Fund Raiser Event for Church Van: postponed TBA
The urgent need for this project is to purchase a 15 seater van for the children's ministry. The church van will increase our ministry to bring 10 to 20 children during the week in our after school program and it will help on the Sunday morning children Sunday school program to bring in 10 to 20 more children. It will also increase our children and youth program by providing field trips to special events in our state and neighboring states for spiritual growth and personal enrichment.
The proposed van would have many other uses as well. We are looking to start a transportation ministry. We have members of our church that are not able to come every Sunday due to lack of transportation. We would go and pick them up and drop them home after service. This also goes for many children who have expressed their interest in our Sunday School, but the parents are not able to bring them. The van would also be used for the transportation for our ESL students who come to the church for class on Monday nights. The use of this van would be all week, not just certain Sundays.
Furthermore, we launched a food pantry ministry in association with Feeding Hands. It is open and running and the van will be used efficiently to pick up people in need of food and clothing from various pickup locations we have set. We would bring them to church so they can take what they need from our pantry and drive them back.
This van would prove to be an extremely useful asset to our church and to effectively serve our community. We believe a person should not be denied a chance to grow in the Lord and basic necessities because of a lack of transportation.
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to us.