This week we had our first job fair of the year. It was insane! The numbers are adding up to 5060 people who walked through the doors at the fairgrounds on Wednesday seeking jobs. The need is becoming even greater this year than it was in the past.
All the news of doom and gloom can be quite scary, but we need to keep our heads up! One of the best ways to stay positive is to make a difference in the lives of others. My new friend Cara Eule at HOME in Kissimmee had a great idea for helping local food pantries. Her idea is that whenever you go to your local grocery store and they have a BOGO (buy one get one) sale, buy one for yourself and one for your local food pantry.
Here at Christian HELP, we serve about 100-150 people a week with their food needs. The need to keep the pantry stocked is great. We rely totally on the generosity of others to accomplish this.
Our goal this year is to make a difference in the lives of as many people as we can, one at a time. We can only do this with your help.
Stay positive and have a wonderful start to the new year.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Making a Difference
Well, it is a new year and we have a new outlook. Last year we started working on our new look. The building has been painted inside and out. We added a couple of new people in key areas. We are talking about upgrading our computers... but the bottom line is that we want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of others in our community.
Jesus tells us to be salt and light. We want to help as many people as we can. Our mission remains to prevent homelessness by helping people find jobs while providing for them materially and spiritually. We know that we see people every day who have jobs, but still can't make ends meet. We are finding that we can make a difference for many of them as well.
This year we are really striving to build on the partnerships we started building last year. We helped connect over 7, 748 people with jobs last year. This year we hope to connect even more. We receive referrals from other agencies and we refer people to them as well. This year we hope to partner with more businesses and churches too. We need more job leads for Seminole county, and we need to share more resources.
I am looking forward to the plans God has for us. He has always been a part of Christian HELP and will continue to be our focus. When people are in need and hurting, the best referral we can give them is to seek out God. A good well balanced Church is always a start.
We hope to visit many Churches this year and have more Church groups visit us. We can be an extension of the outreach ministry for a church. There are many projects we can do together.
Together we can make a difference in our community. We can make this a better place one life at a time.
Please keep us in your prayers.
If you want to help us HELP others, please call us at 407-834-4022 or e-mail forinfo@christianhelp.org.
Jesus tells us to be salt and light. We want to help as many people as we can. Our mission remains to prevent homelessness by helping people find jobs while providing for them materially and spiritually. We know that we see people every day who have jobs, but still can't make ends meet. We are finding that we can make a difference for many of them as well.
This year we are really striving to build on the partnerships we started building last year. We helped connect over 7, 748 people with jobs last year. This year we hope to connect even more. We receive referrals from other agencies and we refer people to them as well. This year we hope to partner with more businesses and churches too. We need more job leads for Seminole county, and we need to share more resources.
I am looking forward to the plans God has for us. He has always been a part of Christian HELP and will continue to be our focus. When people are in need and hurting, the best referral we can give them is to seek out God. A good well balanced Church is always a start.
We hope to visit many Churches this year and have more Church groups visit us. We can be an extension of the outreach ministry for a church. There are many projects we can do together.
Together we can make a difference in our community. We can make this a better place one life at a time.
Please keep us in your prayers.
If you want to help us HELP others, please call us at 407-834-4022 or e-mail forinfo@christianhelp.org.
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