Enter with me into your mind’s eye to use the God-given gift of imagination… It’s late in the week after the events in Jerusalem shook the world. Jesus of Nazareth was condemned and crucified as a common criminal.

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I write this on February 15th and Valentine’s Day is fresh on my mind. But by the time it reaches your inbox, it will feel like last year’s news. Nevertheless, stores were set up for weeks and millions of dollars spent. Cards, chocolates, meals, and all sorts of gifts! Not even a global pandemic could deter it from delivering all it promises. What does it promise to deliver? How lasting is the impact of this holiday of Love?

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Thanks to a volunteer connection, the Romanian Community of Cleveland donated nine Chromebooks to assist students with virtual learning this fall, which kicked off the opening of a Chromebook lab at The Hope Center. Additional Chromebooks were funded by BHITC’s Refugee Emergency Fund, and school-age students now receive help two days a week from staff and volunteers to assist with their virtual learning.

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Beginning in June, BHITC’s Community Development team partnered with Bay Presbyterian Church (BPC) and New Life at Calvary (NLAC) to see a future church plant established at Family Ministry Center through the leadership of church planter and pastor, Keon Abner. BHITC’s equipping process for Pastor Keon and his core team is based on Christian Community Development philosophy and practice, Asset-Based Community Development and other urban ministry principles the organization has learned over its almost two decades of experience in city ministry.

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