A Shared Mission: How Organizations in Lake County Are Confronting the Mental Health Crisis

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• Post published:May 16, 2025
• Post category:Care Ministry/Impact Story/Love Stories/Mental Health/Ministries
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Following a global pandemic, Love INC of Lake County leadership sought to learn how the organization might better serve area churches and, as a result, its wider community. In 2022,…

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Abundant Hospitality: How One Church Meets the Community Where They Are

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:April 16, 2025
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What if hospitality wasn’t just about opening your doors but about stepping outside to meet people where they are, reflecting love and grace through every action? Abundant hospitality is far…

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From Despair to Hope: A Journey of Transformation

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:March 6, 2025
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Life is often unpredictable, filled with moments that can leave us questioning our strength and direction. For many like Barb, life’s challenges can compound, making it feel like the world…

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What can the Book of Nehemiah teach us?

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• Post published:December 18, 2024
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From the desk of Executive Director, Gary Garland:“So I sent messengers to them with this reply: I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the…

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Spreading Hope and Help: Celebrating Church Serve Days

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:August 16, 2024
• Post category:Bed Ministry/Furniture Ministry/Household Starter Kit/Impact Story/Love Stories
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We have a BIG GOD, so we love to SERVE BIG too! One fantastic way we live out our mission “to mobilize local churches to transform lives and communities, In…

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Holiday Blessings from our Churches

• Post author:lauriem
• Post published:December 15, 2023
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Thanksgiving and Christmas are times for sharing our blessings – of “things” and of our time. This year, our churches continued to meet the tangible needs of our neighbors as…

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A Heartful Harvest: 30 Years of Gathering Love!

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• Post published:October 16, 2023
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Enjoy Executive Director Gary Garland’s keynote address from this year’s dinner & auction! Our theme, “A Heartful Harvest”, drawn from Jesus’ promise in the parable of the sower: “Blessed are…

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Embracing the Community: Reflections of a Volunteer

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• Post published:June 16, 2023
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by Eunice Juanzo, Vertical Encounter church Coming to America was the biggest leap of faith for me and my husband. We left our loved ones in the Philippines to start…

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Mobilizing Churches by Caring for our Pastors

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• Post published:June 14, 2023
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Love INC doesn’t exist without our local churches. Over the past year, we held dozens of listening sessions with local church leaders to understand much of what is on their…

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Loving Our Neighbor

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:July 20, 2022
• Post category:Furniture Ministry/Love Stories/Prayer

Earlier this year, leaders from Great America Islamic Center reached out to Love INC for support. They are hosting a number of refugee families through the Afghan Resettlement Project of…

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