Thank you to Grace City Church who sent a crew of volunteers to clean up a site that has been routinely and illegally dumped on, while others stayed to help reorganize and refresh the gym. They helped sift through everything from school supplies to curriculum for the...
New Parker Street Ministries staff are challenged to read John Perkins’ Restoring at-risk Communities, Doing it Together and Doing it Right. Parker Street Ministries was founded on Dr. Perkins’ vision for Christian Community Development. He came to Lakeland in 1997...
https://psmlakeland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AEP-kids-playing-in-lot.mp4 LOTS to celebrate! It's been a year since the purchase of the lots across from the main campus. They've become safe spaces to heal, love, learn, play, and park!
It was great working side-by-side with neighbors in the North Lake Wire neighborhood with organizations and churches too! North Lake Wire Neighborhood Association, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Dream Center of Lakeland, City of Lakeland, Lakeland Police Department,...
We're still here in the Parker Street neighborhood beginning a busy fall of service and neighboring. Looking back at our usual summer programming compared to Covid summer programming – we were at 22% of normal program hours for Grades K-8. At the same time, our high...
Taking Jesus and BBQ to the streets! Once a month Tim Mitchell and a few helpers are cooking out at a Parker Street corner all day, smoking up some sweet BBQ to share for dinner. Since it’s all day, they’re also able to crank out breakfast and lunch. Praise the Lord...
Parker Street Ministries is grateful for Publix Super Markets Charities and its funding that goes as far back as we have electronic records (2005) and probably earlier! This year’s funding was for…
So grateful for GiveWell Community Foundation’s Empower Polk Grant for funding this new website and a host of other Social Media enhancements. All for the good of engaging…
Fourteen Parker Street households signed up to help promote Neighborhood Christmas Store at a family workshop/dinner on October 3. While the kids were making Advent calendars, parents talked about…
Parker Street Ministries will receive access to Surf Lakeland in the months ahead. We applied to be part of this City-sponsored grant that seeks to relieve damage from the Digital Divide that affects so many…