CEO of ElderSource Ministries, Rev. Stan Means, (that's him on the left talking with Meg Newell's hubby Dean) was recently in the house. ElderSource, a national ministry out of South Carolina, is beginning a national program to train chaplains to minister to the elderly. Stan chose South Side Mission to launch his important new initiative in March!HIGHLIGHTS FROM MARCH 2011
Decisions to follow Christ for the month
106
Avg. Nightly Census in our New Promise Center shelter
34
Families served with free clothing, furniture, appliances & housewares
420
Attendance in our Laramie Street Sunday School, weekly
19
Attendance at our RiverWest Bible Study
2
Children enrolled in our Kings Kids Christian Day Care
40
Elderly Services home, hospital or nursing home visits
45
Formerly homeless women moving out successfully
0
Food baskets given away at our RiverWest Satellite Office
9
Ladies in the New Promise Center who have established a church home
5
Boys Club attendance
45
Number of people completing a discipleship course this month
12
Average attendance at the Lighthouse Diner
12
Average attendance at Roosevelt Magnet School before-school Bible study
80
Girls Club attendance
55
Churches that have Adopted Blocks in 61605
19
Attendance at our Trewyn Middle School Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
18
Food baskets given away through our Garden Street Benevolence Center
458
Attendance at our South Side Manor Bible Study
8
Food baskets given away at our Harrison Homes Satellite Office
37
Attendance in our Chapel services, Laramie Street, weekly
37
Attendance at our Harrison Primary School Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
32
Volunteer hours, as a ministry
3,564
Attendance in our Chapel services, Garden Street, weekly
219
Attendance at our B’Nai B’Rith Bible Study
12
Pastoral care visits & counsels (non-elderly)
25
Attendance at our Hurlburt House Bible Study
8
Attendance at our Manual High School Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
8
Hot meals to the poor
6,307
Mother’s of Kids in the Youth Department Meeting
30
Kids enrolled in After-School Tutoring
89
Attendance at our Pleasant Hill School Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
20
FINANCIALS FROM MARCH 2011
Monthly revenue vs. budgeted
$267,365/$215,725
Monthly expenses vs. budgeted
$281,897/$274,164
Positive or Negative on the Month
- $14,532
Yearly revenue vs. budgeted
$622,878/$552,175
Yearly expenses vs. budgeted
$758,069/$807,055
Positive or Negative on the year
- $135,191
How we’re doing versus budget
+ $119,689
THE LORD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN A RECESSION
On the year, we are doing great and getting even better! We are now $119,689 better than budgeted on the year, thank you Lord. We are over budget on revenues on the year and under budget on expenses on the year. ALL FOUR Mission Mart stores made their goals in March. We set an ALL TIME RECORD for one month of Mission Mart sales with $69,269. How about THEM apples?
The Hotel Housekeeping Training School graduated its first class and 100% of the graduates got jobs. The program has expanded for the next class to include Methodist Hospital as a place to learn the housekeeping trade.
We have a nice problem at our before-school Bible Study and prayer meeting at Roosevelt Magnet School. We had 85 kids show up for Bible Study on one day there. That exceeds the fire marshal limit for their library. We may have to expand into the gym! Speaking of Roosevelt, there is a bright little 10 year old girl that comes regularly to before school ministry. Her name is Alicia. She just got out of the hospital, not for a physical ailment but for a mental condition. She was suspended from school a lot before she started coming to school ministry. We have been working with her on her behavior. She has to be redirected more than other children, but she is a really sweet girl. Patience makes the difference in how you minister to a child like Alicia. Others may have given up on her by now but not SSM. Jesus did not give up on us and we will not give up on her!
We are in need of two more male counselors at Camp Kearney this summer.
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