Religion

A CUP OF JOY RESOURCE CENTER, PO Box 29711, Columbus, OH 43229. A Christian faith based not-for-profit organization that exists to serve single parent families.

CBN-OPERATION BLESSING,1.800.759.0700. Provides aid to the needy, mostly food.

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631, 1.800.638.3522, ext. 2710, 773.380.2700, Fax: 773.380.1465, Email: info@elca.org, website: www.ecla.org. The following states, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND have groups that provide help with hunger, evictions, utility cut-offs, or lack of funds for essential medicine, low-cost housing, temporary shelter or emergency housing for poor, homeless, women and children, child care, youth programs, employment, financial aid, car repairs, furniture, medical bills, rent payments, funeral and burial needs, teen pregnancy, victims of abuse and poverty, immigrants, AIDS victims, Hispanic, African American, Asian. Call above #s and ask for groups in your state above and for what services are provided which may differ for each state and group.

WOMEN WITH A CALL INTERNATIONAL (WWACI), PO Box 541564, Miami, FL 33054, 1.866.922.2404, website: www.wwaci.org. A Christ-Centered international women's outreach, under the umbrella of Rose of Sharon Ministries, Inc., reaching women of all socio-economic and racial backgrounds, who have made or are in the process of making Jesus the center of their lives. A ministry which helps women to identify the call of God upon their lives and/or give directives regarding that call.