By Keith Josey, Chaplain
Thank you for your
continued support of the Mission of the Holy Spirit; it is through
caring individuals like yourselves that lives are being changed. I would
like to take a moment to share with you some of the amazing
accomplishments that have occurred over the past several months.
Our most recent
achievements have been the development of a Monday evening GED program
and a teenage health and wellness class. We have had several adult
students take and pass the GED test. Our teens look forward to coming
out and learning about health and nutrition as well as participating in
exercise class and enjoying a healthy meal.
Since September,
we have enjoyed helping our young people with their academic studies
through our enrichment and tutoring program. Thank you to all the
volunteers who assist in supporting the educational needs as well as
providing meals for our Tuesday and Thursday evening programs. The
average attendance is around 25 children and adolescents for each
program, and we have seen a steady increase in their overall progress in
school.
We have increased our community outreach and evidence of its
effectiveness has been shown in the steady rise of our attendance on
Sunday. As our worship service has grown, our adult members are
requesting additional services such as Bible study. To meet that need,
we have begun a community conference call Bible study on Wednesday
evenings. This is turning into a huge success as each week more adults
are calling in and listening to a lesson that is reshaping their lives.
None of this would be possible without the support of individuals like
you and the support of our local churches. As we move forward, it is
vital that you continue to support the Mission of the Holy Spirit.
We have partnered
with the Yes! Dare2Dream! program, a faith-based initiative program that
allows many of our members to become trained group facilitators in
areas like career development, abstinence, and self-esteem. As we begin
to market these programs to the community and draw more young people to
the Mission, we will need additional support from you and our partner
churches. Our goal is to find positive ways to impact the lives of the
families we serve and move them forward.
Your gifts go
directly towards the improvement of our programs and the changing of
people's lives. We are counting on you to assist our efforts to relieve
the stressors that our families go through by connecting them to a
strong faith community, and continuing to offer hope through our quality
programs. Thank you!
Learn more about Mission of the Holy Spirit and how you can support their ministry here.
