Bethany Community Church will be hosting Streetlight’s monthly Prayer and Praise Gathering on Sunday, June 12th from 6:00pm – 7:00pm in Room E-6. These monthly Prayer and Praise Gatherings are open to all. Your prayers are needed for the actions being taken in the Phoenix area to end child sex slavery and for the many victims who have not yet been rescued. The Prayer and Praise Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month unless noted otherwise on the Streetlight website.
Streetlight Phoenix is a ministry dedicated to eradicating child sex slavery. This ministry seeks “to build collaborations across multiple sectors” and is focused on preventing further exploitation of children. The organization also has a facility to provide safe housing on a long-term basis to encourage healing for those rescued from Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. The Streetlight Phoenix ministry is also building a “sustainable and transferrable model” that other cities can use in the fight to eradicate child sex slavery.
Bethany Community Church is designated as a Streetlight “Champion Church”. God has given Bethany the resources to not only raise the funds for a new building at the Streetlight Safe House campus but also to provide many volunteers to physically help construct the building. The church also raised donations for furniture and this past Easter an offering was collected to help support Carolyn Jones, a community activist for Streetlight and a facilitator who works with the girls staying at the Streetlight safe house. She is a victim herself and is one of the main characters in the Branded film, a documentary aimed at raising awareness of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking.
For details on how to become a “champion” for the Streetlight Phoenix ministry, how you or your group can volunteer with them, how to donate, or how to host a screening of Branded, please check out their website at http://streetlightphx.com.
If you’re interested in the possibility of being a “Champion Church” and would like to learn more about what it’s like from the church’s perspective, e-mail John Wood, Missional Life Pastor at Bethany Community Church at jwood@bethanycc.com or call him at 480/831-5005.
