Welcome to the Cloud & Fire Ministries Blog.  In this blog you'll find updates about CFM YouthBuild, Tutoring Center, True Freedom Anger Management, and our other ministries to at-risk urban youth in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.  You'll also find articles about gang reduction, breaking the cycle of poverty, and how we share the love of God with youth. 

A collection of video clips of the Cloud and Fire Ministries YouthBuild Class of 2010 in action.  (5:55)

Part 4 in a series on the Missiological Implications of Working with Gang Members by Melody Rossi, Executive Director of Cloud and Fire Ministries, a work with at-risk, gang, and incarcerated youth.

Societal Implications of Gangs

Gangs have an elaborate code of ethics. Christians must understand this code in order to effectively work with gang members. For instance, gang members see themselves as the guardians of the community. They consider themselves honorable and dedicated foot soldiers who will lay down their lives for others. Those who are shot down are martyrs. Being “down for the hood,” is to them a most lofty value, even if it means carrying out ruthless and lethal revenge on those who inflict insult or injury to their compatriots.
 

Hello! My name is Mario Galeano and I am the Interim Tutoring Center Coordinator at Cloud and Fire Ministries. I grew up here in the neighborhood, and am happy to be serving here.

At the moment we are in the midst of our Summer Program. The Cloud and Fire Tutoring Center is currently meeting on Mondays and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-6:00. On Tuesdays we are going to the pool and on Thursdays we will be going on various field trips. The program will operate with this schedule through the end of August.

Cloud and Fire Ministries San Fernando Valley based YouthBuild visits Los Angeles Valley College during the spring semester.