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‘Developmental Assets’ to focus on middle school students
90 by 30 Child Abuse Preven-
tion Initiative has been active in
the West Lane County region
since 2013. The aspirational goal
of reducing child abuse and ne-
glect by 90% by the year 2030 has
broad-based support through-
out all of Lane County. Move-
ment towards this goal comes
about by implementing preven-
tion programs. Research verifies
that communities that provide
supports to families by fortify-
ing social connections, teaching
parenting skills, empowering
children and teens to make their
relationships positive and re-
spectful, and creating opportu-
nities for everyone to engage in
unselfish community service do,
indeed, have less child abuse and
neglect.
This fall, West Lane 90 by 30 is
zeroing in on middle schoolers
by developing a program based
on the “40 Developmental As-
sets.” The Search Institute, cre-
ator of the developmental assets,
has verified that if a person has
35 to 40 of these assets, they have
less than 1% chance of having
lives disrupted by conflict, addic-
tion, criminal behaviors, poverty,
among others. What a powerful
gift to our young people!
A local “40 Developmental
Assets” team is being created to
carry out the program. It is in the
formative stages.
Although much planning re-
mains to be done, the team will
offer monthly sessions, at no
charge, and open to all middle
schoolers who reside in the Siu-
slaw & Mapleton school district
boundaries. Students will engage
in activities that help them devel-
op the 40 Assets. West Lane 90 by
30 welcomes volunteers who are
interested in this work to contact
us and join in the process. For
more information, email Jean-
ne@90by30.com or call Suzanne
at 541-590-0779.
The first 90 by 30 prevention
program implemented in our
region was “Welcome Baby”
bundles gifted to all new parents
upon request. To date, more than
75 families have received these
bundles, which provide early
care items and a resource binder
full of information to assist fam-
ilies in creating healthy, loving
homes.
The second prevention pro-
gram was the “Roots of Empa-
thy” program delivered to all the
first grade classes in the Florence
and Mapleton schools. This in-
ternationally acclaimed program
teaches children how to identi-
fy and communicate emotions.
Students who participate in this
program are kinder and more re-
spectful to each other and engage
Resurrection Lutheran Church installs new pastor on Aug. 1
Resurrection
Luther-
an Church will install Dr.
Steve Waterman on
Sunday, Aug. 1, at
85294 Highway 101
south of Florence.
Worship service will
begin at 10 a.m.
Pastor Steve was
born in 1955 in Long
Beach, Calif. He was
not interested in reli-
gion as a child and lat-
er became an atheist
(someone who denies
the existence of God).
However, while he was in
high school, some friends
shared the gospel of Christ
with him. At first, he
mocked them and thought
that they were misled reli-
gious fanatics.
But God’s power and
grace were much more
powerful than this young
man’s unbelief. The Lord
Jesus took control of his master’s degree from Full-
life and brought him the er Seminary in Pasadena,
Calif. Later he taught
and was involved in
pastoral ministry at
Calvary Chapel in
Downey, Calif. He
eventually earned a
doctoral degree from
Western Seminary in
Portland, Ore.
While with Calvary
Chapel, Steve and Sue,
along with Jon (5) and
Amy (3), went to live
Dr. Steve Waterman
in and serve the coun-
gift of salvation through try of Sri Lanka, equipping
faith. Steve graduated pastors on how to study
from Simpson College in and teach Holy Scripture.
San Francisco, Calif., in
The Waterman fami-
1975 with a degree in Bib- ly of six came to live in
lical Literature and Psy- Sutherlin, Ore., and began
chology.
attending St. John Luther-
He married the girl of an Church. Pastor Bernie
his dreams, Sue, on May Kube took a special inter-
31, 1975.
est in Steve and encour-
Steve then earned a aged him to get back into
pastoral ministry. Prior to
that he was writing Bible
curriculum and teaching
at a Christian high school.
Dr. Waterman served
a vicarage at St. John’s
from December 1999 to
September 2001 and took
courses at both Concor-
dia seminaries. He has
also served as a Lutheran
pastor in Lincoln County,
Ore., from 2001-2021 and
has been actively involved
in jail/prison ministry and
numerous other commu-
nity responsibilities and
activities.
The Watermans are
blessed with four children:
Jonathan, Amy, Joel, Jerry,
and have seven grandchil-
dren.
For more information,
visit www.facebook.com/
ResurrectionLutheran-
ChurchFlorence/.
in less anti-social behaviors such
as bullying.
Over the years, the community
has been aware of this initiative
through annual celebrations of
Child Abuse Prevention Month
each April and the pinwheel gar-
dens around the area, the news-
paper articles, and the events
connected to it.
If community members would
like to contribute to the preven-
tion projects in the West Lane
County, they can do so by donat-
ing via friendsof90by30.org and
specify that their contribution is
going to West Lane. 90% of the
funds donated are then returned
to our prevention programs.
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