The Baton Rouge Dream Center is an outreach campus of Healing Place Church. We are located in the Winborne Baptist Church facilities, in one of the most crime ridden and poor areas of city. We hope to be a light in the darkness and reach the ones forgotten and abandoned by society for Jesus Christ.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Church service starts every Sunday at noon with lively worship and preaching from Gods word. Our discipleship classes, Walk It Out, start at 11:00am. During this time we study the word of God, share some breakfast, and build relationships in a small group setting. Buses head out into the community at 10:00am to bring people to church. We also give a bag of groceries to anyone at the service that might need it.
If you would like to be a part of our Sunday services, we need greeters, bus drivers and workers, ushers and help in the nursery and kids church. For more information contact Hope Boutte by email at hope.boutte@healingplacechurch.org
DIRECTIONS to Winbourne Location
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From Highland Campus:
Take interstate 10 to College Dr. exit to right, go past golf course
Take a left on Foster Dr
Go North over Florida S. Keep going on Nth Foster till you get to Winbourne Ave.
Take a left and Winbourne Baptist Church is immediately on your right
Address is: 4829 Winbourne Ave
DIRECTIONS to Roselawn Location
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From Highland Campus
Take 1-10 to Acadian exit to the right
Go to Florida St. and take a right
Get in left hand lane
Go past the yellow Auto King building
Take a left on Roselawn
We are on the right in the middle of the block
Address is: 450 Roselawn
CAFE
The Cafe is one of the main entry point for people from around the Baton Rouge Dream Center that are seeking assistance or curious about all we have to offer. Many hurting, lost souls come through the doors. Often times they are in great need. Some are in need of a home, others an escape from a pimp, or maybe some tutoring, groceries, diapers. etc. The cafe is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Free Community Coffee is served, along with snack breakfast foods. On Friday, our boutique of free clothing is open during Cafe hours. A representative from each support service area of the Dream Center is available to meet with people and get them plugged into the resources that will hopefully meet their needs. Right now we need volunteers to greet the people, sit with them, fill out the intake forms, which tell us what each person needs, and also just to hang out, be a nice face, talk to the people, make them feel welcome and at home at the Baton Rouge Dream Center. If you would like to help with the Cafe please contact charity.trahan@churchunited.org or jillian.ortells@churchunited.org.
STREET YOUTH OUTREACH
In an effort to bring hope into hopeless situations, this is an outreach targeted specifically for homeless youth, at-risk kids and child prostitutes. We go to the streets to reach these kids by offering food, care kits and a listening ear. Our goal is to develop trust with these young people that they will allow us to help them to seek another life. Along with our street outreaches we will also be offering a drop-in center where homeless and at-risk youth can take a shower, wash their clothes and spend some time with people who really care. We are looking for volunteers who are willing to serve a forgotten and discarded population. It may not always be easy, but the rewards will be phenomenal. We do street youth outreach on Monday nights and Thursday during the day, drop-in hours vary (day and night), so please contact Charity Trahan at charity.trahan@churchunited.org
RESCUE AND RESTORE
Human trafficking is a huge problem across the globe and here in the United States. The Rescue and Restore coalition works together with other faith based organizations and government agencies in the fight against Human Trafficking. If you would like to help Rescue and Restore the victims of Human Trafficking, contact alliece.cole@healingplacechurch.org
MIDNIGHT OUTREACH
We reach out to those involved in the sex trade, drugs and violence. Whether they’re dancing at a strip club or selling drugs on the corner, we believe that God has a purpose for them. Through handing a dancer a rose or giving a dealer a cold drink, we have seen these simply acts of kindness speak volumes about the love of God to these lost and hurting people. For more information about Midnight Outreach please contact Alliece Cole at alliece.cole@healingplacechurch.org
WAREHOUSE PREP
Every Thursday a group of volunteers help sort food, inventory products and prepare grocery bags for the weekend outreaches. We meet at our Roselawn location at 9am and usually wrap up around 12:30pm. If you are interested in being part of our behind-the-scenes prep team please contact daniel.wells@healingplacechurch.org
GED PREPARATION CLASS
Through partnership with Literacy Coalition. The Dream Center will facilitate G.E.D. Preparation classes, Monday - Thursday from 9am to 1pm. Email Susan Rogers at tavelrogers@cox.net for more information.
