Literacy Missions
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About Literacy Missions:
Literacy Missions is a ministry involving Georgia Baptist churches, Associations, and others who desire to share the Good News of Jesus Christ through ministering to those with literacy needs.
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Paulette DeHart
State Missionary
Literacy Missions
404-538-8729
pdehart@gabaptist.org
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Annual State Conference for training and continuing education in ARW, ESL and TCY.
Download a printable registration form or view the schedule. Register Online Now!Adult Reading & Writing (ARW) Workshop
– Carrollton (Carroll County), GA
(Training for a church, an associational or individual outreach ministry to teach reading and writing to functionally illiterate adults while demonstrating and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.)
SCHEDULE:
Friday, October 6, 2017, 6:00 pm – 9:15 pm; and
Saturday, October 7, 2017, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm.
(Must attend all instructional hours for North American Mission Board certification.)
COST:
$45.00 (Includes Workshop Manual, Laubach books, refreshments, and lunch on Saturday)
Needs-based scholarships are available
Please make check payable to: “Living Stones Church”
Please send your check to the attention of: Kristen Keating (210 Belva Street, Carrollton, GA 30117)
Please note on the memo line of your check: “ARW Workshop”
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Friday, September 29, 2017.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION:
The 2010/2014 U.S. Census estimates that the percentages of the population (25 years of age and above) in the following counties has less than a high school education:
- Bartow County: 18.3%
- Carroll County: 19.7%
- Coweta County: 11.6%
- Douglas County: 12.2%
- Floyd County: 21.0%
- Fulton County: 9.1%
- Haralson County: 21.6%
- Heard County: 23.5%
- Meriwether County: 26.4%
Paulding County: 11.4%
Polk County: 24.8%
Troup County: 16.0%
Annual all-in-one training, inspiration, and fellowship. Annual meeting of those interested in receiving more training for ESL, ARW, TCY, Alfalit and more.
Online registration coming soon!
This ministry involves tutoring adults who are either illiterate, functioning non-readers, or those who are seeking to pass the “General Educational Development” (GED) test.
ARW Ministry Sites Listing (click to download PDF)
This ministry involves teaching foreign-born adults currently residing in Georgia who want to learn conversational English.
ESL Ministry Sites Listing (click to download PDF)
This ministry involves tutoring children and/or youth needing help with their schoolwork to enable them to succeed at and remain in school until they graduate.
TCY Ministry Sites Listing (click to download PDF)
This ministry involves teaching illiterate Spanish- speakers how to read & write in Spanish so they will be able to read God’s word.
ALF Ministry Sites Listing (click to download PDF)
This ministry involves teaching conversational English during short-term mission trips abroad.
Helping qualified ARW and ESL students become U.S. citizens.
CIT Ministry Sites Listing (click to download PDF)
For more information, please contact:
Paulette DeHart
770.979.0588
pdehart@gabaptist.org
Literacy Missions Regional Coordinators & Assistant Regional Coordinators:
REGION 1: (Counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield)
Phyllis Hart
Region 1 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
706.861.5570
Email Phyllis Hart
Assistant Region 1 Coordinator:
Mary Ann VanLandingham
ARW & ESL Specialist
423.596.1344
Email Mary Ann VanLandingham
REGION 2: (Counties: Banks, Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Towns, Union, White)
Mary Dolvin
Region 2 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
828.389.9451
Email Mary Dolvin
Assistant Region 2 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Region 3 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Evelyn Perry
Assistant Region 3 Coordinator
Citizenship & ESL Specialist
770.534.0509
Email Evelyn Perry
Annette Ingram
Region 4 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
770.315.9860
Email Annette Ingram
Assistant Region 4 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
REGION 5A: (Counties: Cobb, eastern half of DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton County – above Hwy. 20)
Lee Ann Early
Region 5A Coordinator
ESL Specialist
404.964.5412
Email Lee Ann Early
Assistant Region 5A Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Belinda Harris
Region 5B Coordinator
TCY Specialist
770.994.1254
Email Belinda Harris
Assistant Region 5B Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Region 6 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Assistant Region 6 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Mary Ann Leverett
Region 7 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
478.394.0315
Email Mary Ann Leverett
Assistant Region 7 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Region 9 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Ministry position is vacant
Region 10 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Joan Graham
Assistant Region 10 Coordinator
478.922.1188
Email Joan Graham
Barbara Payne
Region 11 Coordinator
ESL & DACA Specialist
229.377.3467
Email Barbara Payne
Brenda Arnold
Assistant Region 11 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
229.921.2793
Email Brenda Arnold
Donna Milner
Region 12 Coordinator
ESL Specialist
229.423.6704
Email Donna Milner
Assistant Region 12 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Martha Ann Sigler
Region 13 Coordinator
ARW, ESL Specialist
912.661.3066
Email Martha Ann Sigler
Assistant Region 13 Coordinator:
Ministry position is vacant
Citizenship Assistants:
Pat Carpenter
North Georgia
ESL & Citizenship Specialist
770.867.2506
Email Pat
Brenda Arnold
South Georgia
ESL & DACA Specialist
229.921.2793
Email Brenda
*Note: The North American Mission Board updates the Workshop Manuals every 10 years.
