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...
During the 15 years that I worked as an Outreach Director for a local church, I invested a lot in learning how to engage and invite people in our community into church. Our church was passionate and welcoming, and we tried very hard to understand the needs of...
“I am standing here today a totally different person than who I was when I began the program in April 2022. When I began I was freshly out of a very toxic marriage that lasted 10 years. In that marriage, I had no say in what was coming in or going out financially and...
"We came to this program when we were in a hard season of life. I heard about Love your Neighbor through my good friend who was in the program and encouraged me to call. I knew this time around I needed to take steps to find different resources to help us financially...
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...
One of our routine offerings is called “Life Skills Info Night” where we introduce the program, cast vision for what it can do for our community, and invite potential volunteers to sign up to teach a class or mentor. I remember six years ago, at one of my first ever...
Part of my job at Love INC is recruiting volunteers. One of our biggest volunteer needs is mentors. This is a fancy word we use to describe someone – anyone- who has a heart for Jesus and a heart for others, who is willing to climb down into the hole someone else is...
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%...
Save Your Kids from Chaos and Trauma Through a Family Meeting It’s an unfortunate, common tale that far too many of us have experienced firsthand. A loved one passes away, and in the aftermath, family chaos ensues. Bickering. Drama. Hurt feelings. Broken...
Have you ever felt that way? You’re reading an article or clicking on a website and realize they want you to commit to something and you were only just curious! I sometimes think I'm being pulled down a rabbit hole I never intended to enter. I just wanted information....
Join us on Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 PM at Fellowship Reformed Church for a FREE evening of music and praise! We will be featuring Jenison Christian School's Honors Choir, HIS Men, and The King's Choraliers and will hear from Keynote Speaker, Carrie Childerston. No...