Leadership
Praises!
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Praise God for 1,000 volunteers who have been through an orientation!
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I thank the Lord for a great staff and leadership board.
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Praise God for answered prayers!
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We had a great agency meeting last week, may our relationship grow and strengthen as we work together to serve people in need.
Requests:
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Pray for the National movement of Love INC.
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Pray for the Board meeting on Monday Dec. 21st.
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Pray for the staff reviews Lois will conduct this month.
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Pray for the development of the new space addition.
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Clearinghouse
Praises!
- Praise God our faithful volunteers helped us get through the increased calls from clients in December.
Requests:
- Pray that all the volunteers have a good Christmas with their families.
- Pray for a Monday Intake volunteer.
- Pray for Spanish-speaking volunteers.
- Pray for healing in Nancy's arm and hand.
- The Clearinghouse is closed until January, may God keep the clients safe and feed.
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New Hope Program and Community Courses
Praises!
- Praise God for all the pantry drives.
- Praise God the kids and parents had a blast at the Family Night - thanks to the volunteers who put it together.
- Praise God for the Rosa de Saron youth group that helped with Adopt-A-Family Night.
- Praise God for all our Adopt-A-Family sponsors who overwhelmed the families with their generosity.
Requests:
- Pray for a few single moms in need of new vehicles.
- Pray for our follow-up with the agencies after our big meeting.
- Pray for the Programs Team as we kick off big program changes in 2012.
- Pray for volunteer nutrition/shopping teachers and budget counselors.
- Pray for children's workers in every aspect of God's Treasures program.
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The Grace Place and Donation Center/Warehouse
Praises!
- Praise God for several new errand runners and Donation Center workers on week days.
- Praise God for families and couples filling our Saturday onsite positions.
- Praise God for the continued flow of great donations just in time to make excellent Christmas gifts in the store.
Requests:
- Pray for a Monday product prep volunteer for the store.
- Pray for a Thursday afternoon cashier to serve once a month in the store.
- Pray for strong year-end sales and shoppers in the store.
- Pray for more volunteers to fill various positions in the Donation Center/Warehouse
- Pray for increased donations in all categories, especially large furniture.
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Churches
Praises!
- Praise God for all of our wonderful church partners - over 50 of them!
- The church of the week is Crossroads Community Church and Pastor Jim Halbert. Pray for their health, outreaches and ministries.
Requests:
- Pray for us as we schedule Defining Difference trainings in the New Year.
- Pray as we invite pastors of potential church partners to a lunch in January.
- Pray for two lunches in January for existing partner pastors.
- Pray for a new concept I shared with a few pastors next week concerning the Defining Difference. May the Lord continue to guide us in this effort.
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Finances
Praises!
- Praise God for a small bulk order of Selah devotionals as Christmas gifts.
- Praise God for new financial donors gleaned from volunteer orientations.
- Praise God for a couple of large donations from local foundations!
- Praise God for those who are sending Love INC their end-of-the year financial donations.
Requests:
- Pray for the Selah e-book format to be available on Amazon.com soon.
- Pray people will select us for their end-of-year donations.
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Gap Ministries
Praises!
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Praise God for a redesigned display area in the teen closet.
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Praise God Valley Shepherd Nazarene Church is storing our overflow of backpacks and foster kits.
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Praise God we continue to be able to meet the requests for coats, hats and gloves.
Requests:
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Pray the Gap volunteers enjoy the Christmas season and 2 weeks off.
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Pray for furniture donations of all kinds.
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Pray for a volunteer willing to work in our teen closet two Thursdays.
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