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God's Grace In Action 2007 Annual Report
Thank you for all you do to help those in need around your church and community.
Special thank to our GGIA board!
We started the year with a balance of $1776.18 in the general account and
took in an additional $4228.32 in 2007. Most money coming in is from the
supporting churches for the purpose of maintaining and upgrading the web site. There
was $804.34 of the monies donated for the Back-to-school Backpack ministry
and $804.34 was spent for that purpose. We decided to make some much needed
upgrades to the web site, especially in the sensitive client data information area,
a work in progress and continuing in 2008. We have invested $2808.15 this
year to the web upgrades and $89.50 for website maintenance. We have $3196.31
in our money market accounts set up with different maturity lengths to gain better
interest and keep a certain amount of funds liquid for web upgrades as we go. An
interest of $152.41 accrued in 2007. We have a $500 scholarship opportunity
for high school seniors who have offered time and service to community, church,
outreach and/or missions, the first was to be paid out in May of 2007. We had no
applicants in 2007. You can get more information by going back to the home page
and clicking on the Scholarship button. Please see each individual ministry page
for reports on their accomplishments in 2007 and goals set for 2008. We are a volunteer
based ministry and no money has gone out for wages, salary or compensation. We did
offer a small token of appreciation to Bill Wippel who had been our president since
the conception of GGIA and the board wanted to express our gratitude to him for
the many years of service.
Looking ahead to 2008
Many hours are going into changing the function and use of the web site. Once complete
we will be holding training sessions with those who are authorized to use it in
each church, pastors and secretaries as well. We will be approaching churches within
our zip codes who are not yet members of GGIA with the opportunity to join. We plan
to have communication flowing between the churches to better service the needy and
each other. We will soon have a way to communicate and receive information such
as an available couch, or need for a bed. Thank you for your patience and your prayers
as we work toward our goals. Do you have time and ideas to contribute, we are always
ready to grow and we look forward to talking with you soon.
God's richest blessings to you and yours,
Dianna Hinderlie, President
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