[Cross and Flames Image] Alameda Heights United Methodist Church - Denver, Colorado

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Alameda Heights United Methodist Church
3431 West Alameda Avenue, Denver, Colorado

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English as a Second Language (ESL)

Vision of Our Future

Alameda Heights United Methodist Church is offering a program to teach and tutor English as a Second Language to our neighboring Hispanic and Asian communities.

Our previous pastor, Rev. Joyce Snapp, is helping Patricia, one of our ESL students, to learn English.

Speaking as Friends

We at Alameda Heights United Methodist Church see offering English classes to our neighbors as one of the best ways that we can use our strengths in our particular location to do what Christ would have us do -- welcome the strangers in our midst and help them find life more abundant and joy more complete.

Our Vision

We have shared our vision with churches and agencies in the area.  Mi Casa, ten blocks north of us, encouraged us to go ahead with our efforts and referred us to the Justice Information Center for technical help.
The Justice Information Center supported our plan and had our brochures translated into Spanish and Vietnamese at no cost to us. Denver Public Schools told us they would allow us to distribute our brochures through the local schools.  Community leaders are in agreement that there is an urgent need for this service.
In a guest editorial in the Denver Post in June 1997 Sean McAllister, ACLU Human Rights Fellow studying law at UC Boulder, stated that a "major obstacle for immigrants wanting to naturalize is that there is a 3,000 person waiting list in the Denver area to get into English language classes."

Enrollment Information

Our classes are currently offered on Tuesday and Thursday.  Please contact Rev. Jorge Pantelis for availability of teachers and enrollment procedures.

 

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