Successes in the Mission to Biblically Transform Tucson

Because of the support of members and donors, we are honored and humbled to share regular updates on the successes we're seeing in our efforts to align Tucson with God's ways. If you want to offer support financially, click here. If you want to serve as a volunteer, click here. If you are already supporting this amazing mission, thank you! Whether you currently support us or are just learning about us, we hope these God stories inspire you to live out your God given purpose and biblically transform Tucson!

2021

The 4Tucson Education Domain Mobilized 103 participants from 2 social service agencies - AZ Complete Health and Talawa Fostering Services in England, who directly or indirectly serve children and teens within the foster care systems in Trauma Informed Love and Logic® classes.  The knowledge that they gained helps foster healing, healthy relationships, trust, and hope!

4Tucson Education Domain gathered 6 leaders from two Tucson area School districts to Engage in next steps to launching School Connect program.

4Tucson Education Domain provided list of interested business wanting to Engage with Tucson Unified School District High Schools through School Connect program.

23 teachers, leaders and community partners Engaged with 4Tucson Education Domain in training on The Whole Child that increased knowledge of the importance and value of religion/spiritual development within schools and renewed knowledge of U.S. Laws governing this area.

In partnership with the Southern Arizona Trauma Informed Network, 4Tucson Education Domain Mobilized 171 individuals from schools, non-profits, foster care agencies and faith communities on the affect COVID and other traumas effect responses, relationships, choices and brain development, while providing tools for self-care and avoid burnout and compassion fatigue.

4Tucson Education Domain Mobilized 11 parents in a 6-week in-person training on Parenting the Love and Logic Way, which impacted multiple children in each family with healthier parenting styles and more joy!

4Tucson began Engaging individuals in the Purpose Workshop in the middle of the pandemic.  19 people attended in-person workshops from July – Dec. 2020; 11 were already members of 4Tucson and 6 became members after the class.

In Quarter 1 of 2021, 4Tucson Engaged 32 individuals to fulfill their God given purpose by completing the Purpose Workshop. This number surpasses the entire number of participants in 2020.

4Tucson Engaged 9 participants from the organization Love Out Loud in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in discovering their purpose with a virtual Purpose Workshop.  Here is what they had to say;

• “The Purpose Workshop was an excellent tool for folks no matter where they are on the continuum of understanding purpose: a primer for those who are new to the concept and great material to remind others who’ve been working on it for a good while.”

• “I found it helpful to take the various inventories and assessments and to talk together about the differences and similarities in our purposes as staff and volunteers (or our organization)”

• “We all benefited from greater insight into each other.  We have continued to unpack and discuss the unique ways God has made each of us and how we best fit together as a team”

In November of 2020, the Reclaiming Hope Conference Engaged 198 participants from 11 different states, 3 foreign countries and 46 different zip codes in a virtual conference on Trauma Informed Care.  Attendees representing 72 different organizations and churches became connected through 38 different breakout sessions that encouraged, trained, and provided resources.  Here is what attendees had to say;

• From Africa: “I feel my calling is to help children.  I am also a registered nurse and practiced a lot before studying Psychology and now I work in a Surgical Pediatric unit in our National Hospital in Kenya, so these materials will help us a lot over here.”

• “I am reflecting on the virtual conference and several things have remained imprinted in my mind.  First, the theme was very timely, RECLAIMING HOPE.  It keeps resounding, especially every moment I meet with people who have lost hope. Second, is being able to be a healing presence.”

4Tucson Education Domain Mobilized 14 organizations for the 2020 Reclaiming Hope Conference:

In December of 2020, 4Tucson Mobilized a Community Calendar that churches and organizations can submit their community event to be placed on 4Tucson’s calendar.  In its first four months, 4Tucson has promoted 5 community events on our website calendar.

In January 2020, 4Tucson Government Domain and 100 Club of Southern AZ Mobilized an in-person Reception and Blessing Breakfast for Elected Officials and First Responders.  The event premier sponsor, HSL Properties, joined 30 businesses, organizations to sponsor 32 tables where close to 200 attendees received a Godly blessing and developed close ties with Elected Officials and First Responders.

4Tucson Government Domain Engaged Biblical Citizenship Committee Chairs, Piet and Mary Van de Mark, who became certified and facilitated 6 classes of Patriot Academy.  Over 40 attendees learned how our founding fathers were guided by God when they wrote the US Constitution and how we as biblical citizens can preserve our rights that have been given to us by God.

4Tucson Poverty Reduction Director Engaged 5 Christians to be certified trainers of Faith and Finance through Chalmers to partner with churches and non-profits to share faith and financial principles with individuals living in poverty.

Over 25 non-profit leaders Mobilized for a time of prayer and encouragement at the 4Tucson lead Non-Profit Prayer Summit. Attendees committed to continue to pray with those they met during the summit and had this to say:

• We are better together.
• People what to connect and build relationships.
• Connections are reminders that we are not alone.

4Tucson Engaged with 48 attendees in a virtual Design Thinking Process at Movement Day Tucson 2021 to create 6 prototypes for reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity in the Amphi Neighborhood in Tucson.

4Tucson Engaged with organizations and residents in the Amphi Neighborhood to tell the story of the neighborhood as part of Movement Day Tucson 2021.  View Video here:

As a result of Movement Day Tucson 2021, 4Tucson is Engaging with strategic allies, churches, residents and members of the Amphi Neighborhood Coalition in an Asset Based Community Development pilot project to reduce poverty and Increase economic opportunity in the Amphi Neigborhood.

2020

• 4Tucson Government Domain partnered with the Christian Coalition of Tucson to Mobilize over 100 Christians in the Citywide Prayer and Fasting Night for the government in August 2020.

• 4Tucson Government Domain collaborated with Tucson civic leaders to Mobilize Christians in the political process to successfully pass funding for the Tucson Police Department.

• 4Tucson Government Domain Engaged with 15 organizations from the marketplace, church, schools and government to discuss racial equity and community policing.

• 4Tucson Government Domain is Empowering Christians through the local church to become involved in the political process in our city through a non-partisan initiative called Cultural Impact Teams. Learn more at www.4tucson.com/culture-impact-teams/