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Bringing Churches Together, Helping People in Need, Transforming Lives

A Season of Transformation At just over six years old, Love INC of Littleton is poised to

enter into a new season of ministry: a Season of

Transformation. Transformational ministries seek to transform

the lives of people in chronic need through caring relationships

and classes/training opportunities. We have launched two

transformational ministries in 2014. In March, Love INC of

Littleton launched Money and Me, our first transformational

ministry. Money and Me is a 2-part seminar designed to teach

basic budgeting, debt reduction, and money management tech-

niques. In September, we began training for Stepping Forward.

Stepping Forward provides a short-term mentoring relationship

and will pair clients with a supportive mentor to work on goal

setting and other vital life skills. We trust that tonight's program

will inspire you to join us transforming lives in the Name of

Christ!

PO Box 787 Littleton CO 80160 ● 303-798-0037

www.loveinclittleton.org

Dipes N Wipes

Haven’s Hope

Love on Wheels

Renewed Treasures

Financial Counseling

Senior Access

Thanksgiving Meal Delivery

Heart For Teens

Severe Weather Shelter Network

Nursing Home Visitation

Furniture (NEW in 2014!)

Money and Me (NEW in 2014!)

Stepping Forward (NEW in 2014!)

Labor of Love (NEW in 2014!)

Our Current Gap Ministries

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The essence of the CCU experience is its integration of faith and learning. This distinctive integration of academic achievement, character develop-ment, and spiritual formation prepares CCU graduates to honor God and

impact the world with their lives.

About Colorado Christian University:

Located in Lakewood, Colorado, Colorado Christian University was founded in 1914 and is rapidly becoming a leader in Christian higher education. CCU offers 53 undergraduate degrees and five master’s degrees in business, education, nursing, counseling and other disciplines.

More than 4,500 adult and graduate students attend the university in centers located in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Inverness, Loveland, Northglenn and online. Students attending CCU come from 49 states. Approximately one-half of the 1,204 students who are enrolled in classes at Lakewood this fall are from Colorado.

Most recently, the university was awarded an “A” by The American Council of Trustees and Alumni for its core curriculum, an honor accorded to only 21 schools out of 1,070 colleges and universities which were evaluated.

CCU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and is one of the only Christian colleges in an eight-state region.

Love INC of Littleton 2014

Do You Have a Neighbor in

Need?

Love INC’s Clearinghouse is open: Monday-Thursday

9:30am-12:00pm

HELPLINE: 303-794-5683

Love INC is not an emergency response.

Some of the areas we try to respond include:

Food, Toiletries, Diapers, Trans-portation, Clothing, Yard Work,

Home Repair, Moving, Financial Counseling, and Prayer.

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Keesen Landscape Management,

Inc. is Denver’s premiere commercial landscape

management company providing high-quality, commercial

landscape maintenance and irrigation services in Denver, Colorado for over 40 years.

3355 S. Umatilla Street

Englewood, CO 80110 (303) 761-0444

www.keesenlandscape.com

Staff

Rev. Doug McKinney

Executive Director

Rev. Jeff Allen

Development Coordinator

Kelsey Hart

Clearinghouse Coordinator

Jessi Lambert

Gap Ministry and Event

Coordinator

Board of Directors Carl Cleveland

Chairman

Cynthia Dekker

Vice Chair

Bob Mainger

Secretary

Rick Pfaffmann

Treasurer

Shirley Bjornseth

Lisa Fellows

Glenn Gravelle

Jerry Hertzler

Bill LaRock

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Evans Chiropractic

Serving Littleton families with Chiropractic care

and massage therapy for over 26 years.

8061 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado 80127

(303) 973-4700 www.loonchiro.com

We are a general care Veteri-nary Clinic for small animals,

exotic & pocket pets. We have been providing veterinary ser-vices for over 50 years. The quality of our veterinary ser-vices is the foundation of our success as we address your pet's wants and needs. With

our team's medical experience, satisfaction is our commitment

to you and your special pet.

6574 South Broadway

Littleton, Colorado 80121

(303) 795-2584

www.vetsonbroadway.com

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Thank you Generous Contributors Culinary Team

Thank you for putting your culinary skills to work to nourish our bodies

and souls!

