Burnt Oak Community Resource Centre

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Burnt Oak Community Resource Centre is the small building located next to International Gospel Church on Watling Avenue, and is used throughout the week by various groups and organisations. All of the groups that use the building share a common ethos, to provide the community with high quality, affordable services run by a mixture of dedicated professionals and volunteers from the local area.

Working in the community, for the community, as part of the community.

Why Is It Important For The Church To Be Involved In The Community?

Actions speak louder than words. We believe that God wants us to show practically His love and His concern in the world. In the Parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46), Jesus explicitly describes his followers as those who ‘fed the hungry’, ‘invited in the stranger’, ‘clothed and cared for the poor’, ‘tended the sick’ and ‘visited those who were in prison’. In Galatians 2:10 it records the meeting of Peter and Paul, here they agreed that helping the poor was a priority. When we look at the life of Jesus we find that he always reacted with compassion to situations around him.

So why should we get involved in the community? Because God wants us to!

The Resource Centre currently offers the following services:

• Woodcroft Advice Centre
  • Providing help and assistance in many areas
• Beulah Counselling Service
  • Confidential, affordable counselling for a wide variety of situations and circumstances.
• Adult Education
  • Courses in IT and preparing for work or training, provided through Barnet College and learndirect.
• North West London Credit Union
  • Community run low cost savings and loans.