Without the help of God and our community, Love Your Neighbor could not accomplish all that we do. The Grysen family, an anonymous donor, and our community, enabled us to invest in an accessible, triplex home to provide transitional housing for local families. After...
If you'd like to participate in this year's event (2022) please contact Emile VandenBerg at [email protected] Each year, Love Your Neighbor hosts a Community Christmas event for neighbors to come serve, shop and be in community together. This event has been a pivotal...
Dear Friend of Love INC, For 37 years, Christ followers in Hudsonville, Jenison and Grandville have joined together as Love In the Name of Christ to show Jesus’ love to our community. During that time, this organization has changed many times: taking on new...
Genesis 1:27 says “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” I love this verse for two reasons: It shows that we (ALL of us) were created in the image of God, and that God created us in...
It’s hard to believe that people in our own community are struggling to make ends meet. When you hear the statistic that 40% are living paycheck to paycheck, however, it makes you wonder about your neighbors. Wendy is closer than a neighbor, she is a member of the...
Grace. All of us want, or sometimes even expect, others to give us grace. But we often find ourselves hesitating to extend that same grace to others, don’t we? When determining our core values here at Love, we knew it would be important to incorporate grace. We knew...
A mission statement is defined as “a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organization or individual.” Here at Love, we hope our mission statement helps you understand that everything we do, we do for our community. Everything we do for our community,...
What would happen if each of us opened our doors to our neighbors? Love witnessed just that: A neighbor and a church. Both reached outside of themselves and trusted God with the rest. Anthony and his two young kids moved to Grandville about eight years ago. As they...
One of the ways that psychologists measure emotional and mental health is called the 5-factor model of personality. Along with DISC and StrengthsFinders and the Meyers-Briggs, this test finds a way to quantify what makes up someone’s personality. For...
When I retired about 25 years ago, I looked for ways to be productive. I volunteered as a driver for Love INC in Hudsonville. I’ve enjoyed working with a number of schedulers who call me when people in the community need a ride to or from a medical appointment. I’ve...
There are so many hidden gems within our community. Each day, I think I learn about something new that is tucked away either in a church, a group of neighbors, or just hidden in plain sight. My hope is to be able to bring light to these treasures in our community....
"In a matter of six weeks, my perspective on serving others was completely rewired in a way that will change not only how I serve others in the future but how I interact with individuals every day. This “rewiring” is a result of a six week program called Dignity...
A story of transformation "As you know, my family went through hard times in 2019 and 2020. We relied on Love INC for food, gas and diapers for our child.I finally found work and have been working since August! I even found a job in my field in the middle of a global...
The photo above is a from a Love INC Facebook post with a series of God Sightings from the first month of the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown. It has almost been one year since the shutdown due to COVID-19. One year ago, the words pandemic, unprecedented, mask, and so many...
Diligence. Careful and persistent work or effort. Similar: attentiveness, perseverance, earnestness, tenacity, zeal, dedication, commitment, care. If you’ve taken a tour at Love INC or witnessed the inner workings of campus, you may have recognized this diligence in a...