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St. Stephen Catholic Church's Ministry Fair features programs that help area residents as well, including a Career Transition group that's booming with today's roughly 12.6 percent unemployment rate.
![Unfortunately for their ministry, business "is booming," says John Nemia, with his wife, Sheila, the founders and operators of the Career Transition Ministry at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Valrico, Fla.
"We help people with skills they need to get a job and to change their careers," John Nemia says. "If they're stuck in a job where they're at we help them get to where they want to be."
Of course today's economic pictures makes finding any job, let alone a dream job, a challenge onto itself, Sheila Nemia notes. "The unemployment rate is 12.6 percent," she notes, "and people are taking lower-paying jobs just to work."
Still, "there is hope," Nemia says. "It may not seem like it but there is hope."
Toward that end, the ministry offers CD's and books that aid the job-search process for people who are unemployed or under-employed. Workshop topics include resume preparation, interviewing skills, networking tips, self-awareness activities, and "the financial aspects of being unemployed."
Sessions are held Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Stephen Catholic School off Boyette Road, one mile west of Bell Shoals Road. Workshops are facilitated by experts in their fields and many, like John Neiman, are parishoners at St. Stephen.
"I was meeting with the St. Stephen Men's Club and there were so many unemployed people there that my wife and I gave gift cards for Christmas," John Neiman says. "I saw the mens' faces and how little we were giving them and I wanted to do more."
And so the Career Transition Ministry was founded 14 months ago. "There's a Bible verse that talks about feeding people yourself, to do something with your skills, and I thought, 'I've got to do something,' " John Neiman says. "I've never been unemployed and I've owned many small businesses and I've brought in many people [to speak and advise] who know what I don't."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/St-Stephen-Catholic-Ministries/i-7VDPp5x/1/Ti/DSC_7227-Ti.jpg "Unfortunately for their ministry, business \"is booming,\" says John Nemia, with his wife, Sheila, the founders and operators of the Career Transition Ministry at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Valrico, Fla.
\"We help people with skills they need to get a job and to change their careers,\" John Nemia says. \"If they're stuck in a job where they're at we help them get to where they want to be.\"
Of course today's economic pictures makes finding any job, let alone a dream job, a challenge onto itself, Sheila Nemia notes. \"The unemployment rate is 12.6 percent,\" she notes, \"and people are taking lower-paying jobs just to work.\"
Still, \"there is hope,\" Nemia says. \"It may not seem like it but there is hope.\"
Toward that end, the ministry offers CD's and books that aid the job-search process for people who are unemployed or under-employed. Workshop topics include resume preparation, interviewing skills, networking tips, self-awareness activities, and \"the financial aspects of being unemployed.\"
Sessions are held Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Stephen Catholic School off Boyette Road, one mile west of Bell Shoals Road. Workshops are facilitated by experts in their fields and many, like John Neiman, are parishoners at St. Stephen.
\"I was meeting with the St. Stephen Men's Club and there were so many unemployed people there that my wife and I gave gift cards for Christmas,\" John Neiman says. \"I saw the mens' faces and how little we were giving them and I wanted to do more.\"
And so the Career Transition Ministry was founded 14 months ago. \"There's a Bible verse that talks about feeding people yourself, to do something with your skills, and I thought, 'I've got to do something,' \" John Neiman says. \"I've never been unemployed and I've owned many small businesses and I've brought in many people [to speak and advise] who know what I don't.\"")
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The Rev. Bill Swengros, of St. Stephen Catholic Church, ends the Sept. 25-26 St. Stephen Catholic Church Ministry Fair with members of the Life Teen Ensemble, from left, Jessie Saldivar, Lindsey White, hayden Harkins, Dan Carney, Daniel Cardenas, Josh Feeley, and Jarad Goudreau.
Life Teen, the church's youth group, is one of 96 ministries in 11 categories that met with parishoners at the 2010 Ministry Fair on church grounds, at 5049 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico, Fla.
While established primarily for church parishoners, and many for church purposes only, a good number of the ministires, including Meals on Wheels and the Career Transition Ministry, also serve the greater community.
The church serves "14,500 souls," according to Swengros, and the annual Ministry Fair, he adds, shows "people do care and they want to make a difference."
The fair afforded also another opportunity to display plans for the church's major expansion and its related building campaign. Construction updates are posted periodically on the church's Web site.
Church officials are planning to build a bigger sanctuary on the grounds that already house St. Stephen Catholic School, at 10424 St. Stephen Circle in Riverview, Fla., with frontage on Boyette Road.
SAMPLING OF ST. STEPHEN MINISTRIES: MINISTRIES OF MERCY
The Rev. Bill Swengros, of St. Stephen Catholic Church, ends the Sept. 25-26 St. Stephen Catholic Church Ministry Fair with members of the Life Teen Ensemble, from left, Jessie Saldivar, Lindsey White, hayden Harkins, Dan Carney, Daniel Cardenas, Josh Feeley, and Jarad Goudreau.
Life Teen, the church's youth group, is one of 96 ministries in 11 categories that met with parishoners at the 2010 Ministry Fair on church grounds, at 5049 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico, Fla.
While established primarily for church parishoners, and many for church purposes only, a good number of the ministires, including Meals on Wheels and the Career Transition Ministry, also serve the greater community.
The church serves "14,500 souls," according to Swengros, and the annual Ministry Fair, he adds, shows "people do care and they want to make a difference."
The fair afforded also another opportunity to display plans for the church's major expansion and its related building campaign. Construction updates are posted periodically on the church's Web site.
