Greetings,
We have had one of the best years of ministry to our streets in a long time. We have
seen God do some amazing things this year.
Three new people joined our team.
We gave out 1,916 bibles this year.
We gave out 1,969 bags of groceries to needy families.
We gave out 2,619 $5 gift cards from McDonald's and Quizno's to those in need.
We had 284 individual personal encounters to share Christ on a very deep personal level, which resulted in 7 people coming to faith in Christ.
We have many more individuals actively seeking.
We are looking forward to a great year in 2010.
I want to thank everyone who has supported us this year, none of this would be possible without you!
May God bless you as you serve Him this year.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Monday, January 04, 2010
Monday, November 23, 2009
Greetings from the Streets,
Please remember to keep the homeless, and the extreme low income folks in your prayers this week as we all sit in front of a full table and enjoy the fellowship of family and friends. Many will have none of this on Thursday.
The upcoming Holiday Season is a very hard time for the poor. For us, it is one of our best time of the year for ministry. As we help with physical needs such as food, we have the best opportunity to sit down and have a real conversation about spiritual matters.
A couple of needs we have for this time of the year.
McDonald's gift certificates
Postage stamps
Finances to help get us through the winter.
Remember, we are running a mini fundraiser,
if you buy some art, 100% of proceeds will go for our winter ministry to needy families.
Consider giving the gift of art this Christmas and help Burlington Street Ministries at the same time. here is the link, check it out. http://daverussell.exposuremanager.com/g/special_sale
Please pray for our staff to keep healthy, pray for the new folks coming to our Friday Evening Bible study, and pray for open doors to minister to new people we meet over the winter season.
Please remember to keep the homeless, and the extreme low income folks in your prayers this week as we all sit in front of a full table and enjoy the fellowship of family and friends. Many will have none of this on Thursday.
The upcoming Holiday Season is a very hard time for the poor. For us, it is one of our best time of the year for ministry. As we help with physical needs such as food, we have the best opportunity to sit down and have a real conversation about spiritual matters.
A couple of needs we have for this time of the year.
McDonald's gift certificates
Postage stamps
Finances to help get us through the winter.
Remember, we are running a mini fundraiser,
if you buy some art, 100% of proceeds will go for our winter ministry to needy families.
Consider giving the gift of art this Christmas and help Burlington Street Ministries at the same time. here is the link, check it out. http://daverussell.exposuremanager.com/g/special_sale
Please pray for our staff to keep healthy, pray for the new folks coming to our Friday Evening Bible study, and pray for open doors to minister to new people we meet over the winter season.
Monday, October 12, 2009
I have just finished my 35th year of continuous street ministry to downtown Burlington. Restoration Baptist Church, and Burlington Street Ministries have been ministering as a church to these same streets for 26 years.
This year, we have accomplished the following;
Professions of faith - 8
Personal Evangelistic encounters - 216
Bibles given out - 1,052
Hot meals to the homeless - 917
$5 McDonald's Gift Certificates given out to those in need - 1,350
$5 Quizno Gift Cards to needy families - 868
Bags of Groceries to needy families - 1,553
We have finished our outdoor street outreach for the summer and have now moved inside for the winter.
We minister on two fronts. One is to the streets downtown Burlington, the other to
Northgate apartments, a 336 apartment complex in the New North End of Burlington, with over 900 people who live here, mostly low income.
We are praying for a fruitful winter ministry, and we are excited to see what God will do on the streets in 2010.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
This year, we have accomplished the following;
Professions of faith - 8
Personal Evangelistic encounters - 216
Bibles given out - 1,052
Hot meals to the homeless - 917
$5 McDonald's Gift Certificates given out to those in need - 1,350
$5 Quizno Gift Cards to needy families - 868
Bags of Groceries to needy families - 1,553
We have finished our outdoor street outreach for the summer and have now moved inside for the winter.
We minister on two fronts. One is to the streets downtown Burlington, the other to
Northgate apartments, a 336 apartment complex in the New North End of Burlington, with over 900 people who live here, mostly low income.
We are praying for a fruitful winter ministry, and we are excited to see what God will do on the streets in 2010.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Ministry Report for January - June, 2009
Greetings,
Thank you all so much for your support this year. From January - June of this year, we were able with your help, accomplish the following:
Personal ministry meetings with individuals - 201
Profession of Faith - 5
Bibles given out - 522
Bags of Groceries given out - 675
McDonald's and Quizno $5 gift Certificates given out - 699
We are trying to have our Ministry booth out every other Friday, weather permitting, but I am on the street now for an average of 32 hours a week.
