Gabrielle Piceno

gabrielle@everyneighborhood.org

Gabrielle was born in Fresno, grew up and went to college in Southern California, and moved back to Fresno in 2014. She has worked with churches and non-profits in Fresno, where she developed an interest in Christian Community Development and what God is doing in Fresno. She has since made Fresno her home alongside her husband Jordan and their son. She enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Neighborhood News – May Update

Hello ENP Family & Friends,

You are going to notice something on display in this newsletter. This is a story-driven newsletter. Stories about the ways our volunteers and staff are intersecting with people in the schools and neighborhoods that make up our wonderful city.

I am encouraged because it is the simple act of being present and willing to enter into space with one another to pursue transformation. You will also notice we have changed the name of one of our departments. With our expansion to working with 100 paid Fresno State Students through College Corp (Blog Here!) we felt like merging Literacy and Recreation all under School Support made the most sense! 

Please read these stories and recognize that because of your gifts in finances, volunteer hours, and community support of ENP this work is possible. 

Dominick, Isabella, Mariah, Sylvia, Jason, Ana, MJ, and Emily are all impacted because you believe and invest in us. Thank you and please don’t stop!

Give here to continue this work.

Andrew Feil

Executive Director, Every Neighborhood Partnership

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ENP is Hiring! Multiple Positions Available

ENP is expanding our School Support Department with 3 new positions:

  • Volunteer Staff Coordinator: Oversee and manage the ENP volunteer and college staff experience from start to finish. Make sure everyone has a smooth onboarding, service experience, and off-boarding. This could include the creation of job descriptions, fingerprinting, connecting to various departments within ENP and the Fresno State Richter Center.
  • Extended Learning Coordinator: Manage and oversee college staff and church/community volunteers at ENPā€™s Extended Learning programming including Read Fresno After School intervention, Saturday Sports, and other community after school programming as needed.
  • Literacy Mentor Coordinator: Manage and oversee college staff and church/community volunteers in ENPā€™s Literacy Mentor program.

To Apply: Fill out this Google Form and upload your resume and cover letter

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A Church Discerning its Time and Place

This webinar includes biblical foundations, key tools and questions, as well as examples from churches and an opportunity to interact with other church leaders wrestling with their role.

Presented in English, this is an online event via zoom. Lunch is included via gift card.

Tim Soerens ā€“
Author, Church Planter, Catalyst

Tim Soerens is the co-founding executive director of the Parish Collective (parishcollective.org) and author of the newly released, Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church, Right Where You Are (IVP 2020) and co-author of The New Parish (IVP 2014). Along with his wife CotĆ©, he is helping to start South Park Neighborhood Church. Tim is a co-founding owner of Resistencia Coffee, as well as the South Park Idea Lab. 

CotĆ© Soerens, ā€“
Planter, Innovator, Business Owner

CotĆ© is a Planter and Innovator. As a neighborhood pastor, CotĆ© has focused on discerning Godā€™s dreams for the South Park community since 2014. This journey led her to see the neighborhood as an endless source of inspiration for community-based projects and community enterprises such as Resistencia Coffee, The Urban Fresh Food Collective, El Mercadito Farmerā€™s Market, The South Park Arts & Culture Collective, and South Park Neighborhood Christian Church.

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Maintaining Your Church’s Convictions Without Polarization or Judgementalism

The FPU Center for Community Transformation and the Center for Anabaptist Studies are proud to present another workshop in its New Skills for a New Era series of convenings for Valley congregations. This one will be of interest to all members of churches that are struggling to know how to retain their firm convictions without drawing lines that promote polarization and judgmental attitudes, or the tendency to pronounce whoā€™s ā€œinā€ and who is ā€œoutā€? In an era of shrinking church attendance, what biblical principles, ministry and relational skills would a church need to grow in this ability?

This FREE online workshop called Centered on Jesus will be led by FPU Biblical Seminaryā€™s Mark Baker, Ph.D. who will be presenting the concept of the ā€œcentered-set church,ā€ its theological and practical foundations. FPU alum Pastor Grace Spencer, MA Theo. will also present, sharing her experience from three churches she has served in a pastoral capacity. Registrants will be able to enter a raffle to receive Dr. Bakerā€™s new book, Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgementalism (IVP), and the first 50 to register and attend will receive a $10 lunch voucher. 

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Resilience Based Community Development through Parent Cafes

In 2021 Every Neighborhood Partnership received a $50,000 grant from Kaiser to increase community resilience and trauma-informed behaviors by providing resident-led workshops.  ENP trained facilitators working in 3 different neighborhoods in Fresno to run Parent Cafe workshops and support groups.  The Parent Cafes were run by leaders from each neighborhood with participants from the community with whom they were already in relationship.  99 individuals went through these Parent Cafes.  Participants expressed through post-session surveys that they want to go through the course again and invite new friends to attend, as well as have the group continue beyond the original length of the course.  As a result, 4 out of 5 of the groups have been continuing to meet beyond the designated timeframe for the sessions because of the supportive relationships that developed through their time together.  

The 8-session Parent Cafe curriculum was developed by Brainwise Solutions with the goal of equipping parents and caregivers with tools to develop Resilience, Relationships, and Rebuilding in a supportive group environment.  It was created with the intent of having leaders from the community facilitate groups with a preventative approach rather than as a response after a family has gone through a specific traumatic incident.

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Understanding Human Trafficking

Understanding Human Trafficking is a basic introduction course (previously called Human Trafficking 101). It covers:

  • Realities of exploitation (myths and misconceptions)
  • Recognizing red flags (identifying victims of exploitation)
  • The role of traffickers and process of recruitment
  • Clinical dynamics of impact on youth
  • Understanding paths to freedom and community resources
  • Ways individuals and communities can take appropriate action

Zoom link provided upon registration. Click to register.

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Interfaith Scholar Weekend

The Ethics Center at Fresno State University is hosting the Interfaith Scholar weekend March 18-20, 2022. It will consist of 4 free webinars on Sabbath Economics. Each of these 90-minute presentations will be presented by Ched Myers and Dr. Elaine Enns and include elements of Lecture, PowerPoint, Art, Text, Design, Polling and Q and A to engage viewers/listeners.

  1. Friday, March 18, 2022, 7:00-8:30PM: Revisiting Old Covenants in a Time of Plagues
  2. Saturday, March 19, 2022, 10:30-12:00 NOON: Manna vs. Mammon: Are We Building Capital or Community?
  3. Saturday, March 19, 2022, 1:00-2:30PM: Public Addiction, Ecological Ultimatums: A Call to Recovery
  4. Sunday, March 20, 2022, 1:00-2:30PM: Sabbath as Reparative Justice

For more information, visit interfaithscholar.org or contact Jim Grant: jimgrantbc@gmail.com

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