Alumni News
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4 JUNE/JULY 2007
The Bowery Mission Alumni Program
Staying Connected
Heartsease Graduates Five Students
Alumni Pro- The Bowery Mission
gram Goal: Women’s Center at Hearts-
ease Home celebrated its sec-
ond graduation on Thursday,
• To devise a compre-
May 22, 2007.
hensive program The ceremony was held at
Trinity Baptist Church on the
that meets the long- Upper Eastside of Manhattan.
The five graduates were Marie
term spiritual, social
Crawford, Tanisha Wilson,
and career needs of Marilyn Moore, Manora
Lockett, and Yolanda Wagne.
our graduates and The evening began with a
produces testimonies welcome and prayer from
Melissa Alcorn, the Director
of continued recov- of the Women’s Center. The
procession of graduates was
ery, restoration and
followed by several songs and
a dance number performed by
revival in their lives.
Angela Bowman and Karen
Hunter.
Graduation certificates
Inside this issue:
Are You Mentor Material?
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Mentors Wanted 1
Alumni Services is seeking
mature Christian men and
Happenings About 2 Additionally, you can log
Town women to mentor graduates
of our programs. If you have
Prayer and Thanks- 2
giving Celebration graduated from one of the
Mission’s sites, then you
Save the Dates 2 grams.
might be the person we are
looking for. A mentor com-
mits to connecting with a
were then presented and the remember their faith and re-
graduates had an opportunity to member each other once they
speak about their time at leave Heartsease.
Heartsease Home.
Ed Morgan, President of
One graduate, Marilyn the Bowery Mission, ended
Moore, wrote and delivered a the evening with prayer. A
poem about her time there enti- reception followed in the
tled Twelve Months. Trinity Church fellowship hall.
Laverna Johnson, a third-
month student of the program,
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was impressed with all of her
housemates. “In particular, I “They shall be mine, says the
found Tanisha’s thankfulness Lord of Hosts, on the day
very touching. She is so young
that I make them my jew-
and yet her attitude was one of
deep gratitude.” els…”
Malachi 3:17
Ms. Alcorn then delivered a
prayer of blessing over the
graduates and Elvon Borst,
Manager of Alumni Programs,
gave a challenge to the gradu-
ates to remember God,
graduate at least once a month please e-mail alumni services
and attending a mentoring at eborst@chaonline.org.
skills seminar once a year. In
addition, you commit to at-
on to our website at bow-
tending one alumni event per
ery.org for other volunteer
year and praying for those
opportunities.
who have completed our pro-
Live simply. Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
If this is something you
think you’d be interested in Leave the rest to God.
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Alumni Happenings About Town
The Mariners’ Temple Baptist
Church presents its Praise Dance
Explosion to be held at the Murry
Bergtraum High School on Saturday,
July 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. The CCC
Boots Steps Ministry from Christian
Cultural Center and Anointed Voices
are two of the acts scheduled to ap-
pear. Adult tickets are $20, Youth and
Seniors $10, and children up to twelve
years of age $7.
For more information or to pur-
chase tickets contact Minister
Pamela Thornton-Chisholm at
212.233.0423.
Prayer and Thanksgiving Celebration Held at ARC
For the past
year, the Bow-
ery Mission
“WHEN GOD Alumni Pro-
KEEPS YOU, YOU gram has held
ARE KEPT.” monthly prayer
- HERB the first Friday
CARRUTHERS of every
month. Begin-
ning this June,
we are chang-
ing from
monthly prayer times to quarterly
meetings to better accommodate the
Save the Dates
Save the dates for these up-
coming alumni events!
Saturday, July 21 - Open Mic Night
If you are a singer, musician, poet,
writer, photographer or appreciate any
of the above, please come by the
Alumni Resource Center for food, fun
and fellowship. 7 - 9 p.m.
The Baltimore Crab-Shrimp
Feast will be held on Saturday, Au-
gust 18. The day will include round
trip transportation to Baltimore, free
time at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and
admission to Crab Feast. If you like
seafood and fun, then this trip is for
you! All-inclusive tickets are $115 per
person, $50 deposit due July 6.
For more information or to pur-
chase tickets, please contact James
or Debra Macklin at 718.530.4084 or
4083..
work schedules of all our graduates.
On Friday, June 1, graduates of the
Bowery Mission, The Bowery Mission
Transitional Center and the Bowery
Mission Women’s Center met together
to pray for the organization’s leader-
ship, the three ministry sites and each
other. It was an uplifting time.
Ana Lucia DeSouza, a 2006
Women’s Center graduate, gave her
testimony as did current student Bev-
erly Usher.
Thursday, August 23 - End of Sum-
mer Celebration
A time to reconnect before the fall
begins. Anointed Voices will perform
and door prizes will be given away!
Friday, October 5 - Prayer and
Thanksgiving Celebration
A great opportunity to come and share
what God is doing.
ALUMNI NEWS
Every year, the Bowery Mission
Transitional Center hosts its annual
July 4th cookout at the East River
Drive at 10th Street. The fun begins at
11 a.m. and continues until early eve-
ning. All Mission alumni and their
families are invited. And best of all, it’s
FREE! Bring a bag of chips or a bottle
of soda; burgers, hot dogs and potato
salad are provided!
For more information, contact
Isaac Wallace at 212.777.3424.
Twenty-four graduates in all at-
tended the event.
The next prayer and thanksgiving
celebration will be held Friday, Octo-
ber 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alumni
Resource Center.
For more information contact Can-
non Green at 718.453.6484.
Is prayer your steering wheel or your
spare tire?
-- Corrie Ten Boom
October - (date TBA) Alumni re-
treat for both men and women.
Saturday, November 10 - Relation-
ship Seminar
Last year’s seminar proved to be eye-
opening and thought-provoking. If
you are dating someone (or want to
be), don’t miss this seminar!