Special Sunday - Human Relations Day - Overview

"If--everyday--just one
person comes through
our doors and says he
or she can see Jesus
in us, our work is not in vain."

Click here to hear Maudine Holloway
talk about how the Human Relations
Day offering is improving the lives of
the people she serves. 

Community Developers Program

For many, the pantry doors at the Community Enabler Center lead to relief from hunger—a month’s supply of food staples so those who cannot make ends meet will not go hungry. Distributing everything from beans to baby formula, Maudine Holloway makes sure her struggling neighbors have a meal, a change of clothes, assistance paying a utility bill, medicine and a safe place for children to come after school. During these tough economic times, she has had to scramble for extra funds to keep the lights on and her small staff paid.

Youth Offender Rehabilitation Program

“Redemption Church: Freedom from Bondage for Young Nonviolent Offenders” in Oklahoma is an example of how Human Relations Day supports Youth Offender Rehabilitation Programs. Penn Avenue Redemption Church, Oklahoma City, and St. Luke Redemption Church, Tulsa, cooperate in criminal justice and mercy ministries to deepen advocacy, victim/offender reconciliation and reunification of families. Active member Debbie said, “This is an opportunity for me, as well as other inmates, to interact with society again.”

Because of your offering, caring ministries continue – providing childcare, after-school tutoring, gang intervention, work with at-risk teens, outreach with current and former prison inmates, homeless services, emergency aid, jobs training and more.

To read additional stories of lives changed by Human Relations Day click here.