What is Welcoming the Stranger?

Welcoming the Strangeris a non-profit educational ministry that seeks to follow Jesus' call to welcome people who come into our land. It provides free classes in English, computers, and citizenship to immigrants and refugees in Lower Bucks County and Northeast Philadelphia.

Founded in 1999, Welcoming the Stranger has taught more than 1800 students from 85 different countries!

Using paid teachers and over 40 volunteers each term, classes are currently being offered at ten locations: the Computer Center of the Langhorne Baptist Church, the Ivins House of the Morrisville Presbyterian Church, the Warminster United Church of Christ, the Church of Hope and Love in Levittown, 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, the Chandler Hall Health Services in Newtown, and the Holmesburg United Methodist Church in Philadelphia.

Those who would like to attend a class or to volunteer as a teacher for Welcoming the Stranger should call Rev. Sturgis Poorman at 215-702-3445 or email him at sspjrp@yahoo.com

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