Updates are small windows into stats and stories of momentum. This dashboard is meant to more quantitatively highlight your return-on-investment (ROI) when investing in us and through us. This is meant for 24/7 and 360-degree accountability.
All numbers are updated monthly. Even this dashboard only showcases a sliver of the impact. Connect with me personally if you'd like the best synopsis of the work.
Will do my best to distill a very complex objective - through growing networks of regional community groups and cause-groups we invite and lead folks into discovering and living out roles and rhythms of healing. This is done primarily, but not exclusively, through the Church. We seek to sustainably mobilize the most people with the best tools for the greatest healing.
POWER of CONNECTION
# of strategic individual introductions to-date: 421
"We don't have a resource problem, we have a connection problem. All of the resources we need are already here, we just need to connect the dots. We need more connectors connecting."
- Wise National Leader that will remain nameless
Here are some results related to these connections:
Non-profit created for families who foster, adopt, or are suffering. They've now helped hundreds of families throughout the region. How did this happen? Gave presentation about the need, had a conversation after, and then introduced two like-hearted servants.
Camp for kids in Foster Care through For the Children potentially launching in summer 2024.
Introduced local non-profit to Life of a Single Mom. They are working to onboard multiple churches in launching Single Mom Support Groups in the area.
Three men in the region work with abusers of domestic violence. Via introduction: they are now meeting regularly to grow, share, and welcome more men into this healing work.
Two organizations (in Troy and Sandusky) onboarded into multiplying Care Communities. See below
... and many more... tell me the cause or population you really care about and I'll tell you some stories.
POWER of COMMUNITY
As a direct result of my mobilization efforts:
# of struggling families cared for through Care Communities: 6
# of volunteers engaged: 72
# of Churches presented to and in-process of mobilizing: 10
This post shares how needed wrap-around support is for struggling families. Whether foster, adoption, grandparents raising grandkids, or single parents - people need intimate support that transforms lives. Our world is becoming less relationally connected - this structure pushes back debilitating loneliness and isolation and increases healing and thriving for all involved.
POWER of LISTENING to and UNLEASHING LATENT LOVE
orgs/local churches surveyed | Surveys Completed | Total Data Points | Total Hours/Month Undeployed |
5 | 152 | 1,368 | 1,142 |
People want to help more. They want to plug-in. This survey is being piloted for hopeful adoption into scalable national tech to unearth Latent Love of time, talent, and treasure. Using a process of mobilizing, so much of this Love (and more) will be unleashed into our communities. Below are some early adopter examples.
POWER OF INVITATION
# of recruited foster families: 8
# of recruited youth mentors: 2
# of people engaging in their own counseling/coaching: many
# of domestic missionaries invited: 22
# who has said yes: 0 - I'm determined :)
Many people don't see their potential Like the picture above, I love exposing next steps and staircases to opportunity. This ultimately leads to the healing and thriving of self and others. I really care about removing the barriers to each persons "next tiny step". This is best exemplified in this podcast. A regular guy, Matt Parker, says that "after 1,000 tiny steps I found myself starting an anti-trafficking organization that rescues kids." Because of this podcast, I started supporting them and have enjoyed watching the culture of their humble beginnings result in humble, but scalable, effectiveness.
I believe we all are being invited into deeper freedom. What are you being invited into today? Resting? Risking? Activating? Slowing-down? Fasting? Trusting? Giving up everything? Giving something? Choosing 1 person to care for? Choosing a frequency (once a ____) to serve your community?
Whatever it is, I hope you say yes :)
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