POTENTIAL CHURCH
Year End Review
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My— Greatest Gift
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3 From The Pastors 5 Heart for the Home 8 Expansion 12 Local Missions 17 Global Missions 22 Human Trafficking 25 Thank You
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TO OUR POTENTIAL CHURCH FAMILY, Steph and I want to take a moment to personally tell you how grateful we are for you. It is people like you that are the blueprint and foundation of our church; driving the vision to see lost people come to Christ. Each year in the month of December, as a church family, we give our Greatest Gift offering. It is our prayer that during this holiday season, we would choose to give our greatest gift to Christ for all that He has done for us individually, and as a church family. It has been an incredible year of ministry! We have had the privilege of serving so many in need in our local communities and abroad. Thank you for choosing to be the hero of these stories. While 2019 has been unprecedented in many ways, we look forward with great expectation and anticipation to all that God will accomplish in and through us in 2020. We love you dearly and praying blessings and favor over you this Christmas season. Love, Troy & Steph Gramling Lead Pastors, Potential Church
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KHALEED’S STORY “At a time when I was furthest from God, I attended a service at Potential on September 30, 2018 and felt right at home. I felt God nudge my heart to surrender my life to Christ and be baptized. I put on my God Jersey immediately after service!. In that moment, all of my hurts, failures, and disappointments faded away as I left my old way of living behind.” — KHALEED HAS SINCE BECOME FURTHER INVOLVED AND NOW SERVES AS PART OF OUR VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP TEAM.
Heart For The House
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE VISION Potential Church is a place where those who are lost can find a home. Because of your faithful generosity, we have seen countless lives transformed, families restored, and people equipped to impact our world for good. We are witnessing the next generation rise up and take their place in the story God is writing. Your commitment to our vision is not only helping meet the physical needs of our community, but more importantly, changing lives.
YOU ARE THE HEROS OF THESE STORIES...
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SALVATIONS
3802 475 BAPTISMS
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EVIE’S STORY Evie began attending Potential Church in 2013. She surrendered her life to Christ, praying for her fiance at the time to experience the life transforming power of Christ. After much struggle and walking through relational hurt, she made the decision to be baptized at our Viva Women’s Conference on October 17, 2019. She and her husband, Bernie now serve together on a weekly basis, making Christ the foundation of their marriage. Together, they are impacting thousands of people and modeling out the love of Christ.
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463,00 38 HOUSEHOLDS REACHED
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YOU HAVE HELPED EXPAND OUR MEDIA MINISTRY TO BRING THE HOPE OF CHRIST TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE EXPANDED OUR TELEVISION MINISTRY TO HOUSEHOLDS IN THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA. YOU HAVE ALSO HELPED TO EXPAND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE STREAMED OUR WEEKEND SERVICES AND OUR ANNUAL VIVA WOMEN’S CONFERENCE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 463,000, IN 38 COUNTRIES.
Restoring Homes & Families in Damascus, Syria
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PARTNERING WITH LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES PASTORS, LEADERS, & CHURCH PLANTERS IN ATTENANCE
Sharper Ministry Conference is a seminar for local church leaders and church planters to be trained, equipped, and empowered to pursue the calling that god has on their life and ministry. Your partnership
CHURCHES REPRESENTED AT SHARPER MINISTRY CONFERENCE
with our pastors allowed our team to host and create and environment that is stewarding church growth and revival here, in south florida. As well as help aid Syrian refugees through our partnership with Global Kingdom Partnership Network.
HOMES BUILT FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA
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Our heart has never been to be simply a large church on the corner of the street, but to be one church where you are, ministering to people across the globe. Along with championing our vision to be a multi-site church with healthy, thriving campuses across the globe, you have also helped to provide spaces and opportunities for pastors & church leaders to learn, grow, and be equipped as well as help plant churches through our local network. You have personally invested in stretching the gospel beyond South Florida to places that are in desperate need of hope.
Church Plants
IN ADDITION TO LAUNCHING CAMPUSES OF POTENTIAL CHURCH, YOU HAVE ALSO AIDED IN PLANTING CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. MOST RECENTLY, THE POTENTIAL CHURCH FAMILY HAS HELPED PLANT:
NEW CITY CHURCH IN KANSAS CITY, MO — UNLOCK CHURCH MAPLE GROVE, MN — PROMISE LIFE CHAPEL WEST PALM BEACH, FL. — C3 HISTORY MAKERS (LAUNCHING IN 2020) PASTORS TERRENCE & EMMA MULLINGS — 1NAME CHURCH (LAUNCHING IN 2020) PASTORS COREY & JAMIE FARVER —
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As a church family, we embrace our mission to be a light in a dark world. Our aim is to equip and empower our church community to see the need and meet the need, allowing us to be the hands and feet of Christ in our local communities. Our desire is not to simply pastor a church, but to pastor a city.
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.� Matthew 5:14
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We accomplish this through our monthly mission saturday gatherings, where we serve local organizations that are focused on enhacning our communities caring for the homeless and abused, and feeding the hungry.
YOU HAVE BEEN THE HERO FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE YOU MAY NEVER MEET, BUT HAVE IMPACTED ETERNALLY.
