Reviewing Objectives

Since the beginning of the semester I have gotten the chance to interact with First Presbyterian Church and construct some ideas of how our service with them might benefit the Washington community. The way it now appears that Ed and I will work to serve the community is through working to revive more communication between Churches in the Washington neighborhood. There was an old group of churches under the title of Downtown Dubuque Christian Outreach that once existed, made up of protestant churches in the Washington neighborhood area that used to put on events. It has since dissolved, more or less, but there is still some funds that are under the name of the group. Ed and I plan to try to use our service to facilitate communication between these churches and perhaps resurrect the group, if possible. Our hope is that, through facilitating better communication between these parishes, they could coordinate their efforts in a more well rounded manner to build a better community around them. Even to just make all of the churches aware of what programs the other churches in the area provide might help to make sure that essential services are not forgotten or overlooked and that certain programs aren’t heavily and unnecessarily repeated.
Looking at what I know now that I wasn’t aware of before, my learning plan has narrowed down more toward putting First Presbyterian church into a more historical perspective, and learning more about its involvement in the Downtown Dubuque Christian Outreach as well as the history of the group itself. Our job in achieving our objectives will be in a big way, very informational. We are going to have to create a picture of what the DDCO looked like in the past, what its purpose was, why it has dissolved in recent years, what we can to do try to restore communication between these churches. Another aspect that we are going to have to deal with is in communication. We are going to have to contact these churches, and try to facilitate communication between them by either setting up a meeting or event. Hopefully, if all turns out as well as it might, the churches in the Washington neighborhood area will be able to better support each other in serving the community of the Washington neighborhood.