Ministry Partnership - The Church has left the building!

On Saturday our Ministry Partnership Program participated in the Upsilon M Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc's 12th Annual Family Fun Day at Albright United Methodist Church in Milwaukee. We (Emmanuel Community United Methodist Church, Menomonee Falls) set up an arts and crafts table and offered computer workshops throughout the day.

Alpha Kappa Alpha is a 120-year-old national sorority that empowers communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs. The fair hosted vendors from the community, the US Army, the public library, Milwaukee Sheriff's and Fire Departments for the sorority alumni and surrounding community. I'd say that at any given time there must have been well over 100 people in attendance.

I'm working with the TechConnect branch of this partnership program . . . our mission is to share the gifts of education and technology literacy with others. We began this program about a year ago and have since taught technology-related workshops in basic computer skills, setting up an email account, basic word processing, Ebay, and online game playing to members of Albright and the community. We've seen great successes in the students who have returned week after week to learn technology skills to impress their friends and family with.

We were invited to present job-related workshops such as how to answer an online application and build an effective resume. We also offered to assist with setting up an email account and asked each participant to answer a couple of questions in the form of an online survey. After no one came to our first (and second) workshop we decided to bring the workshops to the public. We set up a table outside (in the shade), connected to the WIFI and started to get some traffic . . . from the kids. We then decided to hand out our business cards to trigger some interest and WALA -- we were able to connect with a quite a few people who are interested in enhancing their computer skills. Aha -- TAKE THE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE -- isn't that what God wants us to do everyday? How often do we miss an opportunity because we're caught up in the traditional way of doing stuff?

So, stop on by or tell a friend about our Fall Classes (held at Albright Church):

Call (414) 442-8540 to register

Class 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Open Computer lab 7:30 p.m.

September 9th - Email Basics
September 16 - Surfing the Net

September 23 - Word Processing Skills