Hope, Help, & Healing
***NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES***
Apply for Assistant Store Manager I FT 4064 using the link below:
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RCC makes connection with SI Workforce 1
Richmond Christian Church has made a connection with the Staten Island Workforce 1 Career Center. Jobseekers should fill out this form, and mention Richmond Christian Church in the referral section.
Jobs-Plus
The Jobs-Plus program raises the levels of employment for NYCHA residents through intensive employment services, financial incentive to "Make Work Pay", and community support for work initiatives.
NYC Well
NYC Well is available 24/7.
Talk. Text. Chat.
NYC Well helps with problems like stress, depression, anxiety, or drug and alcohol use. For you or someone you care for.
Text - "WELL" 65173
Call - 1-888-NYC-WELL
How to Access Food
How to Get Food During the PAUSE on NYC
- Visit hungryonstatenisland.com for an up-to-date list of the food pantries still operating on Staten Island. Or, https://www.hungerfreeamerica.org/neighborhood-guides-food-assistance for a city-wide list.
- If you cannot leave your home but can afford to purchase food, visit invisiblehandsdeliver.com to request a volunteer to drop off groceries at your entrance.
- If you cannot leave your home and cannot afford to purchase food, visit nyc.gov/getfood or call 311 to have two days of meals delivered to your home.
- All New Yorkers can get three ‘grab and go’ meals a day Mon-Fri 7:30am-1:30pm at locations across the city. Meal hubs operate for children and families from 7:30am-11:30am and for adults from 11:30am-1:30pm. Visit schools.nyc.gov/freemeals to find locations near you.
- Seniors can apply for home-delivered meals by calling the Department for the Aging at 212-244-6469 or 311.
American Bible Society
Our world is experiencing the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The effects of quarantine, illness, mass anxiety, and social isolation can also cause trauma. But God’s Word brings healing and hope. Below are several resources that might sustain and encourage you in this season of uncertainty.
Christian Counseling
Pastor Tammy is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor credentialed by the National Christian Counselor Association. She is a member of American Association of Christian Counselors and Sarasota Academy of Christian Counseling.
She specializes in Christian counseling and is a certified Temperament Therapist and Symbis Assessment Facilitator. She has the skills and training to provide counsel in the areas of Anxiety, Depression, Stress Management, Anger Management, Individual/Family, Marriage, Pre-Marital, and Couples counseling. Her compassion for others fosters a trusted and safe environment for restoring health and harmony to the spirit and soul (I Thessalonians 5:23).
Counseling services are provided every Thursday upon request. Counseling fees and policies are discussed upon consultation.
Psalm 139:13-14(NKJV) 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
Source: https://rhemapm.org/counseling/
Psychology Today Profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/tammy-c-stradford-staten-island-ny/428372
MY PRAYER FOR US
MY PRAYER FOR US
Pastor Teddy recorded a prayer entitled: 'MY PRAYER FOR US'.
Loving People
A Message from Pastor Teddy
June 11 2020
"There is a national conversation about race, race relations, and racial reconciliation. I am grateful for incredible leaders who are engaging in meaningful dialogue like Dr. Duane Durst and Pastor Russ Hodgins."
Rev. Teddy Otobo-Sheriff
Senior Pastor, Richmond Christian Church