Interactive Cooperative for Education, Events, Engagement of men and families.

1. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
Heartland Center
Fathers / Leaders
Educate – Event- Engage
All Stages – All Ages
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

2. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

3. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
The Community Transformation Initiative
Engage – Encourage - Empower
HEARTLAND CENTER
FOR FAMILIES AND FATHERS
Fathers and Parents in the Home
Families in our Community
Leaders in Our Congregations
Legislators in Our States
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

4. The Community Transformation Initiative
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Joyful Generations
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

5. The Community Transformation Initiative
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We Commit
A better life for our community.
A life full of grace and peace.
Development of fathers, parents, and
community leaders full of grace and peace.
Offering grace and peace in education,
events, and encouragement.
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

6. The Community Transformation Initiative
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How will we do this?
Family and Fathering Weekends
Focused Events for Leaders, Family and Fathers
Encouraging Words and A Listening Heart to 30,000
community leaders including 7,000 legislators.
Fathering, Men, and Leaders’ Interact Center
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7. The Community Transformation Initiative
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Why Do We Do This?
•The United States leads the world in
fatherlessness with over 40% of our children going
to bed without a father present.
•Fatherlessness is not just physical. It is
emotional, social, relational, and spiritual.
•The active presence of a supportive father
brings home and community health. Studies
prove that children with this advantage perform
better in education, become more caring
people, and avoid destructive behaviors.
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

8. The Community Transformation Initiative
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FatherLessNess
63%
suicides
85%
70% 2x
Behavior
Juvenile jail
detention disorders
71%
dropouts
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9. The Community Transformation Initiative
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Why Do We Do This?
•Our fatherlessness is not just fathers. This
situation is reflective of the health of our
leadership in community, congregation, and
home.
•Good leaders and good fathers are
nurturing, committed, caring, alert, aware,
involved, protective providers.
•Good leaders and good fathers are
supported and covered in caring community.
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

10. The Community Transformation Initiative
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FatherFullNess
Better
Education
Performance
Calm
Secure
Sexual Dad Less
Identity Aggression
Higher
Achievers
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If not you and us, who?
If not now, when?
We commit to make a
difference in the home, the
neighborhood, the
community, the states, and
our nation .
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

12. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
Out of the Abundance….
Proverbial Wisdoms From Solomon
• A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.
• The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear
of the wise seeks knowledge
• Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of
understanding will draw it out.
• Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD
weighs the hearts.
• Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it
spring the issues of life.
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13. The Community Transformation Initiative
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We Believe
By reaching the hearts of leaders
through effective scriptural based
wisdoms and genuine care and
concern in Christ, the decisions they
make move closer and closer to God’s
ultimate heart.
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

14. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
What Is Our Status?
•Since 2002, numerous fathering and parenting citywide and focused
events have been held in cooperation with the National Center for
Fathering, The Oklahoma Family Policy Council, The Oklahoma
Department of Human Services, CDC, CBMC, and hundreds of other
community groups and congregations.
•Since 2002, numerous cross denominational and cross cultural events
have been held developing leadership community unity.
•Since 2002, hundreds of thousands of encouraging messages and
prayers have been delivered.
•Today, we reach 3242 legislators in 26 states.
•Today, we reach 4400+ community leaders
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15. The Community Transformation Initiative
Empowered Living
How Can I Help?
• Finances : The Community Transformation Initiative is an
authorized extension of PrayerMetro, Inc., an authorized
501c3 for charitable tax deductible contribution. Mail to The
Community Transformation Initiative c/o PrayerMetro, 508
Tumbleweed Dr., Yukon, Oklahoma 73099 or go online at
prayermetro.wordpress.com and click the support link at the
right.
• Prayer: Commit to pray with every update, every gift you
give, every hour you serve or every day if your heart is so
moved.
• Hands: This work takes many talents and hands. What can
you give of yourself?
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16. The Community Transformation Initiative
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Choose To Join
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace

17. The Community Transformation Initiative
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Choose To Join
Just and Moral Living -Supportive Relationships -Grace and Peace