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In 2001 the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship launched a rural poverty initiative called “Together for Hope.” It is a 20-year commitment to “offer hope to people in and around 20 of the poorest counties in the United States.” Two of those counties, Lee and Phillips, are located here in Arkansas. Helena is situated on the eastern border of Phillips county, right on the Mississippi River.
PHBC members have banded together with the CBF of Arkansas mission team, Ben and Leonora Newell, in Helena-West Helena. The goal is to give new life and opportunity to people of the Mississippi Delta region in Phillips and Lee Counties. A PHBC team works for a week each summer in Bible Day Camp and library ministries. The week includes teaching swimming lessons to all the children in VBS as well as evening swim classes for adults.
In addition to going and working, the church supplies items of need in the Together for Hope ministry. Each Christmas we collect hundreds of coats, hats, and mittens for residents of all ages. School supplies, bicycles, and books for the Community Center’s book-mobile are delivered in time for back-to-school. Swim suits, beach towels and tote bags are collected before VBS week each summer for the residents taking swimming lessons. We continue to provide help in any way that is requested.