We have just about 4 months left before cold weather hits, which will once again drive us indoors. Please pray that the rest of our summer will see a fruitful time of witnessing to folks on the street.
Again, thank you all for your continued support, we could not do all of this without your help.
Please pray for 3 individuals who prayed to receive Christ this month, Barry, Rico, and Cindi.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Thank you all so much for your support this year. From January - June of this year, we were able with your help, accomplish the following:
Personal ministry meetings with individuals - 201
Profession of Faith - 5
Bibles given out - 522
Bags of Groceries given out - 675
McDonald's and Quizno $5 gift Certificates given out - 699
We are trying to have our Ministry booth out every other Friday, weather permitting, but I am on the street now for an average of 32 hours a week.
We have just about 4 months left before cold weather hits, which will once again drive us indoors. Please pray that the rest of our summer will see a fruitful time of witnessing to folks on the street.
Again, thank you all for your continued support, we could not do all of this without your help.
Please pray for 3 individuals who prayed to receive Christ this month, Barry, Rico, and Cindi.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Summer Ministry to Begin
I love "divine encounters". This past Friday, I was checking out an alley
downtown that I was going to do a photo shoot in over the weekend, I needed to see how the lighting was at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Halfway down the alley, an obviously homeless man was just sitting down with all of his stuff. I was just going to walk on by, but felt compelled to at least say something to him, introduce myself, see if he needed anything. As I approached him, he said in an angry sarcastic voice, "are you here to tell me about Jesus"? I said to him, do you want me to tell you about Jesus? He said "hell no, I just want to be left alone". So I said to him, OK, but, if you ever do want to hear about Jesus, you can find me out on the street" and I turned to walk away. I took about a half dozen
steps, when he called out to me, and said" hey man, thanks for caring!"
I respected his wanting to be left alone, but I am praying that I will be able to talk to him again. This was just an encounter, a moment, possibly a seed planted, a future ministry opportunity this summer as we are out ministering on the street.
We begin our summer outreach on Friday Night May 29th at 4 PM. We will have our ministry table set up from 4 PM - 8 PM. We would like to make this a prayer event, and would like to invite anyone who could come and spend at least an hour praying on site, downtown, walking the street and the alleys here in Burlington, asking God to bless our efforts on the street, to send real revival to the people like this man in the alley who call the streets home.
Would you pray with us on May 29th? Come down and join our opening day of ministry to our streets.
downtown that I was going to do a photo shoot in over the weekend, I needed to see how the lighting was at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Halfway down the alley, an obviously homeless man was just sitting down with all of his stuff. I was just going to walk on by, but felt compelled to at least say something to him, introduce myself, see if he needed anything. As I approached him, he said in an angry sarcastic voice, "are you here to tell me about Jesus"? I said to him, do you want me to tell you about Jesus? He said "hell no, I just want to be left alone". So I said to him, OK, but, if you ever do want to hear about Jesus, you can find me out on the street" and I turned to walk away. I took about a half dozen
steps, when he called out to me, and said" hey man, thanks for caring!"
I respected his wanting to be left alone, but I am praying that I will be able to talk to him again. This was just an encounter, a moment, possibly a seed planted, a future ministry opportunity this summer as we are out ministering on the street.
We begin our summer outreach on Friday Night May 29th at 4 PM. We will have our ministry table set up from 4 PM - 8 PM. We would like to make this a prayer event, and would like to invite anyone who could come and spend at least an hour praying on site, downtown, walking the street and the alleys here in Burlington, asking God to bless our efforts on the street, to send real revival to the people like this man in the alley who call the streets home.
Would you pray with us on May 29th? Come down and join our opening day of ministry to our streets.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
2009 Outreach Strategy
This year marks 35 years for street ministry to Downtown, Burlington. We have seen ups and downs, times when we have had plenty of help and times when we were down to just a few folks.
Well this is one of those times. Right now, Burlington Street Ministries consist of
three of us, myself, Jim Fenimore, and Don Lyons. I am the youngest of the three of us at 56.
I have felt an urgency from God, that this year could be the turning point for ministry on our streets. We would like to wage a major evangelistic outreach this year,calling it "operation Friday Night".
I am looking for some good committed people who have a burden to share Christ on the
street. I need folks who can commit to every Friday Night from May 29 - September 25. I need people who can meet people, build a relationship with folks, and can share their faith with those on the street. I can offer some training, but need committed workers.
Burlington Street Ministries also needs some monthly support. Our support base has
dropped so much, We need at least 20 new monthly supporters of at least $25 a month. I am not a fundraiser, I absolutely hate asking for money, and in this economy, everyone is hurting. But we do need funding to operate, and it does hinder us quite a bit without support. So if you are on my mailing list, and have not been a monthly supporter, please prayerfully consider even $25 a month. If we don't have to worry about finances, then we can concentrate on our ministry.