Church officials are planning to build a bigger sanctuary on the grounds that already house St. Stephen Catholic School, at 10424 St. Stephen Circle in Riverview, Fla., with frontage on Boyette Road.
SAMPLING OF ST. STEPHEN MINISTRIES: MINISTRIES OF MERCY
- Al-Anon
- Alafia Nursing Home
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Bereavement
- Blessed Trinity Mission
- Career Transition Ministry
- Caregiver Support Group
- Food for Friends
- Food Pantry
- Home Hospital
- Martha's Ministry
- Meals on Wheels
- Parish Nursing
- Prayer Line
- Prison Visitation Ministry
- Respect Life
- San Jose Home Makers
- Senior Moments
- St. Stephen Post-Crisis Response Team
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Those Left Coping (TLC)
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The Rev. Bill Swengros, of St. Stephen Catholic Church, ends the Sept. 25-26 St. Stephen Catholic Church Ministry Fair with members of the Life Teen Ensemble, from left, Jessie Saldivar, Lindsey White, hayden Harkins, Dan Carney, Daniel Cardenas, Josh Feeley, and Jarad Goudreau.
Life Teen, the church's youth group, is one of 96 ministries in 11 categories that met with parishoners at the 2010 Ministry Fair on church grounds, at 5049 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico, Fla.
While established primarily for church parishoners, and many for church purposes only, a good number of the ministires, including Meals on Wheels and the Career Transition Ministry, also serve the greater community.
The church serves "14,500 souls," according to Swengros, and the annual Ministry Fair, he adds, shows "people do care and they want to make a difference."
The fair afforded also another opportunity to display plans for the church's major expansion and its related building campaign. Construction updates are posted periodically on the church's Web site.
Church officials are planning to build a bigger sanctuary on the grounds that already house St. Stephen Catholic School, at 10424 St. Stephen Circle in Riverview, Fla., with frontage on Boyette Road.
SAMPLING OF ST. STEPHEN MINISTRIES: MINISTRIES OF MERCY
- Al-Anon
- Alafia Nursing Home
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Bereavement
- Blessed Trinity Mission
- Career Transition Ministry
- Caregiver Support Group
- Food for Friends
- Food Pantry
- Home Hospital
- Martha's Ministry
- Meals on Wheels
- Parish Nursing
- Prayer Line
- Prison Visitation Ministry
- Respect Life
- San Jose Home Makers
- Senior Moments
- St. Stephen Post-Crisis Response Team
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Those Left Coping (TLC) " href="javascript:openLB(1025509451,'',XLarge,'',1024,698);">
target at Brandon Patch
The Rev. Bill Swengros, of St. Stephen Catholic Church, ends the Sept. 25-26 St. Stephen Catholic Church Ministry Fair with members of the Life Teen Ensemble, from left, Jessie Saldivar, Lindsey White, hayden Harkins, Dan Carney, Daniel Cardenas, Josh Feeley, and Jarad Goudreau.
Life Teen, the church's youth group, is one of 96 ministries in 11 categories that met with parishoners at the 2010 Ministry Fair on church grounds, at 5049 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico, Fla.
While established primarily for church parishoners, and many for church purposes only, a good number of the ministires, including Meals on Wheels and the Career Transition Ministry, also serve the greater community.
The church serves "14,500 souls," according to Swengros, and the annual Ministry Fair, he adds, shows "people do care and they want to make a difference."
The fair afforded also another opportunity to display plans for the church's major expansion and its related building campaign. Construction updates are posted periodically on the church's Web site.
Church officials are planning to build a bigger sanctuary on the grounds that already house St. Stephen Catholic School, at 10424 St. Stephen Circle in Riverview, Fla., with frontage on Boyette Road.
SAMPLING OF ST. STEPHEN MINISTRIES: MINISTRIES OF MERCY
The Rev. Bill Swengros, of St. Stephen Catholic Church, ends the Sept. 25-26 St. Stephen Catholic Church Ministry Fair with members of the Life Teen Ensemble, from left, Jessie Saldivar, Lindsey White, hayden Harkins, Dan Carney, Daniel Cardenas, Josh Feeley, and Jarad Goudreau.
Life Teen, the church's youth group, is one of 96 ministries in 11 categories that met with parishoners at the 2010 Ministry Fair on church grounds, at 5049 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico, Fla.
While established primarily for church parishoners, and many for church purposes only, a good number of the ministires, including Meals on Wheels and the Career Transition Ministry, also serve the greater community.
The church serves "14,500 souls," according to Swengros, and the annual Ministry Fair, he adds, shows "people do care and they want to make a difference."
The fair afforded also another opportunity to display plans for the church's major expansion and its related building campaign. Construction updates are posted periodically on the church's Web site.
Church officials are planning to build a bigger sanctuary on the grounds that already house St. Stephen Catholic School, at 10424 St. Stephen Circle in Riverview, Fla., with frontage on Boyette Road.
SAMPLING OF ST. STEPHEN MINISTRIES: MINISTRIES OF MERCY
- Al-Anon
- Alafia Nursing Home
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Bereavement
- Blessed Trinity Mission
- Career Transition Ministry
- Caregiver Support Group
- Food for Friends
- Food Pantry
- Home Hospital
- Martha's Ministry
- Meals on Wheels
- Parish Nursing
- Prayer Line
- Prison Visitation Ministry
- Respect Life
- San Jose Home Makers
- Senior Moments
- St. Stephen Post-Crisis Response Team
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Those Left Coping (TLC)
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