Merry Christmas to All

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:December 17, 2021
• Post category:Events/Love Stories/New Hope Minstry/Transformational Ministry

Putting up the tree, hanging lights & ornaments, placing a manger scene underneath... these are preparations so many of us make during the Advent/Christmas season. Our churches wanted to share…

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From Homeless to Inspiring Hope

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:August 25, 2021
• Post category:Love Stories/Ministries/New Hope Minstry/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

During one of the coldest winters recorded in Lake County, IL, Candice and her two young boys were living on the streets of Waukegan in her Dodge Dart. During the…

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Smiling Inside & Out

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:May 27, 2021
• Post category:Love Stories/Ministries/New Hope Minstry/Transformational Ministry

May is a time to celebrate graduations and the end of classes... and Love INC is no different! Like many others, our New Hope Ministry life skills classes went on-line…

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Relationships That Transform

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:June 19, 2019
• Post category:Help Center/Love Stories/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

"What brought you to this place of need?" This is one of the questions our volunteers ask our neighbors during their initial phone call. As we hear about their physical needs,…

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Celebrate With Our Graduates!

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:May 24, 2019
• Post category:Love Stories/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

Our latest round of Transformational Ministry classes culminated in graduation ceremonies this spring. Twenty eight students and mentors spent weeks together studying Affirming Potential (learning who God created them to…

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Christmas, Re-imagined

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:January 25, 2019
• Post category:Events/Help Center/Love Stories/Transformational Ministry

Food with friends and family. Picking out just the right gift you know will put a smile on a loved one's face. Retelling the story of the birth of Christ.…

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From Hopeless To Hopeful…

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:December 29, 2018
• Post category:Love Stories/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

In 2018, eight churches invested in 17 neighbors through our Affirming Potential classes. Our neighbors find God’s love and care in each of the volunteers leading the class, from those…

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Imagine… (Part Two)

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:December 1, 2018
• Post category:Events/Love Stories/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

"Imagine...the impact of the Church upon the lives of those in need if it cares for the people, not just their needs." This was the challenge issued by Executive Director,…

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Reaching for Dreams and Goals

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:July 27, 2018
• Post category:Love INC Needs/Love Stories/Relational Ministry/Transformational Ministry

God continues to bless the Transformational Ministry program, started just two years ago. Transformational Ministry provides a way for servants from our partner churches to go beyond simply 'sharing stuff'…

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I Was Never A Person To Finish Anything…

• Post author:welldesign
• Post published:June 22, 2017
• Post category:Love Stories/Transformational Ministry

I have never tried to swim to the bottom of the ocean. Nor have I ever tried to fly without help from an airplane. The reason for this is that…

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