welcome to the mission field.
MISSION.
By God’s grace, The Steel Valley Outreach Center, Inc. exists to reach Youngstown with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through meeting needs for children, families, and surrounding residents.
VISION.
Steel Valley Outreach Center, Inc. envisions a local community that loves and serves. To love God with all of our heart, mind, and soul as well as our neighbors as ourselves. To serve children, families, and the underprivileged in our community by providing a safe environment for childcare, special needs development, family counseling, and food insecurities (Matthew 22:36-40).
VALUES.
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Regardless of race, gender, religion or geographic location, we value people, believing that every man, woman and child possesses dignity, is worthy of respect and Godly love.
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We are deeply connected with the Youngstown community’s children, parents, families, and our surrounding residents. We commit to allowing their needs to guide our work, and to provide quality childcare, special needs development, counseling, and work toward solutions to eliminate structural and systemic inequalities that contribute to food insecurity to help them thrive.
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We foster an environment that enhances the spiritual, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of young children, residents with special needs, widows, parents, and their families, while also making our community a safer place to live.
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We strive to recognize and understand the life perspectives, feelings, and lived experiences of others, including and especially those most different from ourselves, and to give grace and love to one another.
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We are passionate and tireless in pursuit of our mission to reach Youngstown with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and helping children, families, and the underprivileged to provide childcare, special needs development, and biblically based guidance through all obstacles.
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We hold ourselves and one another responsible for ensuring Steel Valley Outreach Center maximizes its impact, and we do what we say we will do.
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We treat challenges as learning opportunities, and continually evolve to meet the needs of the children, students, families, and surrounding residents we work with based on what we learn.
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We center the love of God and our neighbor to prioritize the wellbeing of the children, students, and families we work with in every decision we make and every action we take.
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Staff
Carman Arroyo, Executive DirectorOfficers
Brenton Beck, President
Gary Frost, Vice-President
Christine Weber, Treasurer
Casandra Ramirez, Secretary
Board of Directors
Carman Arroyo
Brenton Beck
Gary Frost
Christine Weber
Casandra Ramirez
Les Upright
Members
Steel Valley Baptist Association
VISION 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Steel Valley Outreach Center vision includes a collaborative ministry effort between churches of the Steel Valley Baptist Association and business partners in Youngstown, Ohio. For the last 3 years we have operated out of a Steel Valley Church with limited space and currently have an expansion opportunity right next door!
IMPACT
If expansion were possible, the new outreach opportunities would include:
Food Pantry
Clothing
Furniture
Daycare Services
Special Needs Programs/Services
Counseling Services
Group Counseling (Celebrate Recovery, or Addiction counseling, etc.)
Classroom Space
After school programs (East High School, Harding Elementary, and Ursuline High School)
Sunday Transportation
Community Dinners and other functions
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
Accept the offer to purchase an available 5k square foot property in a strategic location for this ministry to thrive.
Prepare the property to open and renovate
Phased Launch of Community Services
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
The purchase price for the property has been negotiated down to $80,000. Our property inspector informed us of a few major improvements to be completed (HVAC and New Roof, 150k-200k estimated in total). We hope to raise funds to purchase this property and cover the major improvements before we can begin all interior renovation work.