The Portsmouth, Ohio United Church of God congregation is setting up an outreach program in the neighborhood near their church building. Two mini libraries will be installed outside of the building. These will provide access to books in one mini library: both traditional reading material and Church literature; and then non-perishable food pantry items in the other mini library. The books will give people in the neighborhood access to reading material and Church literature - both of which are important to people’s lives. The food items will assist in a small way with the food insecurity that many people feel in the neighborhood in which our church building is located.
Little Library and Food Pantry: Portsmouth, Ohio Outreach
Scioto County has a poverty rate (2021) of 26.5 percent which ranks it at the fourth highest in the state; some statistics list children in Scioto county as living in poverty at the rate of almost 40 percent.
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Kevin was born in Columbus, Ohio, but then moved to southern Ohio shortly thereafter. He grew up attending the Portsmouth, Ohio congregation of which he currently is the pastor.
He has an A.A. from Shawnee State University in Electro-Mechanical Engineering, and is employed with General Electric Aviation. He serves as Pastor for the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paintsville, Kentucky church areas.
His wife Debbie also grew up attending the Portsmouth congregation, which is where they met, married, and have raised their five children. Debbie is an 8th grade Language Arts Teacher for the Portsmouth City School District.
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