•  incorporated in 1974 to form a legal framework for providing Christian outreach and service
to the Edinboro community

•  organized a coffeehouse, prayer meetings, and Christian community housing

•  formed Hermitage House for serving troubled teens through the juvenile court system

•  H.H.Y.S. became a non-profit corporation in 1994 assuming responsibility for juvenile
treatment programs, while C.I.H.R. focuses on the Christian aspects of their mission,
which includes providing a spiritual component for the youth at H.H.Y.S.

•  began to support an H.H.Y.S. scholarship program for past and current clients and
to provide a small building to rent apartments to independent-living clients or to staff

•  hired a part-time chaplain for the youth ministry in early 1990's, at H.H.Y.S.;
by 2002, the chaplain position became full time

•  purchased the Potter's House at 316 Meadville Street in 2001 to rent
to Christian college students at Edinboro University

•  began affiliation with The Hangout, a Christian community resource for youth, in 2000

•  raised funds for A Place of Our Own, a ministry to persons with autism, in 2003

• began affiliation in 2007 with C.O.P.E., the Community Outreach Project of Edinboro,
  which seeks to provide trust and acceptance for young adults and their families
  
  
• initiated nonprofit status to Boro Women's Services as of August 2009 in order to
  provide an ongoing and supportive ministry to women, men, and families