Matching Campaign!

Between now and Dec. 31, 2012, donations to Love INC will have a double impact... or more!  Please include Love INC on your Christmas list this year!  

Generous donors have offered Gallatin County Love INC matching funds - up to $12,000!  Here's how it works:

• For every gift up to $100, your donation will be matched by an equal amount.  For example, a gift of $50 will be matched by another $50, resulting in a total of $100 to support Love INC ministries.
• For every gift of $100 or more, your gift will be matched 1.5 times!  For example, a gift of $100 will be matched with a gift of $150.  A gift of $200 will be result in another gift of $300, for a total to Love INC of $500!
• You can fund the entire Love INC ministry - all its programs and activities - for one enitre day with a gift of $822.

God is blessing Love INC by enabling us to provide the "Change Your Life" program for families and individuals in chronic need, as well as for people who want to learn new or enhanced life skills.  This holistic program not only provides a "hands up" approach, it brings people closer to the Lord.  Feedback from participants is enthusiastic and the results are truly encouraging.  This local program works because God is sending His grace to help hurting people through it! 

Here's what one of your neighbors, a mother, wrote to us about her experience in Change Your Life:  "One day I woke up hopeless and scared... I was so afraid to even look at my problems.  But God guided me to Love INC and the 'changing' program.  Today I leave with hope for my future and my daughter's future."

This Christmas, help provide a "hands up" to a Gallatin County neighbor during the Matching Campaign - and multiply the impact of your gift!  

We pray you have a joyous Christmas... and we thank God for everyone's prayers for Love INC!

Gift Wrap!

When it comes to gift wrapping are you all thumbs?

Well, the generous folks at Schnee’s in Bozeman have offered a way to ease your holiday stress... and help support Love INC's on-going service to Gallatin County at the same time!

On December 14 and 15, stop by Schnee's store on Main Street in downtown Bozeman to get your gifts wrapped. For a donation to Love INC, the gifts you bring to the wrapping table will be wrapped for you!

Workers will be at Schnee’s from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with colorful wrapping paper and delightful ribbons.  Please support Love INC's work of helping churches help people, and get your Christmas presents wrapped at Schnee's on Dec. 14 and 15!

Christmas Shoppe for Kids

Love INC partner, Hope Lutheran Church, will offer its annual Children's Christmas Shoppe on Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Local children, ages 4-10, are invited to come, pick out and wrap up to 5 gifts for their family members.  Gifts are new and provided free of charge to children from families in need.

Hope Lutheran volunteers will help children select and wrap the gifts.  Adults who come with the kids will receive coffee/juice and cookies while their children shop.

Love INC works with Hope Lutheran Church by creating and mailing invitations for the Children's Christmas Shoppe to 250 Love INC client families.  Many thanks to Hope Lutheran for this wonderful gift to families in our area. 

For more information, contact the church:  586-7154.

Christmas Open House

The Love INC office will host its annual Open House on December 8, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Come and enjoy some Christmas goodies (provided by Love INC volunteers), visit with the staff, and tour the Love INC ministry center (all dressed up in Yuletide decor)!

Are you a member of a partner church?  Are you a volunteer for Love INC?  A supporter?  Or, just a resident of Gallatin County?  Have you ever wondered what the Love INC office looks like?  This is a ministry hub of 43 partner churches' outreach ministries - come take a peek! 

Drop in, wander around, enjoy some refreshments, and see what the church volunteers are doing to transform lives in Gallatin County!  See you on December 8!

This Weekend: Last Chance!

This coming weekend is the final two days of Love INC's 2010 Christmas Village Tour.  Wander at your own pace through a grand home completely transformed into a Christmas wonderland! Every room decorated from ceiling to floor, with a different theme in each room! Complete Collections of Christmas Villages ~ Dozens of Scenes ~ 1,000 Lighted Buildings ~ Animations! All brought to life with characters, vehicles, landscaping and more!

Spread the word! Tours will be held on Dec. 11 & 12, Noon - 5 pm at 6931 S. 19th Ave. (North & Across from Nash Rd.). Tickets: $10/individual or $25/family, available at Bozeman Hallmark Stores, Van’s IGA, Heeb’s Grocery, Lee & Dad’s (Belgrade) and at the door. Parking is limited; please carpool if possible.

This is an fun and interesting event for everyone!  All proceeds go to support Love INC's ministry to the needy of Gallatin County.

(The Tour involves several stairways and is not handicap accessible. No strollers allowed. Children must be supervised by an adult.)

Christmas Village Helpers Needed

Love INC's Christmas Village Tour is coming! 

Tour a grand home completely transformed into a Christmas wonderland!  Every room decorated from ceiling to floor, with a different theme in each room!  Complete Collections of Christmas Villages ~ Dozens of Scenes ~ 1,000 Lighted Buildings ~ Animations!  All brought to life with characters, vehicles, landscaping and more!

Now calling for volunteers!  Helpers are needed to make the tour possible!  Donate 2 1/2 hours of your time to take one shift.  Volunteer jobs each shift: either direct tour-goers into the house from the entry area, or guide/watch in a room, or work the parking lot.  Your service will help raise needed funds - 100% of the funds raised from the Tour go to support the mission and operations of Love INC. 

All Christmas Village Tour helpers will receive an orientation and private viewing of the entire Christmas Village home.  Call Love INC (587-3008) or email loveincoffice@yahoo.com if you can help; you'll receive a personal phone call back to answer questions and provide you with needed details.  (All Love INC volunteers are members of Christian churches in Gallatin County.)

Spread the word!  Tours will be held on Dec. 4, 11 & 12, Noon - 5 pm at 6931 S. 19th Ave. (North & Across from Nash Rd.).  Tickets: $10/individual or $25/family, available at Bozeman Hallmark Stores, Van’s IGA, Heeb’s Grocery, Lee & Dad’s (Belgrade) and at the door.  Parking is limited; please carpool if possible. 

Please note: the Tour involves several stairways and is not handicap accessible.  No strollers allowed.  Children must be supervised by an adult.   

Tickets On Sale Now!

Christmas Village Tour!  Visit a wonderful world of Christmas at the Love INC Christmas Village Tour!

Tickets go on sale today!  This tour is in a private home with more than 1,000 lighted buildings in extensive, incredible miniature Christmas village displays.  Animation and landscapes.  New and antique - some rare pieces.  Plus, 12 themed Christmas rooms including a Nativity collection, Elf Library, Gingerbread Kitchen, Nutcracker Room, Santa's Room, handmade Christmas quilts, and so much more!  Be amazed and walk in childlike wonder -- must be seen to be believed!

Two days only!  Saturday, November 28 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving) and Saturday, December 5, from 1-5 pm both days.  Tickets are $5 each, available at Van's IGA in Bozeman, Lee & Dad's in Belgrade, and Leslie's Hallmark in the Gallatin Valley Mall.  Invite your friends and family to kick off the Christmas season by entering a magical Christmas world.  Directions to guide you to the tour are printed on the tickets.

The tour is self-guided.  Come, enjoy and stay as long as you'd like.  Children are welcome, but must be supervised by an adult.  Since stairways are involved, the tour cannot accommodate strollers or wheelchairs. 

All proceeds from the delightful Christmas Village Tour support the on-going ministries of Gallatin County Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC). 

(Note: If you would like to volunteer to greet guests as they tour a room, please contact Love INC: loveincoffice@yahoo.com; volunteers are needed.)