05/03/2023
Instead of paying a pastor salary, we send an equivalent amount to a non-profit each month. We take Jesus' command to "feed my sheep" seriously! Here is one of many thank you notes we receive.
"Thank you so much for the gift that Ellison Avenue United Methodist Church made recently to Infant Crisis Services. Your congregation’s sustaining support of our mission over the last 5 years has made a lasting impact on the lives of our tiniest neighbors. Because of your members’ partnership, ICS is able to expand our reach through the BabyMobile program, which is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. During our last fiscal year, the BabyMobile program visited locations in 23 Oklahoma counties and served 9,411 babies, a third of these babies received supplies for the very first time. This spring we are scheduled to add 3 new sites in counties we haven’t visited before. These sites will be in Madill, Fairview, and Holdenville. Your church’s generosity is removing the transportation barrier for families on tight budgets so they can access the life-sustaining supplies we provide and keeping Oklahoma babies’ bellies full and diapers dry.
If you or your members know anyone in El Reno who could benefit from our services, our BabyMobile visits El Reno at the Wichita Caddo and Delaware Tribes WIC Clinic on the first Wednesday of each month from 10 am-2 pm. ICS couldn’t continue to serve more babies in even more counties each year without your support. I am deeply grateful for your investment in the healthy and thriving futures of babies in toddlers all over Oklahoma."