In This Issue

"I would like to thank each and every one of you that have helped my son to make the right choices, to walk the lighted path of Christ and to leave the darkness behind.  Your program was wonderful and there are staff that I miss because they became my friends.  We are a family again and life is much better now that he is home.  Thanks again.

P.S. There is Hope!"

Thank you to all the Local Church Representatives who attended a district training event.  We hope these were useful for you.  We would love to have any feedback you wish to give.  Thank you for all the hard work and effort you give to support the Children's Home.

Thank you so much for all you do as Local Church Representatives.  We could not operate this life changing ministry without each and every one of you.  We deeply appreciate all the local churches that worked hard to meet their goal of giving of $12.00 per member for 2012.  A list of all the churches that met their goal of giving will be published in the next edition of The Herald and listed in a registration packet insert at the Florida Annual Conference.  Listed below are the top 20 churches that went above and beyond to support the Children's Home.  One list contains regular giving and the other list is the churches with the largest per member giving in the Florida Annual Conference.  We created the list to recognize 40 different churches since some churches would have been on both list.  More details about the church giving statistics will be coming later.

Madison, First                            $624,911.28
Coral Gables, First                       450,130.76
Bradenton, Trinity                         114,918.83
St. Luke's, Orlando                        95,277.00
Lakeland, First                               84,086.97
Gainesville, Trinity                          74,929.67
New Horizon, Cooper City               68,784.25
Anona, Largo                                 59,925.38
Kendall, Miami                               58,658.00
Gainesville, First                            57,968.12
Jupiter-Tequesta, First                    45,821.00
Belle Glade, Community                 41,355.21
DeLand, First                                 40,668.36
Killearn, Tallahassee                       39,901.00
Van Dyke, Tampa                           39,347.00
Mandarin, Jacksonville                    37,809.13
Vero Beach, First                           37,590.45
Ocala, First                                   36,919.22
Orlando, First                                36,097.16
New Covenant, The Villages            33,637.93

White Springs                        $234.96
Archer Banks                           219.07
Steinhatchee, First                   183.16
Rocky Springs                         155.57
Mayo, First                              154.72
New Harmony                          126.93
Sun Ray, Frostproof                  110.73
Cherry Lake                               99.84
Williston, First                           80.38
High Springs, First                     77.70
Evinston                                    76.97
Chiefland, First                           72.41
Wacissa                                    72.27
Family of God, Palmetto              67.49
Lighthouse Point, Trinity              62.95
McCall's Chapel                          57.94
Hanson                                      52.22
Coleman                                    57.14
St. Paul's, Ocala                        48.65
Homestead, First                        48.06

The Church Giving Report for 2012 is now on our website. Click on "What You Can Do" then click on "Local Church Relations". On the left side click on "Church Giving Reports 2012" and find your district. Please contact us if you have any questions.