Everything We Say or Do is In the Name of Christ!

In December, we completed our second full year of operation… and what a year it was!  The year 2011 brought transition in leadership, foundational growth, ministry growth, sacrifice, trials and God’s blessings! God worked mightily to provide church and business sponsorships to improve our phone systems, supply functional workstations, computers and office equipment, expand our office space, and print our newsletters.

Love INC Boise depends solely  upon caring and generous financial donations from individuals, church partners, businesses and service clubs. Thanks to these faithful supporters, Love INC Boise issued over 2000 vouchers to  families in need. Clients redeemed vouchers at our Gap Ministries (located in our partner churches) for various goods such as diapers, clothing, household supplies, school supplies, and transportation. We mobilized, trained and equipped church volunteers to perform tasks and jobs which met their needs, and the needs of families in our community.  Volunteers from our various churches gave over 4,400 hours of their time to help people in need.  Finally, Love INC Boise generated over $164,000 worth of goods and ministry services.

Financial support is not the only way that local churches supported Love INC.  Church partnerships are essential to Love INC, and volunteers are its lifeblood.  Many churches demonstrated their commitment by:

• Introducing Love INC to the congregation.
• Hosting Gap Ministries.
• Referring requests for help to Love INC.
• Organizing church members to serve by using their gifts and abilities.
• Accepting referrals for help from the Love INC Clearinghouse to existing ministries.
• Providing Clearinghouse volunteers from their church each year.
• Praying for Love INC, clients, and other partner churches.

Last year, church volunteers served our clients by  providing transportation to appointments; fixing homes in disrepair; cleaning up yards and moving furniture for the elderly; fixing cars; handcrafting scarves, hats, blankets and pillow cases;  and delivering food baskets for Thanksgiving and “Baskets of Blessings” for Christmas. Other  Boise volunteers interested in becoming budget counselors committed one hour a week for one year to the New Hope Budgeting program in Nampa. Having trained budget counselors is an instrumental component in the future development of our own relational ministry.  Love INC Boise is blessed by our supporting partners, and we look forward to what God has for us in 2012!

Love INC Boise currently partners with 22 local churches.

Simply put, Love In the Name of Christ is a movement of Christian churches working together to show God’s love to those in need in our community.

Love INC is not Love Inc. or Love Incorporated.

Love INC is Love In the Name of Christ.

For more than 30 years, Love INC has been mobilizing the Church to transform lives and communities In the Name of Christ. Currently there are more than 150 affiliates in 30 states, representing a network of more than 9,000 churches from 60 different denominations, 7,000 community-based organizations, and 300,000 volunteers meeting more than one million needs each year.

Love INC was conceived as a way to encourage churches to become more engaged with those in need and inspire a greater number of Christians to put their faith in action.

Love INC Boise first opened in 2009 and for two and half years has been meeting the needs of the needy in our community.

Our Mission: The mission of Love INC is to mobilize the church to transform lives and community in the Name of Christ.

Bridge: Love INC acts as a bridge between people who have needs in the community and church volunteer ministries and agencies that can help meet those needs.

Simple: It is very simple and yet profound. It simply helps churches live out who they say they are.

How we operate: Love INC is set up so that those who find themselves in difficult situations can call our office. We listen to their needs, verify their needs and then call on our church volunteers to meet those needs.

“It’s a blessing to be able to partner with other churches in our area. One church can’t do it all, but together we can make a big difference for the kingdom of God.”

“Love INC helps us meet the practical needs of people that one congregation can’t meet alone, but that the Body of Christ can meet together.”

“Love INC gives churches a vehicle to minister to people in need in meaningful ways as it calls church members to offer themselves, their resources and talents, in service to others. Church members have found themselves doing things that they might never have done before, and it has resulted in spiritual growth.”

“Working with Love INC is an enriching experience for our church members. As they have volunteered through Love INC, they have become sensitized to the needs of the poor. Love INC has also provided church members with opportunities to get to know Christians from other churches in the community.”

Volunteers Rock!

Do you want to make a lasting difference in the lives of those you serve? Do you want to work in a Christian environment that will enrich your life and the lives of those you work with? You are invited to attend a Love INC volunteer orientation to learn more about how you can use your gifts to help someone in need. Together let’s explore how God can use you to bring change in our community through the ministry of Love INC.

We would love to hear from you! Call us today at 377-3502 ext 2

“I love volunteering at Love, INC because I feel I am serving God by serving those who are in need. In everything we do at Love, INC we try to reflect God’s love to everyone we come in contact with. I feel that I am making a difference in someone’s life, and I am thankful for that.”  Barb

OUR NEXT VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,  AT 5:00 PM.

Stop by and check us out! Call us today at 377-3502 ext 2 for our address and directions!