by Chris Marlin-Warfield | Oct 31, 2011 | Headline, News
The Church of Peace was pleased to be the 2011 recipient of the Quad City Community Award given by the Community Caring Conference. Nora Steele and Rev. Swartz accepted the award for the Summer Meals program at the CCC’s annual Heroes Award Banquet on Thursday,...
by Chris Marlin-Warfield | Oct 31, 2011 | News
ROCK ISLAND — Refugees at a family literacy program Tuesday at Church of Peace were treated to some pre-Halloween ”goodie” bags. But instead of candy, ther bags contained personal items, such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes and deodorant. Vicky...
by Chris Marlin-Warfield | Oct 31, 2011 | News
After processing all the daily meal counts during the Rock Island Schools intersession, our total count for meals from October 10-21 was 4298. The sites included in this total were Church of Peace, Rauch Park, and MLK Center. Once again, it’s all because of our...
by Chris Marlin-Warfield | Oct 31, 2011 | News
The Family Literacy Program was held during Intersession, October 4th – 21st. Classes were held for not only adults, but for children normally attending school, and daycare was provided for infants and toddlers. Teachers were hired from Black Hawk College,...
by Chris Marlin-Warfield | Oct 31, 2011 | Events
Friday, November 4th 9:00 am Second Baptist Church 919 6th Avenue, Rock Island $5 lunch reservation due by November 1st 794-0702