Aa. Adult Reading & Writing (ARW) Workshop Manual – Revised 2014 (click to download PDF)
Ab. Adult Reading & Writing (ARW) Workshop Manual – Revised 06/2011 (click to download PDF)
B. Adult Reading & Writing (ARW) Ministry Promotional Video
“Literacy Missions: Teaching Adult Low-Level Readers” (click to view)
C. Adult Reading & Writing (ARW) Promotional Poster (click here to download as PDF)
D. Laubach Way to Reading Books:
(Prices reflect those listed in the online catalog of New Readers Press as of April 2017)
Available from: New Readers Press / www.newreaderspress.com / 800.448.8878
- Laubach Way to Reading – Teacher’s Edition 1 ($10.75)
- Laubach Way to Reading – Student Skill Book 1 ($11.75)
- Correlated Reader: “In the Valley” * (Item # 2925-AEF08 = $7.00)
- Laubach Way to Reading, Workbook 1 * ($10.50)
- Correlated Reader: “More Stories 1” * (Item # 2929 = $7.00)
- Laubach Way to Reading Puzzle Book 1-2 (Pack of 5) * ($18.00)
- Laubach Way to Reading – Teacher’s Edition 2 ($10.75)
- Laubach Way to Reading – Student Skill Book 2 * ($11.75)
- Correlated Reader: “City Living” * (Item # 2926 = $7.00)
- Laubach Way to Reading, Workbook 2 * ($10.50)
- More Stores 2 * (Item #: 2936 = $7.00)
* Available at discounted prices when 5 or more of each are purchased at once.
Note: There are also Level 3 and Level 4 sets.
E. New Readers Press Materials for GED Preparation (click to view web page)
F. I Can Help a GED Student
G. Teaching in Prison
A. Mock Citizenship Booklet
B. 100 Questions for Test
C. Questions and Statements
D. Practice Sheet for Written Test
E. Watch the video: “A Mock Citizenship Interview”
*Note: The North American Mission Board updates the Workshop Manuals every 10 years.
Aa. TELL Manual, 2014 – (click to download)
Ab. English as a Second Language (ESL) Workshop Manual, 2011 (click to download PDF)
B. English as a Second Language (ESL) Promotional Video
“Literacy Missions: Teaching English Language Learners the Good News” (click to view)
C. ESL Directors
D. ESL Teachers
- Lesson Plan: Word by Word, 2nd edition, pg. 9 – “Everyday Activities I” (click to download PDF)
- Beginner Level ESL Class using the Total Physical Response (TPR) Drill (click to watch the video)
- Books, DVD’s, downloadable material, and a video showing how to create a lesson
- Creative Resources
- Internet Resources for Literacy Missions
- Picture Dictionary of American Holiday Words – December
- Conversation Cafe – watch the video!
E. Understanding the Honor-Shame Cultures
- World Map showing where Honor-Shame Cultures are located by missiographics.com (PDF)
- The 5 Unwritten Rules of Honor-Shame Cultures by Honor-Shame.com (PDF)
- Gospel Video: Back to God’s Village by Honor-Shame.com
- Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures, Chapter 7 – (PDF)
A. Tutoring Children & Youth (TCY) Workshop Manual (232 Pages – click to view reduced size PDF)
B. Tutoring Children & Youth (TCY) Promotional Video
“Literacy Missions: Teaching Children & Young Adults” (click to view)
C. Tutoring Children & Youth (TCY) Promotional Poster (PDF)
D. More TCY Resources:
- ABC Eggs (click to download pdf)
- Initial Sounds Eggs (click to download pdf)
- Preprimer Words (click to download PowerPoint)
- Primer Words (click to download PowerPoint)
- 1st Words (click to download PowerPoint)
- 2nd Words (click to download PowerPoint)
- 3rd Words (click to download PowerPoint)
- Websites list (click to download pdf)
E. Free Children’s Books
Please see website below for more information.
http://highergroundbooks.org
dkpcheek1@gmail.com
A. DVD “An interview with Bea Cagle” 32 minutes with an inspiring ARW, ESL, & TCY teacher.
- Please write a $3.00 check payable to:
“Intercultural Ministries” with “DVD – Bea Cagle Interview” on the memo line. - Please mail the check to:
Luz Ayala, Intercultural Church Planting
6405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097-4092
(also available on VHS)
B. DVD “Like Lighting a Candle” Shots of various volunteers in action within their ARW, ESL, and TCY ministries.
- Please write a $3.00 check payable to:
“Intercultural Ministries” with “DVD – Like Lighting a Candle” on the memo line. - Please mail the check to:
Luz Ayala, Intercultural Church Planting
6405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097-4092
A. “John and Lillian Isaacs: Making the Word Known” by Nell Tyner Bowen
This is the story of how God used a dedicated couple to begin the Literacy Missions ministry.
- Please write a $15.00 check payable to:
“Nell Tyner” with “Book – Making the Word Knowne” on the memo line. - Please mail the check to:
Nell Tyner Bowen
35 Mornside Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029
B. “Pebble In A Quiet Pool” by Nell Tyner Bowen
This book begins with the death of John Isaacs, and continues with the ministries Lillian Isaacs continues from her home.
- Please write a $15.00 check payable to:
“Nell Tyner” with “Book – Pebble In A Quiet Pool” on the memo line. - Please mail the check to:
Nell Tyner Bowen
35 Mornside Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029
A. “Literacy Missions: Combining Ministry and Evangelism for 50 Years” by Gayle Leininger
(click here to order a hard copy for $3.00 each)
B. “Literacy Missions: Combining Ministry and Evangelism for 50 Years” by Gayle Leininger
(click here to download PowerPoint)
(click here to download pdf)
Instructions for “Windows 10” users:
1) Click on the attachment;
2) Type your ministry’s information on the report;
3) Click on “File” tab on the upper-left of your screen;
4) Click on “Save As”;
5) Click on “Documents”;
6) In “Save As” window, click on “Documents” in the left margin;
7) In “File name:” field toward bottom of “Save As” window, add your ministry’s name;
8) Click on “Save” button on bottom of “Save As” window; and then
9) Send an E-mail to pdehart@gabaptist.org, and attach your completed “2016-2017 Literacy Missions Annual Report.”
