help vulnerable children and families in your community

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⛪️ = Church

🏡 = Small Group

🏫 = Church School

🌐 = Community Response Team

🇪🇸 = Bi-lingual (Spanish)

🇭🇹 = Bi-lingual (Creole)

MARION COUNTY, FL

 1. ⛪️ Belleview Seventh-day Adventist Church

2. ⛪️ Celebration Church

3. ⛪️ Christ the King Anglican Church

4. ⛪️ Citra Seventh-day Adventist Church

5. 🏡 Co-Laborers of Christ

6. ⛪️ Dunnellon Methodist

7. ⛪️ Dunnellon Seventh-day Adventist

8. 🌐 Every Day Jesus

9. ⛪️ Everyday Church

10. ⛪️ Families Crying Out Church

11. ⛪️ First Baptist Church Fort McCoy

12. ⛪️ First Love Fellowship

13. 🏡 🇪🇸 Fundacion Semillas de Amor Inc

14. 🏫 Grace Christian School Crusaders

15. ⛪️ 🇪🇸 Iglesia Cristiana Sal y luz del mundo

16. ⛪️ 🇪🇸 Iglesia Nueva Vida

17. ⛪️ Ignite Ministries

18. ⛪️ Kingdom Revival Church

19. ⛪️ Live Oak Christian Fellowship

20. ⛪️ Marion Oaks Seventh-day Adventist

21. ⛪️ Meadowbrook Church

22. ⛪️ 🇪🇸 Ministerio Cielos Abiertos

23. ⛪️ Mt. Tabor A.M.E. Church

24. ⛪️ New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church

25. ⛪️ New Day Christian Fellowship, Inc.

26. ⛪️ New Life Family Ministries Ocala

27. ⛪️ Ocala Seventh-day Adventist Church

28. ⛪️ Ocklawaha Community Church

29. ⛪️ Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church

30. ⛪️ 🇭🇹 United Group Outreach Ministry

31. ⛪️ Wings Of Faith Fellowship

32. ⛪️ Woodside Baptist Church

33. ⛪️ Moss Bluff Baptist Church

LAKE COUNTY, FL

1. ⛪️ Church of the Messiah

2. ⛪️ Mt. Pleasant SDA Church

3. ⛪️ Church of the Lakes

4. ⛪️ Lord's House International

5. ⛪️ First Baptist Church of Umatilla

6. ⛪️ Faith Lutheran Church

CITRUS COUNTY, FL

1. ⛪️ Seven Rivers Church

2. ⛪️ Cornerstone Baptist Church

3. ⛪️ Floral City Methodist Church

4. ⛪️ Rock Crusher Church

HERNANDO COUNTY, FL

1. ⛪️ New Life Christian Church

2. 🌐  The Value Exchange Fellowship

3. ⛪️ Great Life Church

4. ⛪️ Glorious COGIC Worship Experience

5. ⛪️ Northcliffe Church

SUMTER COUNTY, FL

1. ⛪️ Lake Deaton United Methodist Church

2. ⛪️ Pinnacle Church of God

3. ⛪️ New Covenant United Methodist Church

💡🤖 The story of the Good Samaritan can be a model for helping families using CarePortal. 

🤖 1. Immediate and Compassionate Response:

• The Samaritan addressed the immediate need of the injured man by bandaging his wounds and providing first aid. 

💡🤖 CarePortal Connection:  CarePortal churches respond with compassion by addressing urgent or chronic needs, such as providing clothes, bedding, food, or emergency assistance. This approach prioritizes care and support, offering hope and encouragement.

📖 Luke 10:34a (NLT): “Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them...”

🤖 2. Empowerment for Recovery + Community Involvement:

• The Samaritan took the injured man to an inn and paid for his stay, ensuring he had a safe place to recover. 

💡🤖 CarePortal Connection: CarePortal churches assist families by giving them what they need to get back on their feet, such as household items or assistance that supports their ability to thrive independently.

📖 Luke 10:34b (NLT): “Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.”

• The Samaritan’s assistance was carefully planned, ensuring the man’s immediate recovery while involving the community for extended care. By entrusting the innkeeper with the man’s continued well-being, he demonstrated responsible use of resources and community participation in helping those in need.

💡🤖 CarePortal Connection:  Churches use CarePortal to coordinate targeted support that involves support from church members along with multiple community partners, helping families move from crisis or chronic problems to stability. This shared effort ensures that assistance is strategic, and promotes recovery.

🤖 3.  Strategic Support with Follow-Up:

• The Samaritan not only ensured the man’s immediate recovery by taking him to an inn but also took personal responsibility for his continued care, promising to return. This highlights that helping people sometimes requires ongoing involvement rather than a one-time effort. He did not leave the man’s care solely to the innkeeper; he maintained a vested interest in the outcome, showing genuine commitment and compassion.

💡🤖 CarePortal Connection:  CarePortal churches actively engage and follow up to encourage sustainable growth and ensure the family’s progress. By following up and letting the Holy Spirit guide their involvement, 🕊️ churches can ensure that aid leads to true transformation and growth, fostering sustainable progress and empowering families.

📖 Luke 10:35 (NLT): “If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.” 

🤖💡 Think on These Things:  The Good Samaritan illustrates that providing aid can take many forms—sometimes it’s a one-time act of compassion, sometimes it’s connecting people to others or resources in the community, and at times, it’s a longer-term investment of involvement. You never know what kind of help a situation may require, but by letting the Holy Spirit guide your response, you can make meaningful connections and show Christ-like compassion.

📖 Luke 10:37b (NLT): “Then Jesus said, ‘Yes, now go and do the same.’”