New Life Community Church in Oak Forest is stepping up to help the Unemployed and underemployed in the community. Starting on April 29th the church will begin weekly job search support groups. The groups are intended to offer encouragement and practical career guidance to people who are in career transition. The groups will be held on Wednesday mornings from 9am until 11am. Refreshments will be served.
AL Garcia pastor of New Life Community Church is also a Certified Career Management Coach. He
says, “It0s times like this when the church needs to rise up and offer
not only spiritual help but also practical emotional and career
support.” “Times are tough but nobody should have to go it alone”, Garcia stated.
Besides the weekly job search support groups New Life Church located at 5333 W. 151st in Oak Forest will also provide monthly Network meetings for the unemployed. Guest speakers will be invited to speak on the topic of effective career transition.
In
association with Crossroads Career Network New Life Church will make
available a state of the art website including a massive job search
portal. Resume development and one on one career coaching
are also part of the program that New Life Church will be offering to
the community. “The best part of it all is that it is absolutely free”. Pastor Garcia says, “It is a service that we want to give to our community”.
New Life Community Church has also established
network connections with other community based organizations such as Nexus Employment Solutions located at 15524 S. Cicero in Oak Forest. Nexus provides free resume critique and development on Wednesdays.
“During down times people need help staying up” says Pastor Garcia. Who will be devoting his Sunday messages to the topic of stress starting on Sunday April 19th. His series of teaching is entitled: Stressed-How To Calm Down Without Cracking Up.
Pastor
Garcia invites other individuals and community organizations to get
involved. “If you have resources, talents, and abilities, Why not use
them to better our community” says, Garcia.
For
more information about the Job Search support groups and how to access
your free job search website offered by New Life Community Church call
708-499-6240. Or, Email to
oakforest@newlifechicago.org