Jennifer Coto—Student, Cook Street School of Fine Cooking

David Davis—Executive Chef, The Sink and 2014 ACFCCA President

Bob Holloway—Executive Chef, McCoy’s Restaurant

Emma Nemechek—Student, Art Institute of Colorado

David Oliveri—Executive Chef, Aloft

Chris Pierce—Executive Chef, The Reserve Casino Hotel

Mike Pizzuto—Chef Educator

Greg Sever—Executive Chef, Morningstar Assisted Living

Daniel Sturm—Pastry Chef, Brown Palace Hotel

Jeff Toback—Culinary Arts Instructor

Artisans Few people are aware of the energy that goes into each beautiful, hand

crafted bowl. Thank you for sharing your unique time and talent with us!

Arapahoe Community College

Arvada Center for the Arts

Bicentennial Arts Center

Cynthia Dekker

Karlan Emery

Foothills Pottery

Front Range Woodturners

Lisa Hauselt

Highlands Ranch Recreation Center

Michelle Kelleher

Sandra L Knafelc

Frans May

Kanna McGuire

Marianne McKee

Jila Nielsen

Chris Pfaffman

South Ridge Community Center

Judith Snyder

Founding Members Thank you for your vision of what’s possible when the Church works

together and for your practical knowledge and leadership to make Love

INC of Littleton a reality…

Theresa Cramer

Bob Heisser

Sandy Heisser

Dick Layton

Nancy Parks

Chris Pfaffman

Rick Pfaffmann

Virginia Quinn

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Thank you Generous Contributors

To the volunteers who made this Empty Bowl possible…

On behalf of Love INC of Littleton Staff, we would like to extend a heart-

felt thank you to everyone who tirelessly and cheerfully contributed to the

behind-the-scenes work that went into making this event possible!

The core planning team, listed below, has done a tremendous job in putting

together all the details of this year’s Empty Bowl. We are appreciative to

those of you who volunteered your time to help at this event with set-up,

parking, greeting, registration, auction, and check-out. We are also thankful

to the youth group from Littleton United Methodist Church for all of their

help with table service, auction, and clean up. Thank you to Close N’

Counter for dazzling us with their music! Thank you to Elite Sound for

providing the sound for tonight. Thank you to St. Luke’s United Methodist

Church for printing our programs. Your talent, generosity, and patience

cannot be matched. This event would not be possible without you!

Deb Beatty

Donna Bernklau

Shirley Bjornseth

Heidi Boettcher

Teri Burget

Ann Donnelson

Ron Dorr

Judy Finnessy

Susan Ganz

Glenn Gravelle

Sarah Grace Heaton

Shane Lambert

Bill LaRock

Linda Malone

Carolyn Metz

Ed Miller

Stacey Persichetti

Anita Pollack

Barbara Roberts

Kathryn Roy

Kelly Sushinski

Edee Worth

To all Love INC of Littleton’s volunteers…

You are too numerous to list by name, but know that your work is so

greatly appreciated. You provide rides to our clients, you listen and

pray with hurting people, you make phone calls, you lend

administrative support, you distribute diapers, you clothe people, you

shelter people. Your work in this community is immeasurable.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Community Partners Bronze:

Broadway Estates Veterinary Clinic

Colorado Business Bank

Evans Chiropractic

Keesen Landscape Management

Vanderpool Pipeline Engineers

Silver:

Littleton Adventist Hospital Gold:

Frosch/Global Travel Management Platinum:

Colorado Christian University

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Jeff Allen

Tom & Deb Beatty

Judy & George Beck-

vermit

Karl & Donna Bernklau

Elaine Billstone

Shirley Bjornseth

Joshua Burget

Teri Burget

Marilyn Carroll

Natalia Chalay

Phyllis Cottle

Cynthia Dekker

Ron Dorr

Grace Ellsworth

Lisa & John Fellows

Helenn Franzquote

Nate Frohman

Glenn Gravelle

M. Jeanne Henschen

Bev Hertler

Net Husman

Friends of Love INC

Rita Jessop

Mary Ann Lang

Aaron & Tami Lopez

Dorothy Lorenz

Kanna & Pat McGuire

Barb & Barry McGrath

Donna Moore

Stan Moore

Jila Nielsen

Carrie Nortillo

Rick & Chris Pfaffman

Peace Maker's Quilt

Group - Heritage UMC

Terry & Charlotte

Quarton

Renewed Treasures

Chris Reynolds

Lisa Riebling

David & Kathryn Roy

Jeff & Tammy Schugel

Shirley Scott

Sue Smith

Wayne & Betty Smith

Judith Snyder

Carla Thielander

John & Rhonda

Vanderpool *Please see the auction pro-

gram for a more detailed list.

