West Side

The History of the Uffizi Mission Partnership with The Village Apartments

My family moved to the West Side in April 2006.  Through various connections, one day I visited the Village Apartments to have a meeting with the executive director and hear about the work of the Turner Foundation.  The Turner Foundation purchased this apartment complex on the West Side, 70 units, for the expressed purpose of blessing the West Side and making it a safe place to live.  We share the same passion – to express the love of God for people in real tangible ways.  You can read about the Village Apartments at http://www.theturnerfoundation.com/the-village.htm.

Again, there are ways for you to partner with us in the work of God on the West Side.  We are now working on a plan of community health development as well.  This means we are working to develop a leadership community within the apartments, who will care for their own needs and multiply the effort throughout the West Side.

The Village has a community center, open Monday-Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 3-7pm.  This is a great way to befriend families here.  It is also a great way for you to enter the lifeblood of the culture.

If you want to know more, send me an email and we can set up a time to meet down at the Village.

What happens at the Village?

*Kids Club - we have a kids club at the Village apartments, Thursdays at 4:30-6:00pm, for kids between the ages of preschool and 6th grade. Kids Club is taking a break for the summer, but anyone is invited to join us for Pool Days on Friday afternoons at the Village!

*Man Talk – Man Talk is a discipleship group uniting mature, Christian mentors with 5^th-8^th grade boys from the neighborhood. We meet on Monday nights at 7pm in the Community Center for worship, Bible study, and fun.

*Village Apartments Bible Study – we meet at 7pm on Wednesday nights in Apt #55 here at the Village.  We have child care for residents who come to the meeting.

*Community Health Empowerment – we hve three servants currently living at the Village who are working toward establishing our development plan for the West side.  Contact me if you are interested in helping the residents here empower themselves to bring “shalom” to the lower West Side.

*Tutoring – we started a tutoring center at the Village Apartments, and are always looking for new tutors. We have a library connected with our tutoring center as well, and so let us know you want to help stock our library! -During the summer, tutoring takes the form of the Summer Reading Club, where kids and adults can meet to read together Thursdays from 5:30-7:00.-

Carrillo Apartments

We are excited to begin caring for our neighbors at the Carrillo Apartments – which is right next door to the Village.

This Summer we have begun establishing relationships with a whole new West Side Community!

Let me know if you want to help create this new initiative!

Greater West Side

*La Cumbre Junior High – This past year, we began building a relationship with students and staff at La Cumbre Junior High. We hope to continue to have a presence on their campus in the coming school year.

*Oasis– We recently started a new youth group for high school students in the West Side! Oasis meets on Monday nights at 6pm at the Twelve35 Teen Center on Chapala.