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The Salvation Army Compton Corps Community Center opened in 1975 to serve the needs of families living in Compton, Carson, Lynwood and South Los Angeles. The Center was the first of its kind to open in the community.
When the Center opened, service centered on providing youth activities, sports, and after- school programs. Today, the Center offers a social services component and children?s performing arts program that serves children, adults, seniors and the homeless in Compton, North Carson, Lynwood, and East Gardena.
Compton Corps? programs include:
- Athletics (large weight room, basketball court with scoreboard, bleachers, volleyball equipment, men?s and women?s locker room with shower facilities, industrial kitchen, snack bar, playground, lighted and gated parking lot)
- Weekly worship services for adults and children (Sunday School/Children?s activities at 10:00 a.m.; Worship Service at 11 a.m.)
- Bible study (Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; Prayer Meeting/Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.)
- S.A.Y - Save America?s Youth - Yes! Tutoring and Mentoring Program (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 3:30 ? 6:00 p.m.)
- Tutoring (Wednesday 3:30 ? 4:30 p.m.); Music (4:30 p.m.); Dinner/Snack (5:30 p.m.); Children?s Choir (6:00 p.m.). ($10/month?Wednesdays and Fridays are free
- Soup kitchen every Monday at 6:00 p.m.
- Homeless assistance Monday and Wednesday 10:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m.
- Food box distribution Wednesday 10:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m.
- Parenting classes in an 8-week course that covers topics like: What does the bible say about parenting?, Understanding yourself, Encouraging your child, Communicating with your child, and natural and logical consequences. ($25/course)
- Low fee counseling - Individual & Marital Counseling. By appointment only.
- Home League participates in field trips, devotions, prayer, fellowship and arts and crafts. The group is open to all women and meets once a week on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to
- 12 p.m.
Our Vision
We will create a church that is committed to re-establishing the basic, fundamental principles of fellowship, family, discipleship, and encouragement with all sincerity.
We will be a prayerful church that is committed to the urgency of bringing people to Christ through the teaching and preaching of the Gospel.
We will strive to live "the Word becoming flesh" by being relevant and serving the practical needs of our people; which will bring about commitment, involvement, ownership, and retention.
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