In October of 2022 Love Your Neighbor opened the Emergency Food Pantry in partnership with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department, the Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation, Hoonhorst Concrete, River City Flooring, Huizens Locksmith, and Miedema Metal Building...
We are so fortunate for the opportunity to launch a loan program to relieve Life Skills participants of high interest rates and overwhelming debt. Loans are applicable to participants in our Life Skills Program, once they complete their eight-week financial literacy...
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...
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...
The GivingTuesday campaign was first launched to encourage people to do good within their community. It quickly grew into a global movement, inspiring people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity. Here at Love In the Name of Christ, we believe everyone has...
Did you know that anything that is donated to Love INC is a huge blessing to the whole community? It’s true! The shoppes make up about 55% of the revenue for Love INC. This means that without the shoppes and our loyal customers, Love INC would only be able to do 45%...
What if the Church combined efforts to create a safe place for people to go for help during COVID-19? They did. Love INC in Hudsonville was founded over 40 years ago by a man who didn’t understand how there could still be people in need when there were so many...
"Move Into The Neighborhood" "The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish." John 1:14 The Message I’m new to...
As we enter into the season of giving we have been given the perfect opportunity to fight local hunger! Meijer Simply Give is a campaign that provides funds for local food pantries. Meijer Simply Give program has been around since November 2008, and has donated...
This past Saturday, October 12, Love In the Name of Christ hosted our third annual HayDay 5K. This event is in partnership with the City of Hudsonville and Hudsonville Chamber of Commerce’s Urban HayDay, a free fall festival. This year we had 206 participants signed...
In the Spring of 2013 a new volunteer at Love In the Name of Christ brought new life to our campus. Pam Steenstra saw great potential in many of the pieces we were selling in Love’s Treasures and the Outback Resale Shoppe. Her love for restoring furniture and making...
The Executive Director Selection Process Has Begun: The process started with Board, Staff and some volunteers reviewing the job description and giving input into key attributes each feel is most important. It is planned that the week after labor day a Search Team will...
There are times when owning property can feel more like a burden than a blessing. Consider these real-world scenarios… George and Eunice have a lakeside cottage that’s provided countless family memories over the decades. Now that their children are grown, however,...
Charitable Gift Annuities and Tax-Free Income Everyone likes opportunities for more income, but no one wants to pay additional taxes. Through a charitable gift annuity (CGA), you can bless the work of Love INC AND receive regular payments for the rest your life – most...
Love INC is this year's recipient of the Meijer (Hudsonville, MI) Simply Give program!! Thank you so much to their store Manager, Henry and his team for choosing our ministry to support. Between May 12th and June 22nd you can impact our Life Skills families by picking...