Ministry By the Numbers - September 2010

Mission Mart Morton, in the Field Shopping Center. Visit soon!


HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2010

Decisions to follow Christ for the month
129

Average number of homeless women & children housed nightly
20

Families served with free clothing, furniture, appliances & housewares
531

Attendance in our Laramie Street Sunday School, weekly
24

Attendance at our RiverWest Bible Study
3

Elderly Services home, hospital or nursing home visits
30

Formerly homeless women moving out successfully
5

Food baskets given away at our RiverWest Satellite Office
13

Boys Club attendance
37

Number of people completing a discipleship course this month
3

Average attendance at the Lighthouse Diner
25

Girls Club attendance
60

Churches that have Adopted Blocks in 61605
18

Food baskets given away through our Garden Street Benevolence Center
547

Attendance at our South Side Manor Bible Study
8

College Club kids enrolled in College
5

Food baskets given away at our Harrison Homes Satellite Office
50

Attendance at our Harrison Homes Bible Studies (2)
38

Daytime In-School Suspension ministry
18

Attendance in our Chapel services, Laramie Street, weekly
38

Volunteer hours, as a ministry
1,585

Attendance in our Chapel services, Garden Street, weekly
269

Attendance at our B’Nai B’Rith Bible Study
8

Pastoral care visits & counsels (non-elderly)
44

Attendance at our Hurlburt House Bible Study
6

Hot meals to the poor
5,750

Mother’s of Kids in the Youth Department Meeting
18

Kids enrolled in After-School Tutoring
53

FINANCIALS FROM SEPTEMBER 2010

Monthly revenue vs. budgeted
$190,776/$265,276

Monthly expenses vs. budgeted
$274,369/$237,382

Positive or Negative on the Month
- $83,592

Yearly revenue vs. budgeted
$1,901,074/$1,882,484

Yearly expenses vs. budgeted
$2,395,041/$2,447,522

Positive or Negative on the Year
$- 493,967

How we’re doing versus budget
+ $71,071

How Can the Mission Feel OK About Losing $493,000 on the year so far?

South Side Mission takes in a surplus of dollars during the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. It loses money during the other times of year, with some exceptions. This is not uncommon for Missions. However, the surplus we receive during the Holidays is usually so large that it offsets the loss and we finish at break-even on the year. This makes cash flow an issue, but the Mission has reserves that help. This will begin turning around in October and will even out at year’s end.

One of our former residents called to say that she is grateful for what she received from South Side Mission. She has been sober now for five years. She received encouragement and support from the staff. She is graduating from college in May 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management. She has been working at Catepillar for five years. Her oldest daughter is in college and her youngest son is now in Jr. High School. She would not have been able to talk about her success if it had not been for the mission. She believes in Jesus and knows that he is the reason for her accomplishments.

I am a big believer in what Rev. Henry Blackaby says “find out where God is working and join Him there.” Well, I think we may see God working in an additional way in our Youth Ministry. Over at the Breakout Youth Center, we do a lot of ministry after school, but we don’t do all that much during the school day. So twice this young school year already, we have been contacted to do some tutoring and ministry with at-risk kids who have been kicked out of school—effectively, these kids would serve out in-school suspensions at the Mission. The advantage is we can extend our ministry day and number of kids served and most importantly share the Gospel with them.

Out at Camp Kearney, we have added a great new feature—a boardwalk through the marsh on the north side of the main lake. This gives a quicker way around the lake and does so in a scenic, fun way.