-Gifted monthly $25 to Lorraine’s Bake Shop “pay it forward” fund to assist indigent downtown neighbors who may need a coffee/snack break, especially during inclement weather days. (5/2)
-Provided 3 boxes of food and household items to a family previously mentored through Hope Inspired Ministries, now living in their own home after long-term guest housing with family members. (5/4)
-Family support for woman in prison to maintain regular phone contact with her family. Reports that she is doing well. (5/4)
-Attended annual Pregnancy Resource Center fundraising event in Panama City and visited with several ministry friends there. (5/7)
-Taught life recovery program classes in Panama City and participated in annual Mother’s Day weekend retreat at Panama City Beach Laguna Beach Christian Retreat cabins with Humble House students, staff, and alumnae. (5/8-10, 5/22)
-Ongoing monthly community care service organization’s networking cost of communication to agency and individual representatives through newsletter support for
Community Adult Protective Team (CAPT) in Bay County, FL-$18.67 (5/28)
And tech support assistance for upgrade and move of CAPT computer system to new location. $425 (5/5)
-Provided assorted needed items for Mary Ellen’s place- 2 14-panel drug tests, OTC meds, paper products, batteries for smoke detectors, cleaning and laundry products, 2 PUR faucet attachment water filters, 2 boxes of boxed and canned food items and 2 bags of frozen items for food pantry.
-Liaison communication with multi/church women’s group, Hope Circle, to identify possible mission projects at Mary Ellen’s Place for their consideration. They were helpful in securing additional men’s and women’s clothing to stock MEP community clothes closet. (5/3-6)
-Purchased Straight Talk phone card for disabled mission friend. (5/1)
-Delivered 3 days of microwavable and other food items to another disabled mission friend currently without housing. (5/3)
-Assisted grandmother kinship foster caregiver with infant clothing from LHMC foster closet and with window coverings in apartment in Panama City. Infant’s mother had previously been in care in area women’s residential facilities in Bay County and is completing her final year in FLDOC. (5/6)
-Provided additional assorted sizes of cooking pots for MEP client kitchen and kitchen towels.(5/5)
-Assisted with laborers and cost of moving assistance for a senior female forced to leave her home due to verbal, emotional, and financial abuse and under threat of further harm. (5/14)
-Delivered box of women’s summer clothing from a Timbers neighbor to MEP clothes closet. (5/7)
-Financed short term loan for purchase of replacement car part for family until paycheck comes in. $181 (5/1)
-Provided needed laundry and cleaning supplies to Mary Ellen’s Place. (5/12)
-Participating in weekly downtown cross-community Bible study on Wednesday
nights.
– Provided blanket, snack bag, scissors that were requested to cut hair, and paid for a prescription for an unhomed female being treated for infection.(5/19)
-Made referral for a woman seeking addiction treatment. (5/20)
-Made contact with Montgomery church groups regarding volunteer assistance with small home repairs for widows with limited means. Tentatively scheduled three basic repairs in the home of a widow through an area church for week of 5/18. Also, learned of other church volunteer assistance for other needs from another area church to add to the resource file. (5/11)
-Completed final 2025 Titus 2 annual reporting and submitted IRS 990 through CPA firm Summitt West (5/10)
-Completed financial prep work Jan -May for T2P bookkeeper to review and enter in quick books. (5/30)
-Pastoral assistance offered weekly to a woman undergoing treatment for serious medical issue.
-Provided assistance with a major vehicle wheel and suspension issue and additional repairs that had vehicle inoperable for a disabled mother with middle school age children through a qualified and recommended auto shop. She is employed part time and working to secure independent housing again, also. In addition to mother’s partial payment and Titus 2’s assistance, funding also provided by friends of Titus 2 and friends from several partner churches to meet the need. (5/12)
-Ongoing assistance with temporary shelter, transportation, and assisting with part time employment placement for a woman working a major geographic relocation plan, additional career certification, and employment transition. This counseling, mentoring, and direct financial and housing assistance began in November 2025 after she was counseled while in temporary shelter at Panama City Rescue Mission. Busy with applications and interviews in the third week of May. Progressed to 3rdupper level interview for management position with a major corporation! Awaiting that and scheduling for an out of town “shadowing” appointment with a senior level manager. Prospect looks good. (5/23)
-Benevolence case management for LHMC and Heritage Bible Church-4 cases completed.
