Announcements

Greetings to our Crazy Love Sponsors,

We have yet to find adequate building space for the Warming Center. Unfortunately, the buildings that would work are for sale vs for lease. As we wait upon the Lord for His will to be done, we are continuing to explore all possibilities including more funding options.

It quickly came to our attention that Crazy Love Ministries successfully provided outreach services for three years prior to having building space. Beginning the first of Feb. we added Tues evening Fellowship in the Park to our outreach schedule in addition to the Friday, Shelton Street Feed.

This outreach is done in conjunction with Community Lifeline’s 5pm dinner. Crazy Love sets up in the park offering people a place to sit and eat their meal. We supplement the meal with additional food and basic-necessity handouts. Most importantly, we are there to continue maintaining the relationships God has created with those we serve by offering them prayer and holding the Devotion and Discussion time that everyone was familiar with at the center.

Beginning in April, we will be adding on Sun Church in the Park. This will also be an offering that people were previously accustomed to when visiting the center on Sunday afternoons. It’s exciting that God is continuing to bring vision to the ministry work of Crazy Love Ministries.

On a recent Fri evening when we announced Church in the Park was coming, a man named Shawn raised his hand to speak. When I motioned for him to talk he informed the entire crowd, “This is awesome! We’ve been waiting to see if you’d disappear on us.”

It hit my heart hard realizing that people have been watching to see if the loss of the center would cause us to feel defeated enough to not stay the course God set before us. Ultimately, giving up on those we serve. Shawn was one of our confirmations that God doesn’t need a building to continue drawing people to Him.

We remain firm in the commitment we made to the public and our sponsors in our Jan 2023 letter, the closure of the center, “Will not prevent His love and the message of the cross from reaching more of our neighbors who are lost, hurting, and in need of Jesus . Crazy Love Ministries is NOT dissolving. Our team remains committed to loving, serving, and investing in the lives of others in our community.” However necessary! And your continued donations are helping to make this possible.

For those giving financially, you can view the most current expense report on our website at, crazyloveministries.org under the Sponsor Tab. If you ever have any specific questions our treasurer can be contacted directly, Mel Lightbody, 707-367-4370.

Please continue to page 2 to read about the impact God is having through your support!

God bless you,

Wendy Petty
CLM Exec. Dir.
360-358-3355

 Crazy Love Ministries Summary of 2023 Praise Reports, so far 😊

Jan 2023, with heavy hearts we received word of Paul Zachry’s passing. Paul was one of our sponsors and many of our team members knew Paul personally. It was extremely challenging for Wendy (our Exec. Dir.) to accept a praise report that came with the news of his passing. Crazy Love Ministries was included in Paul’s will. The ministry will be receiving $7500 from his estate. Our largest donation ever! Our hope is that once this money is received it can be used towards the reopening of a Warming Center. We know Paul greatly appreciated what the center was offering to those in our community.

Feb 2023, Gene H and son moved into their own home. After residing first in shelters and then together in a group home. Our ministry was blessed to help with the physical move and from donations from the community to equip their new home with a washer and dryer.

Mike M got his own housing. At a Shelton Street Feed Mike publicly gave God all the praise for this victory. Mike is looking very forward to attending Church in the Park.

Mar 2023, Erica B got her own housing. Erica hasn’t had stable housing for five years. Her housing situation also contributed towards her not being able to fully reside with her two sons. However, her new apartment provides space for her youngest to live with her. Her eldest has successfully moved on to adulthood and remains in close relationship with her. All glory to God!!!

Along with a $500 donation from the Exec. Dir. of Crazy Love Ministries, the ministry was able to help collect matching donations for Gethsemane Ministries through Go Fund Me. Crazy Love will be sending them a check close to $1000.00 this month. We are certain many others also gave directly to Gethsemane. The biggest miracle we’ve witnessed come from the Gethsemane fires is how the greater church has stepped up as one to help support Gethsemane. Many of Gethsemane’s sister ministries and Shelton’s local church congregations have sent them financial support.

Despite the center not being in operation, Crazy Love Ministries volunteer roster has grown and is at its highest in ministry history (6yrs!), with 38 volunteers. All food and financial donation needs are also continuing to be met.

Go God!