Beauregard Christian Women’s Job Corps site was one of two CWJCs honored with site awards at the Live the Joy of Missions WMU Conference, Oct. 17-20, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Beauregard Christian Women’s Job Corps site was one of two CWJCs honored with site awards at the Live the Joy of Missions WMU Conference, Oct. 17-20, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark.
The awards were made possible by the Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps Endowment managed by the WMU Foundation. The award will enable Beauregard to expand its current ministries and continue to reach out to women in need. CWJC is a ministry of national WMU that seeks to equip women for life and employment through a Christ-centered, holistic approach. Each CWJC site is created and operated by a woman who has heard and responded to the call of God to invest her life in other people. Site coordinator Mary Koehn accepted the award on behalf of Beauregard CWJC. Her site will use the award money to upgrade its computer lab. “This is important because being able to use a computer is a marketable skill sought after by participants and draws them to us,” Koehn explained.
Koehn started Beauregard CWJC in 2004. Her program offers two 12-week sessions each year with classes in a number of topics, depending on available volunteers, including career planning, health and nutrition, keyboarding and computer skills, conflict resolution (Bible study), parenting, financial management, communication, personal development, and tutoring for the GED.
She says the Beauregard site is unique to her community in many ways because it offers a personal Christian mentor for each participant, requires participants to attend weekly Bible studies, offers GED tutoring, and works with a local staffing agency to offer CWJC participants job opportunities.
“God hovers over this ministry and He reminds us of His faithful presence in the day-to-day activities,” Koehn said.