What is Welcoming the Stranger?

Welcoming the Stranger is a ministry of the Lower Bucks Center for Church and Community. It provides free classes in English, computers, and citizenship to immigrants and refugees in Lower Bucks County.

Founded in 1999, Welcoming the Stranger has taught more than 1500 students from 80 different countries!

Using paid teachers and over 200 volunteers, primarily from local congregations, classes are currently being offered in nine Bucks County locations: the Computer Center of the Langhorne Baptist Church, the Ivins House of the Morrisville Presbyterian Church, the Warminster United Church of Christ, the Philadelphia Park Race Track, the St. Mary Hospital Family Resource Center in Bensalem, the YWCA Center at the Creekside Apartments in Bensalem, the Morrisville United Methodist Church, the Brunswick at Attleboro in Langhorne, and the Chandler Hall Health Services in Newtown.

Those who might like to volunteer to help at one of the Welcoming the Stranger classes should call Rev. Sturgis Poorman at 215-702-3445 or email him at sspjrp@yahoo.com