MINISTRY YEAR: October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010

The crew preparing the burrito feed for 150 climbers in Lander, WY, July 2010.

EVENTS: 1400 climbers received a direct personal contact at one of the 29 outreach events or gatherings organized in climbing areas all across the United States.

WEBSITE:  Thanks to the volunteer work of Travis Weil and the work of Smartz Solutions, we how a contemporary, professional website.  We are having 100 unique page views per day which is at least double of our previous site. 

GEAR GIVEAWAYS:  They are a productive way to attract un-reached climbers through the website and at events.  We had 645enter and eachreceived a personal email that included an invitation to the Good News of Christ.

SPREADING THE WORD:  We reached nearly 160,000 climbers by continuing to have a small display ad in Climbing and a classified ad in Rock and Ice.

SPONSORSHIPS: We were a sponsor of the Eastern Kentucky U. Comp, U. of Alabama Comp, Spring Thing, UC Santa Barbara Comp, International Climbers Festival, Beat the Heat 5, 11^th Annual Limestoner, S. Adirondacks Festival, 24 Hours Horseshoe Hell, and Smith Rock Detour.  We also sponsored two free Issues of Rock & Ice offered that went to 2200 members and outreach contacts!

CHAPTERS: In 2010, we converted local leaders from being known as Area Contacts to being known as Chapter Coordinators. We added four but lost six during the transition for a total of 33 Chapter Coordinators.

TRAINING: Members were encouraged, equipped and empowered through sixteen Email Updates, one mailed newsletter and one God Talk seminar at the National Conference. 

OUTREACH CONTACTS: Because every climber is important, all that connect with SRCFC are added to our database.  As of the end of September 2010, we have 2853* climbers listed in the "Outreach" category.  Some are Christ-followers but most are not. 

MEMBERSHIP: We added 74 new members for a total membership of 1263*.  We have another 922 contacts who believe in the direction of SRCFC.  This gives a total of nearly 2200* involved in the mission.

* - Our contact list is constantly updated and when current contact info is lost, connects are purged. In the last ministry year, over 400 were removed.

Financial Participation & Accountability

(In '09 & '10, SRCFC had donations from 163. See Donor List.)

Jan-Dec '09 GIVING/INCOME

General Fund, etc                                                   $27,121  

Purchases/Fees                                                      $2,005                    

Short-term Support/Expense Donations*                $4,537    

Landrus Support/Expense Donations*                    $23,651

-------------------------------------------------------------------

TOTAL                                                                    $57,314

Jan-Nov '10 GIVING/INCOME

General Fund                                                          $19,254  

Purchases/Fees                                                      $2034     

Short-term Support/Expense Donations*                $140       

Landrus Support/Expense Donations*                    $20,950

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

TOTAL                                                                    $42,678

 (* Majority of staff funding comes from donors outside of SRCFC.)

Spending

A 2009 IRS Non-Profit Filing is available to all donors and potential donors at http://www.srcfc.org/About-Us/Staff,-Board,-Contact/.  Like most quality non-profits we endeavor to maintain high financial standards and spend the maximum we can on direct ministry items.  In 2009, we spent 72% on program expenses, 19% on membership and administrative costs and 9% on fundraising. 

NEW Vancouver Island, BC Chapter Coordinator: Johnny Sugrue

"Everything rises and falls on leadership."  For Solid Rock to have a meaningful impact across the climbing community, we need many, strong local leaders.  We call these folks Chapter Coordinators.  We are pleased to announce that Johnny Sugrue (Courtney, BC, johnnysugrue@gmx.com) answered God's call to take up the torch!  Read about his climbing experience, spiritual journey and other thoughts at Vancouver Island Chapter.  Remember, the reason you should be part of a SRCFC Chapter is so that you are encouraged to share your faith to climbers.  By joining in, you will be an encouragement to Johnny and others!  Contact Johnny today!

by Roger Kubly (kublyr@hotmail.com)

Jesus said, "Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world!  We had so much to cheer for in Mexico this past month.  Calvin, I, Fernando, and a number of Fernando's family and friends joined together to bring light into spiritual darkness.  

As night fell on that last Sunday night at the end of October, I have this picture in my mind of a climber on the ceiling of the gargantuan El Chonta cave in near total darkness with just a headlamp to guide the way.  Without that light there would have been no possibility of a climber completing these very challenging climbs in such a spectacular setting.  The scale of this cave is so huge it literally took me a half hour just looking at it and the distant ant-size climbers to take in the context of it all.  I soon realized that this was just a small example of God's humbling/awesome power to show us His greatness, and our smallness.  Without His light and life giving power, we would have no hope of knowing Him at all.  We had connectted with many at El Chonta and looked forward to connecting again at our next climbing destination - Jilotepec. 

We spent the night in the beautiful city of Taxco....read rest of report the includes photos. 

Veiw photos of Central Mexico Climbing!