and encourage the kids. During the summer they have a day camp where there are activities like crafts, games, and cooking. These programs not only allow kids to participate in fun activities, but it also allows the family to know that their children are in good hands.

Homelessness Youth Services in Barwon Youth Southwest Region – specifically the Youth Entry Point workers and management, who are primarily involved in undertaking specialist assessments to gain a greater understanding of the young person’s current housing situation, who explore barriers such as Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD), Mental Health or Family Violence concerns etc.