Services Provided:
The Office of Pastoral Counseling provides an integrated holistic counseling approach using theology and psychology. The Office of Pastoral Care is three part:
EmpowerOne provides transitional housing , education and training to transient women. The Offiice of Kendi provides support in the community through its mentorship and group counseling program for at risk youth beginning at the age of 13; and lastly, ClergyCare provides training for pastors, church leadership and others interested in establishing and developing a Pastoral Care ministry within their church or organization. The MHT Family Life Center offers assistance to women, frequently homeless, as they move from dependent, often abusive relationships and women leaving the prison systems into independent, self-sufficient lifestyles. In the future, the organization will provide transitional housing and life skills training for women. The EmpowerOne Program provides transitional housing clients with an eight step program that teaches them. They use a collaborative approach that assists clients in developing self-sufficiency in the clients. The steps include personal development, vocational training, counseling, interpersonal skills building, substance abuse prevention, community involvement and leisure activities, independent living skills, sustaining self- sufficiency. Overall the center is concerned with the community and providing a safe space to receive compassionate care, empathy, empowerment, healing and transformation.
**The Marie Buckner Hansford Thurmond Transitional Housing is our current project that we are working on.**
