Dear <<First Name>>,

We hope that you are doing well and that you and your family are staying safe and healthy!

It certainly has been an exciting and eventful year at the Street Church Ministries Outreach Center.  This new season for Street Church Ministries has been both challenging and rewarding.  As a Ministry Team it has stretched our faith and strengthened our commitment to serve the Lord in the community he has placed us in.

I am now serving full time at the Street Church Ministries Outreach Center which has allowed us to expand our availability and reach in the community. Currently we are open as a drop in center Tuesday through Friday from 8am to 12pm. The Outreach Center on Perry Street serves as a place for the homeless community and people in transition to come in off the streets for food, clothing or just to sit and relax.  We have several Chromebooks to help people with both housing and job searching.  We also offer information on Substance Abuse Programs and Community Assistance Programs.

On Tuesday evenings we run an English as Second Language (ESL) class for the Hispanic community in our area. We lead weekly Bible Studies and Discipleship Groups and every other Saturday the Outreach Center holds Block Outreach events. The Block Outreach is a two-hour event designed to bless the community and build relationships alongside volunteers from our Partner Churches. Our Block Outreaches offer food, clothing and hygiene product giveaways and often includes breakfast for the homeless in the area.

Every Sunday morning we hold Church services for our fellowship that has been meeting consistently for four years. In addition to our various ways of reaching the community, Street Church Ministries has become a food pantry through our partnership with Mercer Street Friends.  This enables us to provide food to our community on a daily basis.

In the coming year we will continue the programs we have in place and also plan to focus more on the families who live in the apartments around us. We will offer English and Math tutoring for adults and potentially children too. For anyone who might be interested, we also plan to hold periodic budgeting classes in an effort to help people manage their money.

There is a Middle School less than a quarter mile from the Outreach Center and we would love to have a room in our center filled with both clothing racks and shoes for the kids attending that Middle School.  We also plan to strengthen our partnership with Adult Teen Challenge and the Good News Home for Women. These are the two long term substance abuse recovery programs that we have utilized for people we minister to in Trenton.

In closing, I want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!  It is because of your commitment to partner with Street Church Ministries that we are able to see lives transformed by the glory of God.  It is a privilege to be a part of how Christ is changing people’s hearts and lives.  We look forward to partnering with you in the coming year and expect the Lord to do amazing things.

With Gratitude,