| Needs vary from time to
time, and we are always appreciative of your generous gifts and efforts.
We'll post our needs and wishes here and hope you will stop by from time to
time to see if there is something you, your church, organization or company
can help us with.
Your Prayers
Click HERE
for a page devoted to Prayer.
Major Items Needed at
this time:
Christian Pastors in Prison
Ministries:
To
screen for us - find Christian men who will be released from WORK RELEASE UNITS
soon.
Confront them with the idea of staying at COTS House.
Used Long Bed Pickup Truck - For
jobs, approx $2000-$4000
Central Air/Heat - Traine, approx
$5900 ($4.5k for Traine, $1k for electrician, $400 for
plumber) This home has un-insulated walls, and gets VERY cold in
the winter and
VERY hot in the summer.
Other Needs and
Supplies:
Personal Items for Men -
Toe-nail clippers, deodorant, dental floss, Combs, razors & shaving
cream, small shampoo.
Men's Clothing -
Personal: underpants, white t-shirts, handkerchiefs, slippers, gray
sweat sets.
For
work: blue jeans, short-sleeved cotton shirts, heavy leather belts, work boots.
For
every day: jeans, cotton shirts, tennis shoes, ball caps.
For
Church: dress pants and sport coats, long sleeve dress shirts, belts, ties,
dress shoes.
For
Nasty Weather: rain coats, thermal jackets, gloves, umbrellas.
Other:
towels, writing equipment (ruled paper, pens, long envelopes, postage stamps).
Food -
Canned
Fruit & Veggies: peas, string beans, corn, peaches, fruit cocktail
Canned
Meat: hams, corned beef hash, spam, tuna, chicken, turkey.
Canned
Soups: hearty soups with meat and veggies.
Boxed
Items: potato flakes, oatmeal, pasta (no jell-o or sugary breakfast cereals
please).
Fruit
Drinks: Plastic containers only/no powders - orange, grapefruit, cranberry,
apple cider.
Winn-Dixie or WalMart Food Cards - in any amount!
Perishable: None, we use food cards for milk, eggs, bread, fresh fruit & veggies
& meat.
Note: Please, NO junk food (chips, candy, pastries, soda pop, ice cream)
and NO coffee.
Household Needs -
Liquid Tide, softener, bleach, tall kitchen trash can liners, ziplock sandwich
bags.
Work Tools -
Heavy duty storage shed with lockable door (we need this first or tools will get
stolen).
Power lawn mower, weed eater, edger, pick axe, roto-tiller, tool boxes and all
your
old unwanted electric and hand tools.
Jobs (for Two Guys and a
Truck) -
We need to teach about tithing, trust, self discipline and self reliance. If you
have
yard work or a hauling/moving job, please send it our way. We charge $5 per
person per
hour (we go out in two's).
Bibles (5) -
King James Evidence Bibles, Leather $49.99 each +s/h, order from Amazon
HERE
Books (5 of each) -
School of Biblical Evangelism $24.95 each +s/h, order from Amazon
HERE
Way of the Master $14.99 each +s/h, order from Amazon
HERE
Way of the Master Study Guides $5.99 each +s/h, order from Amazon
HERE
Hell's Best Kept Secret & Study Guide $13.99 each +s/h, order from Amazon
HERE
At Christmas -
A Christmas tree or a Manger
What would be wonderful, is a plastic shoebox full of small gifts (Fritos, Milky
Way, Pen.
Tickets to a play, opera, science museum etc.
Volunteering:
These men require a "startup family," a team of people
willing to help them through some troubling times. When they leave prison, they
literally have nothing except the clothes on their back. They need to get a lot
of things done, and this process is difficult when they don't have money nor
transportation. They need food, replacement I.D., work clothing, Christian
Mentoring, rides to apply for jobs and to get to Sunday School and Church
Services, and some need to get to doctor's appointments. You have no idea how
much they appreciate your help and understanding.
Training Center Instructor/Director - Two nights/week 7pm for 1 hour, 3
month tour.
Crash, Basic, and Intermediate WOTM. 101 Lessons from School of Biblical
Evangelism Description
Driver - Sundays to Bible Class and Church Services at First Baptist
Church Downtown.
Electrician - we need a splice separated onto two different breakers. Also
2 lines run for
air handler & pump.
Plumber - run a line to the Heat Pump, also line for front yard spigot.
Cementer - We need a back patio with post hardware.
Roofer - We have a section of roof that needs to be replaced and extended
over new
patio.
Carpenter - We need a strong lockable storage box for 3 garbage cans and
BBQ.
Note: Please contact Miss Annie if you would like to volunteer, for
date and time
904-314-1000
Building
Materials:
Check the list just above in "volunteering" to
see what materials we will be needing.
Note: Please contact Miss Annie if you would
like to donate building materials, for
date/place/time
Giving: We ALWAYS need funds - we LOVE you!
By making a commitment to donate regularly, you will be helping to fulfill the
vision that God has set before us.
To send cash, check, or postal
money order:
COTS-Jax, PO Box 13086, Jacksonville FL 32206-3086
To use your credit card:
Go to bottom of the page HERE
Share Our Vision
Help to organize and help collect donations
Represent COTS-Jax at local events
and conventions
Promote COTS-Jax and help write
publicity releases
Become a "Way of the Master"
evangelism
Instructor for our residents
Write articles for our eVangie
Newsletter.
Send us a list of resources you know
about. See our current list HERE
Contact us for more information at
cots @ prodigy.net (close the spaces)
"My soul,
wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He is my Defense; I
shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my
strength, and my refuge, is in God." ~
Psalm 62:5-7
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