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2007 Year In Review
In 2007…
We spoke at a total of 40 churches, driving over 14,000 miles, not including the move to Vermont at the end of April. Happily there were no accidents or speeding tickets along the way!
We met with 50 pastors and other individuals for fundraising appeals and gained 35% of our overall budget goal in faith promises. I won’t say how much weight we’ve gained.
Overall…
At this point 66% of our faith promises come from individual supporters, 26% comes from churches in LA, WA, VT, NH and ME. There is about 8% left to raise.
Looking Ahead in 2008
Our #1 priority is to raise the remainder of our budget! The good news is that we’re almost there. Here are some of our goals that we’ll approach once our finances are raised:
1. Find local college students, college staff, and community volunteers to partner with us in ministry outreach at UVM, Champlain College, Burlington College, and St. Michaels.
2. Form an advisory committee/board of primarily local career people and pastors, ensuring a growing stability and advancement of Chi Alpha in Vermont.
3. Host a Chi Alpha luncheon for Northern New England’s Assembly of God District Council with fellow college missionaries to give vision for the necessity of college missions.
4. Attend the pioneer training camp offered by Chi Alpha this June in Springfield, MO.
5. See the Ben & Jerry’s tour video 12 more times with visiting friends and family! (hint, hint…)
6. Locate our Toyota sub-compact after Burlington received a near-record 47 inches of snow in December.
