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Learn more about our 2 year discipleship journey kicking off March 2025!
LifeSpring
is a growing community
of people who follow Jesus,
are being
changed
by
Him,
and
help others
do the same.
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Watch the 2023 Reflections Video
GENEROSITY & STEWARDSHIP
I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that come from giving. - Philippians 4:17 (CEV)
GOD is restoring a broken world and we get to JOIN HIM!
We helped all different “ages” and “stages” grow as disciples
of Jesus.
God’s Word shaped our lives.
Watch the sermons from this year on our YouTube Channel.
We continued
to rally together as a community to meet big needs in our area.
Southwest Schools
Academic and Social growth for
ALL students, EVERY DAY!
- Provided 60 Bright School Kits to kids
- 72 snack packs provided each weekend at Harrison Elementary
- Lightning Squad - Faith based after school program in collaboration with other churches to give kids a safe place to hear the Gospel, have fun, be seen and be made known.
- 5 churches working together
- Serving 350 kids
Women of
Alabaster
Meet the needs of those caught in human trafficking by offering alternatives to a life on the streets.
Cincinnati Day Ministry
• Total Visits: 366
• New Guests: 41
• Outreach: 240 contacts
• Jail Contacts: 7
• Detox Admits: 11
• Long Term Treatment: 6
• Funeral/Families Served: 5
• Survivor Alumni Retreat: 6 attendees • Baptisms at Retreat: 5
Hamilton Day Ministry
• Total Visits: 257
• New Guests: 32
• Outreach: 77
• Jail Contacts: 78
• Detox Admits: 1
• Long Term Treatment: 1
Reach Out
Pregnancy Center
Save the life of a child by caring for the mother and father, helping at-risk families thrive and bringing the Gospel to parents.
- 40 volunteers, 6 staff
- 96 clients with 472 visits
- 52 pregnancy tests
- 54 ultrasounds
- 9 reported births
Christ's Loving Hands
To Love and Serve the greater Harrison Community
in Christ’s name.
• 2,155 people served in partner food pantries
• 166 families assisted with rent
• 158 families assisted with electric
• 17 families assisted with water
• $80,000 total given to needs
- 425 hours donated by food pantry volunteers
- 425 families served with a week's worth of groceries
- 126 families served with holiday boxes
- 225 individuals received holiday gifts
- $3,600 rent/utilities assistance from benevolence
• 35 average weekly attendance for open groups
• More consistent attendance
• 1 male and 1 female closed step-study groups completed this year
• More than 2,000 hours invested by 6 volunteers
Lionheart Children's Academy
We are passionate about equipping kids to be world changers, and supporting working parents who need quality, affordable care and education for their children.
- 16 Lionheart families that have become regular attenders of LifeSpring
- 7 baptisms of parents and children
- 4 families connected into LifeGroups and several are leading
- 28 families actively serve during weekend services
Griefshare
This Christ-centered program helps people apply biblical principles as they deal with the emotions and life stresses following the death of a loved one.
• 30 combined attendance for Winter and Fall sessions
• 10 attended Loss of Spouse
• 12 attended Surviving the Holidays
Community Commons
- The Commons is used 7 days/week
- Hosted 30 birthday celebrations
“ The Commons gives my special needs
child a safe place to play. ”
“ The Commons is a nice little play area for toddlers; they also host a story time the first Monday of the month. Love that they open it to the public. ”
BROADWAY
Commons
- 30 events hosted
- Home to 4 non profits:
Reach Out Pregnancy Center, The Eve Center,
Celebrate Recovery, and
Christ's Loving Hands Food Pantry
Average number of students per weekend = 138, up from 123 last year
Summer Adventure brought in 33 new volunteers
31 members in the Foster and Adoption Support Group (20 children)
10 families participated in Family Dedication services
2 baptisms
GROWING KIDS MINISTRY TEAM
Increased volunteers from 62 last
year to 80, despite transition in
kid’s pastor.
NEW FAMILY PASTOR, BEKA JACKSON!
102 hours
of Club Fun hangouts and Bible study for 4th & 5th graders
31 different Club 45’ers attended at least one event
5 brand new kids attended
18 students serving together on Go & Be Weekend
44 average weekly Sunday night attendance
55 first time attendees
8 student baptisms
86 students in LifeGroups
7 new adult leaders
28 students serving in areas outside of LSM
5 service projects
73% post youth group church involvement
"Life Spring has truly changed my life in a way I didn’t used to think was possible. Although we all struggle at times, there is a group who is always there for you in any way you need, whether that’s prayer, advice, or simply just to listen. Everyone here is so amazing and I can’t thank God enough for putting them all, and this church, in my life!"
