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Service Summit

Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (CT)

Bryan, TX

Service Summit

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Service Summit - General
This ticket allows general admission to the Summit. Lunch is included in the ticket price.
Ended $25.00 $0.00
Service Summit - Student
This ticket is for current University students. Lunch is included in the ticket price.
Ended $15.00 $0.00
Service Summit - Exhibiter
This ticket allows you to reserve exhibit space so that you can share with others about your organization and how you serve others in our community. Lunch is included in the ticket price.
Ended $35.00 $0.00
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Event Details

What is Service Summit?


This event is designed as a gathering for concerned citizens, clergy, and non-profit leaders,  where there can be discussion about some of the growing social problems in the Brazos Valley.  Also at the Summit, we will highlight opportunities where people can collaborate or get more involved in serving.

Family Promise invites you to the Brazos Center on Thursday November 10th.

  • The need for this Summit is great because poverty is spreading across our region. Recent studies conducted by the city of Bryan, for example show that the poverty rate is rising at 4 times the national average
  • According to Brazos Valley Council of Governments Workforce Board 32 percent of families in Brazos County make less that $20,000 a year.
  • In College Station 32 percent of students receive free and reduced lunch.  In real numbers, a family of 4 can make no more than $559 a week to qualify for free lunch.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The causes of poverty are obviously complex, but one unfortunate result is that many well-meaning individuals, who want to help and are full of compassion, remain disconnected from the plight of a rising number of people in our own backyard.  They know neither who to serve or how best to be involved.  Family Promise is hoping that the Service Summit will give leaders good information and create a context where our community can work together and make a difference in these trends.


Gabe LyonsOur special guest speaker at Service Summit will be Gabe Lyons. His work has been featured by CNN, Fox News, the New York Times and Newsweek. He is the author of The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America (Doubleday, 2010). His first book, unChristian, was coauthored with Dave Kinnaman and revealed exclusive research on pop-culture's negative perception of Christians.

When & Where



Brazos Center
3232 Briarcrest Drive
Bryan, TX

Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (CT)


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Hosted By

Family Promise, Bryan College Station



Family Promise, a local ministry to homeless families in Bryan and College Station, is organizing Service Summit. Come and see what is happening in our community and how you can join with others to make a difference.