Ministry By the Numbers - January 2010

Great things are happening in Sandra's kitchen!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM JANUARY 2010

Decisions to follow Christ for the month
205

Average number of homeless women & children housed nightly
40

Families served with free clothing, furniture, appliances & housewares
549

Avg. Attendance at Roosevelt Magnet School before school Bible study
40

Attendance in our Sunday School, weekly
42

Attendance at our RiverWest Bible Study
18

Avg. Attendance at Trewyn Middle School before school Bible study
12

Elderly Services home, hospital or nursing home visits
69

Formerly homeless women moving out successfully
3

Avg. Attendance at Harrison Primary School before school Bible study
25

Food baskets given away at our RiverWest Satellite Office
18

Average attendance at the Lighthouse Diner
16

Avg. Attendance at Manual High School before school Bible study
5

Kids enrolled in after-school tutoring
70

Churches involved with Adoptablock
16

Food baskets given away through our Garden Street Benevolence Center
561

Attendance at our South Side Manor Bible Study
6

College Club kids enrolled at ICC
14

Food baskets given away at our Harrison Homes Satellite Office
48

Attendance at our Harrison Homes Bible Study
6

Attendance in our Chapel services, Laramie Street, weekly
39

Volunteer hours, as a ministry
1,191

Attendance in our Chapel services, Garden Street, weekly
277

Attendance at our B’Nai B’Rith Bible Study
10

Pastoral care visits & counsels (non-elderly)
43

Attendance at our Hurlburt House Bible Study
7

Hot meals to the poor
6540

FINANCIALS FROM JANUARY 2010

Monthly revenue vs. budgeted
$192,137/$125,276

Monthly expenses vs. budgeted
$256,167/$250,704

Positive or Negative on the Month
- $64,030

Yearly revenue vs. budgeted
$192,137/$125,276

Yearly expenses vs. budgeted
$256,167/$250,704

Positive or Negative on the Year
- $64,030

How we’re doing versus budget
+ $61,398

Chris volunteers in Sandra’s kitchen every Wednesday. He and his wife are expecting and received some disturbing news in regards to the baby. A tumor had been discovered on the baby’s brain. He shared this with Sandra and asked for everyone’s prayers. He later reported that at their last doctor’s appointment that the tumor had disappeared and that they could expect a normal delivery – God is awesome!

We have another new Bible Study going on. This one is at Hurlburt House, a low-income apartment complex on the south side that has quite a few senior citizens living there. This makes the third Bible Study that Elderly Services has started in senior citizens living areas on the south side. The first was at B’nai B’rith and the second was at South Side Manor. Praise God. His word does not return void.

We believe God for healing and are no afraid to ask him to heal even those things that seem too tough to heal. One of our regulars at the Benevolence Center, Debra, is a lady who is waiting to receive a heart transplant because of Cardio-Myopothy, a condition in which a heart is dying. After praying with her many times for the Lord to heal her heart, He delivered. When she went to the heart doctor in St. Louis for a follow up, the doctor confirmed that she would be taken off the heart transplant list because her heart is beginning to heal itself. This is impossible without God.

Sarah arrived at the New Promise Center in July of 2009. She enrolled in GED classes almost immediately and has been attending them faithfully, and she will be taking the GED test in February. Sarah also has been enrolled in job partnership class and will be graduating soon. She explains that she really had learned important skills and could implement those skills to be successful in a job. Last week she went to an interview and was hired. Sarah will be moving out soon because she recently obtained an apartment at Sterling Towers. Praise The Lord!