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L.I.V.I.N.G Ministry Incorporated

Pittsburgh, PA

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Physical Address:: Pittsburgh, PA 15214
EIN:: 11-3718319
Web URL:: www.livingministry.org
Leadership:: Charles Willis Chapman

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 01, 2008
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2008

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Total Revenue	$119,869

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Total Expenses	$98,445

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L.I.V.I.N.G Ministry Incorporated

Physical Address:: Pittsburgh, PA 15214
EIN:: 11-3718319
Web URL:: www.livingministry.org
NTEE Category:: X Religion, Spiritual Development; X20 Christian; P Human Services; P85 Homeless Services/Centers; L Housing, Shelter; L81 Home Improvement/Repairs
Year Founded:: 2004
Ruling Year:: 2005

Mission Statement

LIVING to serve Pittsburgh's homeless and needy in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. <embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0">

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

<p>Accomplishments<strong></strong></p> <ul><li>More than 250 bags of clothes are given away each fall in the largest clothing give-away drive in Pittsburgh (project ALIVE)</li><li>Over 1632 breakfasts served to the poor at Labor Hall annually-;</li><li>Hundreds of men and women helped in vocational training and job fairs;</li><li>Eight different activities offered at 5 shelters, a women’s discussion group, a Sunday worship service, 1 chapel service, 3 Bible study, and 2 devotions every week;</li><li>Implantation of a nine-month transitional housing, training and discipleship program for homeless men (Project LIFE);</li><li>One abandoned house fully renovated and functioning as ministry offices and transitional housing;</li><li>Summer education program for Christian teenagers to gain first-hand experience in outreaching the homeless and needy</li><li>More than 2500 homeless are being served through our various programs.</li></ul> <embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0">

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Leadership

Charles Willis Chapman

Term:

Since Feb 2010

Profile:

<div><strong><u>Experience </u></strong></div> <div>LIVING Ministry, Pittsburgh PA</div> <div>Executive Director</div> <div> </div> <div>Allegheny Center Alliance Church, Pittsburgh PA</div> <div>Social Worker</div> <div> </div> <div>The Pittsburgh Project, Pittsburgh PA</div> <div>Teacher</div> <div> </div> <div><u><strong>Honors and Activities</strong></u></div> <div>-City of Pittsburgh's 2010 Afrecan American Histroy Maker</div> <div>-Pittsburgh Magazine's Top 40 under 40</div> <div>-Basketball Coah, Urban Impact Foundation</div> <div>-Bellefield Church Youth Leader</div> <div>-Missionary at Caribean Christian Centre for the Deaf (Jamaica), Evangelical Church and Community Center(Mexico), and Star Baptist Church(Washington DC)</div> <embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0">

Leadership Statement:

We do not just do this work as a job, but this is a way of life. We are the LIVING Ministry because we spend our lives looking out for the poor. <embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0">

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Program: Program Outreach

Budget:: $4,000
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Population Served:: Homeless

Program Description:

Weekly visits to Pleasant Valley Shelter (Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday), Wellsprings (Thursday), Light of Light (Tuesday and Wednesday), Miryams (Wednesday) and Womanspace East (Monday). There we host a Bible study, book club, and play games and build relationships with people by exposing our lives and listening to the stores of the homeless.

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Program: ALIVE

Budget:: $1,200
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: Homeless

Program Description:

It is an yearly festival for homeless at Allegheny Commons Park where the homeless are served food and given winter clothes. Volunteers interact with homeless through games, trivia, worship, prayer, and acts and crafts. Happens on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

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Program: Job Fair

Budget:: $510
Category:: Employment
Population Served:: Homeless

Program Description:

Host a comprehensive job fair for the homeless three times a year at Allegheny Center Alliance Church in March, August, and December. This job fair is selective and not only provides opportunities for employment, but teaches job readiness and job retention. Classes are taught in the morning followed by lunch and opportunities to meet with prospective employers. Resumes are written for each participant and each participant is followed up with until employment is obtained.

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Program: Labor Hall Breakfast

Budget:: $2,342
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: Homeless

Program Description:

This project starts at Bellefield church in Oakland. The staff and volunteer cook 60 breakfast sandwiches at 5:00am. After the breakfast are made, they transport breakfasts to Northside and Wilkinsburgh Labor Ready. Breakfasts are served to homeless and very low incomers who are seeking temporary manual labor jobs.  It is followed by a Bible study for anyone interested in participating.

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Program: Project LIFE

Budget:: $9,900
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<p >Project L.I.F.E. is a 6-month discipleship program that takes the homeless out of the circular infrastructure of homelessness by building a spiritual foundation on discipleship and adherence to the life-changing Word of God. This revolutionary program has (5) core principles: being after God’s heart, work/purpose, Christian disciplines, fellowship, and service.</p> <embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0">

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