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Feeding The Homeless At Broward Outreach Center
Local Missions
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TOYS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN IN NEED
DONATED TURKEYS, HAMS, PIES
6127 18,402 HOURS ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY & SERVING THOSE IN NEED
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TURKEYS, HAMS, AND PIES TO FEED FAMILIES IN BROWARD & MIAMI DADE COUNTIES
1631 10,463
PEOPLE SERVED THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA DREAM CENTER
Feeding the homeless of Broward and Miami Dade Counties.
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IMPACT THE WORLD FOR GOOD
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YOU HAVE HELPED TO SERVE NOT ONLY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BUT HAVE ALSO EXTENDED A HELPING HAND TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE BAHAMAS. WE HAVE MOBILIZED DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS TO AID DISPLACED FAMILIES IN NEED.
WE DEPL 3 SHIP CONTAN FILLED WIT SUPPLIES THE MO OF OCT
Disaster Relief
LOYED PPING NIERS TH RELIEF S DURING ONTH TOBER
WE HAVE CURRENTLY MADE TWO TRIPS TO THE BAHAMAS, WORKING ALONGSIDE FREEPORT BIBLE CHURCH TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF TO DISPLACED AND DEVASTATED FAMILIES.
SUPPLIES DONATED TO HELP AID FAMILIES THAT HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO HURRICANE DORIAN
150,000 LBS.
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OUR PARTNERS US PARTNERS — ARC BROWARD KIDS IN DISTRESS THE SHERIDAN AT COOPER CITY THE VILLAGE SOUTH 4KIDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA MIAMI RESCUE MISSION (KITCHEN) MIAMI RESCUE MISSION (BARN) RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MIAMI HIS HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOME HEART FOR THE HOME CHILDREN’S HARBOUR KRISTI HOUSE CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY RIVERSIDE CHRISTIANS MINISTRIES LIFENET4FAMILIES SOS-CHILDRENS VILLAGES OUR FATHER’S HOUSE SOUP KITCHEN LIL’ HELPING HANDS POTENTIAL CHURCH FOOD PANTRY MIAMI HOMELESS OUTREACH SCHOTT’S COMMUNITIES MIAMI HOMELESS OUTREACH SUPER SCHOOL FLORIDA DREAM CENTER CANOPY OF HOPE SOUTH AMERICA PARTNERS — COMEDOR POPULAR SAN FRANCISCO DE ASÍS MINISTERIO BAUTISTA VILLA EL PEDREGAL ONG HUELLAS BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE SAN BORJA CENTRO DE SALUD “6 DE JUNIO” EN SJM HOSPITAL MARIA AUXILIADORA EN SJM COMEDOR Y CASA HOGAR REMAR EN VMT COMEDOR POPULAR SANTA ROSA EN CHORRILLOS
OUR PARTNERS HELP US BRING THE LOVE AND MESSAGE OF CHRIST TO THE LOST. YOUR GREATEST GIFT IS MAXIMIZED BY USING THEIR EXPERTISE IN AIDING & CARING FOR THE NEGLECTED, THE HOMELESS, AND THE ABUSED.
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KEY STATISTICS From 2007 to 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, operated by Polaris, has received reports of 34,700 sex trafficking cases inside the United States. In 2017, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimated that 1
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Hope for Freedom
in 7 endangered runaways reported to them were likely sex trafficking victims. The International Labor Organization estimates that there are 4.8 million people trapped in forced sexual exploitation globally.
BEFREE TEXTLINE TEXT “BEFREE” (233733) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE 1 (888) 373-7888
Human trafficking is poised to overtake the illegal drug trade as the largest criminal enterprise in the world, according to the FBI. That’s because a kilo of heroin can only be sold once—after it’s been used, it’s gone. But a human being can be sold over and over again. The state of Florida is a human trafficking hot spot, reporting the third highest number of cases in the country (behind
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California and Texas), according to a 2016 report by the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Last year alone, the Florida Department of Children and Families counted nearly 1,900 confirmed trafficking cases statewide, up 54 percent
FOR THE FLORIDA DREAM CENTER, YOU HAVE HELPED RENOVATE AND FURNISH 7 FULL BEDROOMS, CREATING A SAFE, WARM, AND COMFORTING SPACE FOR WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC ABUSE.
DOLLARS GIVEN TO FURNISH ROOMS FOR RESCUED GIRLS
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TONY & TORI’S STORY Nearly six years ago, my life was changed forever by an invitation. I had said “No” to church for years, and I was sure I knew that I was in charge and had to follow my dreams of starting a business. Then, I realized that I was very empty, unfullfilled, so I finally said “Yes” when that invitation came around again. That turned out to be the BEST DECISION of my life. My wife and I accepted Christ, were baptized, and began serving. I now have the privilege of being the Associate Campus Director and Youth Leader at Potential Church Hallandale Beach Campus. My life has been transformed, and I am expectant for all that is still to come!
YOUR GREATEST GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPACT OUR WORLD FOR GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE DIFFERENCE YOU HAVE MADE IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY IN 2019. LET’S DO IT AGAIN IN 2020!
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HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED...
PRAY Ask God how He wants you to bless others through generous giving.
BRING YOUR GREATEST GIFT You can participate by designating your gift to ‘Greatest Gift’ online or through our app.
GIVING OPTIONS Checks: Write ‘Greatest Gift’ in the memo section Online: Go to potentialchurch.com & click ‘Give’ Cash/Credit Card: Fill out our Greatest Gift envelope App: Dowload our app on your smart phone and select the giving option
Over 50 per cent of people in Peru live below the the poverty line.
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EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE GOES TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
Thank You
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