S2E3: TOGETHER, NOT TAKEOVER
Part 1
WITH GUEST KERCIDA MCCLAIN
In Season 2 Episode 3, hosts Elizabeth Coffee and Ramiro Gonzales hear from Kercida McClain, the CEO of Project Transformation Rio Texas. She shares about her experience trying to find a home for Project Transformation and eventually forming a partnership with St. Mark’s United Methodist Church.
SHOW NOTES
KEY TAKEAWAYS
2:07 “When we talk about the work that we do, we talk about it as meeting the challenges of 3 C’s.”
Children
College
Church
6:08 “Project Transformation believes that churches should be the anchor in their communities… We really encourage them to ask the question ‘Who is my neighbor?’…and ‘How do I invest in my neighborhood?’”
7:19 “Partner churches just come alongside us, and they provide 3 P’s.”
Profit
People
Prayer
14:32 “We now know the neighborhood, the neighborhood knows us.”
15:20 “If you can imagine a congregation’s property having either a frowny face or a stern face or a smiley face, I feel like there’s a smile on this property now that really hadn’t been there for over a decade. And we’re getting to be a part of that.”
17:01 “Most of it, I think, was convincing [the church] that it wasn’t a takeover, it was a partnership.”
25:05 The Process
“Ask the questions, ‘What’s the greatest need our neighborhood has? What is it? What’re the greatest needs?’ And then when you get those top 3 answers, ask the next really big scary question: ‘How can we be a part of meeting that need?’ And then go find partners.”
26:44 The Impact
“When you get outside of yourself, you know what, your neighbors start showing up to your church. Even if that wasn’t your intention, that’s what happens because people can feel it when that energy really starts to change.”
CONTACT
Ramiro Gonzales | Westside Development Corporation
Elizabeth Coffee | Mission City Renewal
Kercida McClain | Project Transformation Rio Texas
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“Project Transformation believes the churches should be the anchor in their communities… We really encourage them to ask the question ‘Who is my neighbor?’… and ‘How do I invest in my neighborhood?’” — Kercida McClain
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