Giving to the Christian Services Ministry

Why Give?

Your support enables Christian Services to connect thousands of families and individuals with the loving help of the church.  Without Christian Services, the churches would not be equipped to help as many families.  Without Christian Services, Carrie and so many like her would remain in crisis with no hope for a future for them and their children. 

 

Here are some examples of how you can make a difference today:

“When people ask me why I'm involved with Christian Services, I tell them because it is so humbling.  Christian Services is a group of ordinary people doing ordinary things with extra-ordinary results. What makes it so humbling is that you just know that God is the one doing it all.  God uses this place and these volunteers to care for His people in the Lansing area.  It is amazing to me how every dollar given does so much good for the people it was meant to help.”

      -Dave Tebben,  Christian Services Board & Supporting Member

“Life with Christian Services has given our congregation the ability to reach out to the community on the south side of Lansing with success.  I remember when we first started.  There was a fire knowing that we could support our community and have other churches come alongside us and find joy in what we do together.  We, as members of Christian Services, know that we are soldiers on the battlefield of life and that we win!  Our church could not have done this ministry without the training, opportunities and unifying vision of Christian Services.”

   -Shad Williams, Outreach Dir., Macedonia International Worship Ctr.

Without Christian Services my children and I would be homeless.  I wasn’t earning enough at my part-time job to pay rent.  My car broke down making it impossible to get my kids to daycare and get to work on time.  My abusive ex-boyfriend said he’d take care of me and pay bills if I let him back in the home, but I was determined to do it without him.  When I got an eviction notice I called Christian Services.  The volunteer seemed concerned and asked lots of questions.  They sent me to a church with a Quality Living Budgeting Class.  The church helped me stay in my home, get help from Social Services, and manage my money.  Another Christian Services church even found me a used car so I could keep my job.  I can’t believe that people were willing to help me so much.                   

      -Carrie, Quality Living Budgeting Participant

Ways to Give

· Be a monthly Member

· Give a yearly donation

· Contribute to the Endowment Fund

· Churches can designate an offering for Christian Services

· Capital Area United Way:  Christian Services is a participant with the Capital Area United Way and is part of their Community Campaign.  If their business or company donates through United Way, you have your gift go to Christian Services by designating Christian Services/Love INC as the recipient by name or use our donor code: 3296.

 

Christian Services is a

 non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.  All contributions are tax-deductible.

· The Clearinghouse heard over 16,500 requests for help.

· 3,532 families called in who had never called for assistance before.

· The Christian Services Church Network was able to meet over 15,000 of those requests, while referring others to other community assistance programs.

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A gift of $50 connects 400 families with the helping church network by keeping one phone line operating for one month.

 

A gift of $100 provides Quality Living Budgeting training and materials for Christian Services to teach a church how to help up to 8 families a year with spiritual and physical transformation.

 

A gift of $200 provides assessment and start up for a homeless family to enter the Project Home Again program and have the help of a church to find housing and become stable over the course of a year.

 

A gift of $1,000 provides 2 months of communications needs (phone, fax, e-mail, mail) for Christian Services Clearinghouse to work with the Church Network and Church Banks to make connections with families in need and provide services.

 

For every $1.00 given to support

the Christian Services Clearinghouse, $64 in services and goods is given back to the community to help people in need.

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