-Provided donation of $100 grant to Stillwaters Women’s Recovery Program in Marianna for laundry supplies. Discussed current services to men, women, and mothers with children with Corie Ann Langland. (5/7)
-Attended neighborhood coffee with City Councilwoman Julie Beard and met and visited with MPD officers about Titus 2’s ministry and availability to serve in the community. Will explore participation in Fall ’26 class of Citizen Police Academy.(5/6)
-Assisted family known to Titus 2’s ministry from out of town with donation and placement of multiple bags of local Montgomery family member’s clothing, shoes, accessories, and multiple boxes of pantry food items and assorted kitchen ware after death of elderly parent. Total of 6 SUV carloads of donated goods distributed to 4 ministries in the area over a week-long timeframe. (5/4-6 and 5/11-13)
-Participated in Humble House Mothers’ Day Weekend Retreat. Devotional provided, prayers, visits with students and volunteers, and serving. (5/8-10)
-Follow up contact arranged with Strongtower Church and its non-profit ministry administrator after phone conversation with a personal friend who has assisted in that ministry in the past and referred me there for information.(5/18)
-Met and explored services with staff of Medicine Outreach Ministries M.O.M. Confirmed and assisted a family with referral. Created file for future applications and volunteering opportunities. Met with director and volunteer director to discuss volunteer needs. (5/27)
-Phone contact with West End Boys and Girls Club director to clarify application process for our clients, program cost, referrals, etc. (5/27)
-Started a file system for MEP residential shelter case management clients and for area resources’ forms and information. Began preparation for setting up an office for Titus 2’s counseling/case management services at Mary Ellen’s Place. (5/13)
-Received lettuce, tomatoes, buns and cookies donated by First Call Realty after a community event. Prepared salad to go boxes and cookie tray for Friday evening supper at Camden St. Mission. Gave away bags of buns, also. (5/15)
-Provided Titus 2 work hours to an unemployed mission friend to obtain funds for phone card and other needs. (5/19)
-Received and stocked items for food pantry at MEP (5/20)
-Delivered 3 donated bags of men’s clothing to MEP (5/20)
-Provided 4 ink cartridges for HP printer donated by Titus 2 to MEP and a watering can for residence’s plant care. (5/20)
-Secured dental extraction services for indigent female mission friend volunteer (5/26)
-Assisted shelter neighborhood volunteer with securing replacement drivers license. (5/28)
-Received variety of donations from a woman and her elderly mother who are downsizing their combined households and moving into a smaller home. We picked up several furniture items and an SUV load of resources to sort and distribute to partner ministries, individuals, and families (5/23)
-Provided box of donated kitchen pots and pans to a mom that Titus 2 has worked with previously on other needs. (5/23)
-Provided box of donated bakery items to a ministry client family. (5/28)
-Donation of $100 to Eden Shores Recovery program for residential program client needs.(5/24)
-Traveled to Panama City to attend c-section birth of twin girls to a former Titus 2 residential student and her husband for whom Titus 2 provides ongoing long-term family services. Spent first day after births with Mom and twins “rooming in” at hospital to assist dad. (5/21)
-Referral received from ministry contact in FL for urgent need. Provided assistance to a young woman working in PCBeach for the summer, the daughter of a former program student, who needed urgent assistance after a car problem and housing complications arose. Worked through local ministry program partners to address situation in a timely manner. Resolved in 48 hours. (5/23)
-Attended quarterly fellowship dinner for The Well residential program support team. (5/26)
-Donated 3 blankets and 2 bags of pillows to Montgomery Humane Shelter, received through T2P moving assistance to senior woman and her elderly mom’s move. (5/29)
-Transferred 3 bags of donated women’s large size clothing and 2 bags of shoes to Caring Center (5/28)
-Total volunteer hours as case manager/navigator and resident host at Mary Ellen’s Place in May- 117 hrs. (24 of those hours were case managing)
-Tutus 2 Ministry’s Individual counseling and case management work. (Other than with residents at Mary Ellen’s Place or Church benevolence cases). 12 individuals, 56.5 hours.