The Stories

In September 2019, Place of Grace Campus in Rockingham, North Carolina, received a $15,000 grant from the Thank You Jesus Mission which will go towards a new trailer to increase their street ministry’s mobility. The new trailer will allow the ministry to travel to locations all around Richmond County holding events, according to Pastor Gary…

Laurinburg was in need of a place where the local youth could gather after school for sports, tutoring and mentoring. Intense gang activity in the area and tough home lives had affected many young people in the area. That’s when Cross Pointe Church and the Reverend Michael Edds decided to do something. “There are about…

Operation Transformation is a ministry designed to take the plateaued/declining church to a point of understanding their condition, why they got to the unhealthy stage and what they can do to become healthy again. Their Mission is to assist churches in developing biblically based, Spirit driven approaches for churches that are plateaued, declining, or discouraged…

Alive Ministries: Project Pray (Cabarrus County) $3,000 Alive Ministries: Project Pray proposes to plan and lead a conference designed for Rural and Small Town Pastors, their spouses, and key lay leaders, on Oct. 18-20, 2018, at Caraway Conference Center, in conjunction with ‘Thank You Jesus’ ministries. The conference will be limited to a combined total…

Faith Youth Initiative (Rowan County) $5,000 Article II section 7 of our By-laws states “We are called to share the life changing message of Jesus Christ, (salvation) as well as the love of God to our local communities, our state, our country, and our world.  FYI’s mission, simply stated is to show the love of…

Open Hands of Davidson County, Inc.  $3,000 Purpose of Grant: In April 2017, Open Hands began a breakfast program that serves our friends three days a week. We use this program to not only feed them physically but also to form spiritual relationships that lead to a deepened life to discipleship with Jesus Christ. Immediately…

The Father’s Storehouse sent an application in January. Here’s a link to their website. They are a food and clothing bank and provide other services. Because they teach bible studies and pray, they are not eligible for public dollar support. They have asked for $5,000 or whatever we feel led to grant.

Warrenton Church of God sent in a grant application last year and because of my surgery it fell through the cracks. They are continually doing community outreach and are a very small church with modest finances. They have requested $1,000.

Your Choices Randolph County applied for a grant last year to help with expenses associated with an ultrasound machine. Before the board would proceed with the application it was requested that homework be done on the spiritual ministry of the organization. I talked with Caralyn Vaughn who sent the attached data below on their work…