Project 1027 Inc

Community Engagement Goals

o Ministry desires to grow its client roster to 60 senior adults.
 Ministry desires to increase its annual home visits to 325.
 Ministry desires to increase its annual phone calls to 250.
 Ministry desires to increase its volunteer hours to 450.

o Ministry desires to touch over 1000 new homes in 2022 with door-to-door engagement with its current volunteers and through active growth of its engagement team. Current plans are to move into two distinct SAHA managed apartments on the west side of San Antonio.
 Raymond Rangel Apartments – senior adult apartments
 Villa Verde Mendi Apartments – family units

o Ministry desires to start a new small group Bible study at Christ the King Apartments and possibly (1) additional new zoom small groups for Senior Adults across SA.
 These small groups represent opportunities lonely seniors to meet others their age and participate in active discipleship within a small group and ultimately find a greater sense of purpose in their lives.
 Ministry will seek interested Christian volunteers to lead the small groups and directly disciple senior adults.
 Ministry will engage selected local churches and ask them to adopt this small groups as part of their congregation, creating opportunities to connectivity and more corporate integration of these members.

A critical part of our mission is how we involve individuals, families, and the local church in our work. From the moment the First Church of Jerusalem decided to ask seven people to start making certain that everyone in their congregation had enough to eat, the Church was asked to focus on being a family in word and deed. They had a problem, and they needed a solution, so they adapted their structures to make certain that they were not just talking about loving their neighbors as themselves, but actually doing it. We believe that today’s church needs to be challenged in the same way and must play a key contributor and collaborator role with our work.
By recognizing that local mission remains a fundamental responsibility of the Church, we endeavor to include families and the local church gatherings in our missional work by offering Christians the following:
• Mission focused actions that allow people to use their spiritual gifts in ministry
• Help people grow in their faith by loving their neighbor through one-on-one relationships
• Building up the local church as a caring community
• Offering local missional projects to the local church
To support this mission, we offer the following ways to get involved in our ministry.

Caring Connections Program
The Companion Care Program provides friendly telephone calls from volunteers to our senior adults who are living alone and/or are homebound. The goals of the Caring Connections program are to reduce isolation, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline often faced by homebound seniors. Regular phone calls from volunteers help seniors stay connected to their community and engaged in meaningful relationships. Keeping seniors socially engaged also improves their overall quality of life physically, emotionally, and mentally. We also send cards and letters to our seniors on their birthday and other major holidays, so they know they are part of a family who cares for them

Adopt A Senior
This program is designed for individuals, families, or a small group who wish to adopt a lonely senior adult in San Antonio. Through the adoption process we introduce the volunteer(s) to the senior adult and help them develop a relationship through telephone conversations and face to face visits. We continue to stay involved in the relationship - the volunteer(s) just adds to what we are already doing. By developing this friendship, the volunteer(s) bring joy and conversation to a lonely individual and will certainly be blessed by sharing the love of Christ. We encourage the volunteer to talk by phone with the senior adult once per week and then plan an outing of at least two hours, once per month. Outings can be a visit to the senior’s home, a trip to lunch or a trip to Walmart, a ride to church or many other alternatives. The total time commitment for each adoption is less than 6 hours per month.

Project 1027 Highlights 2021

 Ministry has made 260 home visits to lonely senior adults
 Ministry engaged in 145 phone conversations with lonely senior adults
 Volunteers have contributed 385 hours to ministry projects supporting senior adults (This represents the church in San Antonio being engaged in local missions)
 Ministry has touched over 600 homes on the west side of SA through door-to-door evangelism efforts.
 Ministry has participated in 15 adults making professions of faith in 2021.
 Ministry has through its partnerships, or its direct support is providing the ongoing discipleship of these 10 adults.
 Ministry has 40 seniors on its current roster of clients who are routinely be visited, touched electronically, and being included in the support efforts.
 Ministry has engaged the community and provided relief to individuals and families in the following specific ways:
o $2000 worth of plumbing repairs to ensure that (2) isolated senior adults have running water and functioning restrooms in their homes
o $900 worth of benevolence needs have been met for multiple families, including window AC unit, food, and utility payments to support families in need.
• Ministry has taken seven senior day trips to various locations through a growing partnership with Bulverde Spring Branch Senior Activities Center.