STAND
This is a State ran program for youth who are aging out of the Foster Care system. Life skills are taught in order to make the transition as smooth as possible. Volunteers are needed to partner with this program in visiting Foster homes on special occasions, mentor the kids and the
young adults as they transition into adult life and help with special events. Contact charity.trahan@churchunited.org for more information.
STEP OUT
Step Out is a federally funded program that helps recently released offenders to develop life skills and to find meaningful employment. Along with job training and education, we also provide case management and mentoring to non-violent, non sex-related offenders. There are lots of people in our community who are in need of a second chance. If you are interested in investing in the lives of these men and women we invite you to join us at our mentoring program, Equip. We are always looking for men and women who could invest a few hours of time a month
to help change the course of people’s lives. Please contact william.bradford@churchunited.org if you are interested in helping out.
SATURDAY OUTREACH
If your heart beats for the poor and the hurting then you need to check out the Baton Rouge Dream Center. Reaching out to the inner city through block parties, grocery giveaways, and street outreach, the BRDC endeavors to bring light to the darkness and hope to the hopeless. Every Saturday at 10am we meet at 450 Roselawn for street outreach. For more information contact charity.trahan@churchunited.org.
HOMELESS OUTREACH
On Thursday mornings we serve a hot meal to the homeless population of Baton Rouge. So often these precious men and women spend their lives being overlooked and ignored by society. By providing a free meal and doing what we can to meet some of their basic needs, we can make a huge difference in someone’s life. We need volunteers to cook breakfast at 5am, at the Highland campus Outreach building, and volunteers to help serve the breakfast at 7:00am
at 450 Roselawn.
We also need donations of:
1. Men’s jeans in any condition,
2. New socks and underwear.
3. New or nearly new towels.
4. Travel size personal hygiene items (shampoo, soap, lotion, etc.)
5. New or used men’s shoes.
6. Men’s coats
7. Tents
8. Blankets
You can drop off your donations at the Cooking for Christ Shed, which is adjacent to the HPAC Concession stand which is behind the HPC office building on the Highland road campus (call or email Vince prior to drop off). Or you can bring your donations by 450 Roselawn on Thursday’s between 7:00 and 8:00am. For more information contact Vince at vince@noplaceoutreach.org or call 225-445-3226.
CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
The boutique is open during Cafe hours on Friday. We always need help sorting and organizing the clothes. If you would like to help please contact jillian.ortells@churchunited.org
BOUTIQUE DONATION
**Please label donation bags, boxes or any container with the contents
so we can make sure the items get sorted correctly**
1. New clothes (or clothes that look like they’re new).
2. New socks and underwear.
3. New or nearly new towels.
4. Travel size personal hygiene items (shampoo, soap, lotion, etc.)
5. New or nearly new shoes (no heels or dress shoes)
6. New or nearly new Baby Items (diapers, blankets, strollers, clothes, etc)
7. Also we gladly receive couches, chairs or mattresses that are new or
nearly new.
You may drop these items off at the BRDC/Winbourne Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday between 10am to 1pm. Please contact hope.boutte@healingplacechurch.org to let us know that you are coming, especially if you are bringing furniture so we can make arrangements for
the items.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 3pm-6pm we open our doors to the youth in the community with a special youth leadership meeting Wednesdays from 3pm - 6pm. In an effort to build relationships and offer positive avenues of recreation, we offer young people ages 12-18 the chance to be involved in sports, crafts, dance and a myriad of other activities. We are in need of volunteers who are willing to give up a few hours of their time to pour into the lives of these young people. Whether you’re a sports enthusiast, a stay-at-home mom or a teacher, everyone has something to offer. More than anything else, these kids need someone to care about them and their lives. If you are interested in volunteering with our after school program please contact nathan.robert@churchunited.org
BRDC STAFF
Campus Pastor: Craig Boutte- craig.boutte@healingplacechurch.org
Pastor’s Assistant: Hope Boutte- hope.boutte@healingplacechurch.org
Student Ministries: Nathan Robert- nathan.robert@churchunited.org
Rescue and Restore: Alliece Cole- Alliece.cole@healingplacechurch.org
Outreach Coordinator: Charity Trahan- charity.trahan@churchunited.rog
Cafe: Jillian.Ortells@churchunited.org
Step Out Director: William Bradford- william.bradford@churchunited.org