-Megan Martin, LSM Student
182
first time adult guests (16% increase from 2022)
62
attended
Pizza With Pastors
25
adults attended
Discover LifeSpring
33
new members
BAPTISMS
26
total::
14 adults,
10
students,,2
kids
69% baptized by family/friends/mentors (non-pastors)
17% increase from 2022
SERVING
305 people regularly serving, which is
70% of average adult weekend attendance
51 completed new “Find Your Fit” assessment
LifeGroups
22 total: 17 adult, 5 student
277 people in LifeGroups (adult and student)
1 Group multiplied, 1 couples group added, 1 neighborhood group added
WOMEN'S COMMUNITY
- 19 women participated in the winter Bible study
- 16 women participated in the spring Bible study
- 21 participated in the fall Bible study
- 25+ women connected during our Fall Campfire & Chat event
- 20+ women connected during our Lake and Lounge event
- 1 new Women’s LifeGroup launched in the Fall
- 2 Women’s D-Groups completed
MEN'S COMMUNITY
- 1 relaunch of Men’s Community to be disciple making focused
- 30+ men at breakfast vision meeting
- 1 new Men’s LifeGroup launched
DISCIPLE MAKING TRAINING
103 LifeSpring Leaders Enrolled
GO & BE
Purpose: to mobilize the church to make disciples that make disciples in their area of influence with like-minded disciple makers.
Worship Community
3 nights of Worship hosted
1 new tech leader and 6 new volunteers
6 new songs evaluated, planned, and introduced by Song Selection Team
50 weekends of worship planned, rehearsed, and enjoyed together (175 hours)
50 collective hours spent praying for the LifeSpring Community to overcome resistance and distractions and worship wholeheartedly
Creative Community
- 1 new leader and 3 new volunteers helped produce…
- 13+ videos
- 11 Sermon Series and graphics
- 4 congregational engagement opps
- Installed 1 Baptism Feature Wall
1 beautifully decorated building for Christmas
3 Photo Opps
(Easter, Mother's Day, Christmas)
GLOBAL
IMPACT
We join God in restoring brokenness around the world. Because of your generosity, all
6 of our global partners received a significant boost in financial support.
MOHI
Ending generational poverty in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya
• More than 27,000 kids in the school system across 35 disadvantaged Kenyan communities
• First school outside of Kenya started in Liberia, with about 1,000 students being discipled as a result
• MOHI Technical Training Institute had its second graduation ceremony, with 470 students receiving certificates and diplomas
• 224 children sponsored by LifeSpring
APPLE OF GOD'S EYES
Apple is restoring boys and girls who were exploited
• Apple celebrating
24 years as an organization
• 44 kids enrolled in the free to fly transition program
• 294 kids enrolled in the Apple school
• 21 new students in one of five group homes, totaling 128
TCI
Bible College in Ukraine with four extensions sites in Central Asia
- Refocused efforts to provide refugee support, pastoral care, and essential resources
- New branch in Kazakhstan added this year
- About 200 students in Central Asia and 100 in Ukraine.
- 335 students graduated in spring
- Partnering with all major seminaries in Ukraine to find new avenues for theological education
TCI is still thriving even in the middle of a war.
LAKEVIEW BIBLE COLLEGE
Bible College in India focused on training disciple-makers to multiply in unreached nations
• Training disciple-makers to multiply in unreached nations
• Residential Student numbers doubled over last academic year
• Celebrated 25th anniversary with over 100 alumni
• Over 400 alumni serve in 24 of 28 states of India and in 9 foreign nations
• 85% of Lakeview graduates are still serving on the field in active ministry. 50% of these serve as evangelists/church pastors
Bob Carter
Senior Bible consultant and trainer with the Seed Company (Wycliffe)
• Led a four-week New Testament translation intensive with 12 students from 8 countries who work in 10 different places around the world
• Training in trauma healing to work with Children who have been traumatized, especially in light of the war in Israel
• Working on 14 Old Testament projects in a closed country
AMANDA BRANDNER
Campus minister at Northern Kentucky University, specializing in international student ministry
• Over
75 international students served, discipled, and taught about Jesus
• Weekly international dinners hosted to meet and befriend international students and build bridges for Jesus
LOCAL CHURCH PLANTING
Multiplying a movement of disciple making churches
NEW CHURCH PLANT RESIDENT, ANDY DALTON
- Stage one: exposure and assessment (July 2023 - April 2024)
- Stage two: practice and planning (May 2024 - June 2025)
- Stage three: disciple making church launch (July 2025)
Support given to:
Grace Church
(church plant in Harrison)
80% of membership in groups
2 new groups started
5 community outreach events for hundreds of families
2 new Cincy church plants supported
$15,000 given to local, national, and international missions
Support given to:
RENEW.ORG NETWORK
• Solid biblical theology to fuel disciple making
• First 5 collaborative church plants underway
• Praying for 500 church plants in the next 7 years
• 310 lead ministers/pastors Learning Communities
• 55,000 print books sold and 22,000 ebook downloads
• Record
1000 attending National Gathering