Thank You Generous Contributors Silent Auction Donors

In addition to all the local boutiques, restaurants, businesses, and spas, Love

INC of Littleton would like to thank the following individual donors.

Thank you Generous Contributors Church Partners

Abiding Hope Lutheran

Ascension Lutheran

Centennial Covenant Church

Columbine United Church

Columbine Hills Church of The Nazarene

Deer Creek Community Church

Faith Community Church

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

Heritage United Methodist Church

Hosanna Lutheran Church

Littleton Adventist Church

Littleton United Methodist Church

Ken Caryl Baptist Church

Mission Hills Church

Pax Christi Catholic Church

Red Rocks Fellowship

Southern Gables Evangelical Free Church

South Fellowship Church

St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church

St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church

St. James Presbyterian Church

St. Philip Lutheran Church

St. Luke's United Methodist Church

Valley View Christian Church

Waterstone Community Church

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Church Partners are the engine that moves Love INC of Littleton forward

in fulfilling its mission. Partner Churches value the collective power of

the Church mobilized to transform lives and communities in the Name of

Christ. Partner Churches support Love INC of Littleton with prayer, by

encouraging volunteers to serve, by making referrals to the Clearing-

house, by making financial contributions; and through the development

and provision of Gap ministries meeting needs in the community.

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Dr. Virgil Gulker—Guest Speaker’s Bio

Dr. Virgil Gulker is the first person named as the Servant Leader-in-

Residence at the Center for Faithful Leadership (CFL) at Hope Col-

lege in Holland, MI. Dr. Gulker is a social entrepreneur whose work

engages church volunteers in the lives of at-risk children and families.

In 1995, he founded KIDS HOPE USA, an innovative mentoring pro-

gram that has trained over 700 churches in the United States and Aus-

tralia to engage their members in one-to-one, “I believe in you” rela-

tionships with 10,000 at-risk elementary children.

Prior to his involvement with KIDS HOPE USA, Dr. Gulker founded

numerous other award-winning programs.

Love INC (1978) mobilized over 300,000 volunteers from 9,000

churches to respond to over 1,000,000 needs in 2008 and is active

in two other countries.

Love Our Kids (1990) provided mentors for inner-city children in

three cities;

Love For Children (1991), funded by the W.K. Kellogg Founda-

tion and World Vision, linked church volunteers with children and

families in the federal Women, Infants and Children and Head

Start programs.

Dr. Gulker has received the Mustard Seed Award for Creativity, was

the recipient of the 2001 Grand Valley State University Distinguished

Alumnus Award, and has written numerous articles and books on vol-

unteerism, including "Help Is Just Around the Corner" and "Helping

You is Helping Me".

Steve VanderVeen, Director of Center for Faithful Leadership at Hope

College states - "“We have been given a great opportunity to work with

Dr. Virgil Gulker, What better role model for students than an authen-

tic servant leader? What better role model for students who want to

make a positive and significant difference than a selfless entrepre-

neur?”

We celebrate having Dr. Virgil Gulker - the founder of Love INC, as

our guest speaker for the 2014 Empty Bowl Event as he shares his

message of A Season of Transformation.

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Through the Clearinghouse and Gap Ministries, Love INC

mobilized over 31,000 hours of volunteer service which de-

livered over $700,000* of community benefit in 2013!

* Source: www.independentsector.org 2012 estimated value of a volunteer

hour = $22.43 in Colorado

Welcome—Jeff Allen

Blessing—Father Sean McGrath

Celebration of Contributors & Partners Artisans

Silent Auction Donors

Culinary Team

Church Partners

Community Partners

Founding Team Recognition

Love INC of Littleton Spotlight—Video

Guest Speaker—Dr. Virgil Gulker

Live Auction—Tom Kimball

Award & Raffle Winners

Blessing & Check Out

Program of Events