Thank you for your ongoing support for our ministry. Through the support and trust of many faithful Christians, Living Grace has been able to provide needed consultation and counseling help for many low-income families, as well as giving preventive education and caring support in our community. Together, these efforts have brought hope to the people and glory to our Lord.
During the past year, we have given consultation and service resources to more than 1000 families over the phone. About 1500 free or low-fee face-to-face consultation and counseling sessions were provided for more than 400 families. When compared to 2008, the number of counseling cases and counseling sessions have both increased by 10%.
We especially want to acknowledge the partnership with a few church pastors and ministers in 2009. We worked together to help 2 homeless young people, who have mental illness, to find the help they need to get back on the right track with their lives. Through our counseling services, we have helped several couples avoid the trials of divorce or separation to return to healthy and loving relationships. For more detailed information of our service updates and client testimonies, please visit our website at www.lgrace.org
As we enter 2010, our 10th year servicing this community, we will continue to work diligently in our Alhambra and Diamond Bar offices. We are planning to open a third office to meet the increasing needs of more families. In addition, we have published a Chinese version of the book, A Pathway to Understanding Homosexuality. This will be part of a larger Living Grace campaign in the coming year to educate the community, parents in particular, about understanding and responding to gender issues.
Besides counseling and educational services, we will continue the ministries of caring for pastors and their families, seniors, care givers, and those families that have members who have been diagnosed with Autism.
In order to continue our services in 2010, we need your kind support. We have included a list of ways to support our efforts on the back of this page. We pray that with your help, Living Grace can continue to bring healing to many families and to glorify the name of our Lord Jesus.
In His grace,a. Log on to wwww.lgrace.org and go to the "Support Us" page
b. Click the "Contribution" button and type in the amount that you want to donate in the little box next to the Google Checkout icon.
c. Click the Google Checkout icon, sign in with your existing Google Account and submit the transaction. It will show you the amount being donated to Living Grace on the following page.
d. If you need to sign up for a new Google Checkout account, you'll need to provide your existing email address which you are using to go online, and then pick a password you like. You can create a different password other than your regular online password.
e. Once your new Google Checkout account is created, you can fill in the credit card information and all the required data to process the transaction.
f. An email will be sent to your email address from Google Checkout to confirm the transaction.
Please log on to www.cars4causes.net to learn how we can benefit from this organization when you donate your vehicle. You can call 1-800-766-2273 and tell the Cars 4 Causes Donation Representative that you would like Living Grace Christian Community Counseling Ministry to receive a portion of the proceeds when the vehicle you donate is sold. We will receive 70% of the gross sale amount of the vehicle, minus the tow charge. We will send you the donation receipt of the amount that we received from Cars 4 Causes.
3. I pledge to donate ___ $500, ___ $1,000 ___ $2,000 ___ $3,000 ___ $5,000 ___ $10,000 Other amount: __________
2010 Projected Annual Budget: $250,000; Fundraising Goal for 2010: $180,000
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