Finally, we need prayer support. We need on site prayer support, a couple of people who can commit to coming down on the street on Friday Nights and prayer walk for at least 2 hours. We are also going to do a 24 hour prayer vigil for May 29 and 30 as this will be the official start of our summer Street Outreach.
Burlington Street Ministries is in survival mode right now. Can you dare to dream with us? Has God burdened your heart for this city? Please, if so, consider working with us this year. I am only asking for one night a week, Friday Night!
We are the only ministry that has had a continuous presence on Church Street for 35
years, during rain, sleet snow, cold weather, and hot and humid. "the harvest is
plentiful, but the workers are few"
Please think about us for 2009.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Well this is one of those times. Right now, Burlington Street Ministries consist of
three of us, myself, Jim Fenimore, and Don Lyons. I am the youngest of the three of us at 56.
I have felt an urgency from God, that this year could be the turning point for ministry on our streets. We would like to wage a major evangelistic outreach this year,calling it "operation Friday Night".
I am looking for some good committed people who have a burden to share Christ on the
street. I need folks who can commit to every Friday Night from May 29 - September 25. I need people who can meet people, build a relationship with folks, and can share their faith with those on the street. I can offer some training, but need committed workers.
Burlington Street Ministries also needs some monthly support. Our support base has
dropped so much, We need at least 20 new monthly supporters of at least $25 a month. I am not a fundraiser, I absolutely hate asking for money, and in this economy, everyone is hurting. But we do need funding to operate, and it does hinder us quite a bit without support. So if you are on my mailing list, and have not been a monthly supporter, please prayerfully consider even $25 a month. If we don't have to worry about finances, then we can concentrate on our ministry.
Finally, we need prayer support. We need on site prayer support, a couple of people who can commit to coming down on the street on Friday Nights and prayer walk for at least 2 hours. We are also going to do a 24 hour prayer vigil for May 29 and 30 as this will be the official start of our summer Street Outreach.
Burlington Street Ministries is in survival mode right now. Can you dare to dream with us? Has God burdened your heart for this city? Please, if so, consider working with us this year. I am only asking for one night a week, Friday Night!
We are the only ministry that has had a continuous presence on Church Street for 35
years, during rain, sleet snow, cold weather, and hot and humid. "the harvest is
plentiful, but the workers are few"
Please think about us for 2009.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Ministry Report from January to September 26, 2008
Greetings from the Streets of Burlington,
We have ended our summer outreach on the street for this year, and will now move indoors until next May. Weather wise, it has been a difficult summer, we had to cancel our booth quite a few Friday Nights because of rain.
It was difficult also in that this was the first time in over 30 years, we had to turn people away, because we could not help them. The need for food, and other things just overwhelmed us, and we are very concerned about the winter.
But we did what we could, and since January until September 26th, we managed to do the following:
Served 726 Hot meals
Gave out 857 - $5 McDonald's gift cards to needy people
Gave out 316 - $5 Quizno Gift Cards to needy people
Gave out 1,474 bags of groceries to needy families
Gave out 1108 bibles
Had 10 professions of faith
Personally met with 283 people for counseling and further sharing about faith in Christ
We led 3 bible study groups with an average weekly attendance of 42
We would like to thank everyone who supported us this year, it was with your love and kindness that we can be on the street as much as we are. We covet your prayers as we prepare for our winter ministry, and especially as we approach the Holiday Season, which is the hardest time of the year for the folks we minister to.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
We have ended our summer outreach on the street for this year, and will now move indoors until next May. Weather wise, it has been a difficult summer, we had to cancel our booth quite a few Friday Nights because of rain.
It was difficult also in that this was the first time in over 30 years, we had to turn people away, because we could not help them. The need for food, and other things just overwhelmed us, and we are very concerned about the winter.
But we did what we could, and since January until September 26th, we managed to do the following:
Served 726 Hot meals
Gave out 857 - $5 McDonald's gift cards to needy people
Gave out 316 - $5 Quizno Gift Cards to needy people
Gave out 1,474 bags of groceries to needy families
Gave out 1108 bibles
Had 10 professions of faith
Personally met with 283 people for counseling and further sharing about faith in Christ
We led 3 bible study groups with an average weekly attendance of 42
We would like to thank everyone who supported us this year, it was with your love and kindness that we can be on the street as much as we are. We covet your prayers as we prepare for our winter ministry, and especially as we approach the Holiday Season, which is the hardest time of the year for the folks we minister to.
Your Missionary to the Streets,
Dave
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