My name is Matthew Grzybowski and I am the founder of Project:Impact. My background and experience is in everything relating to Church Tech and event planning. A ministry I started called Higher Hope Ministries puts on an annual worship concert/benefit night for a family in need. Last year we raised money for a family whose daughter had been battling cancer, it was an amazing blessing to see how the money we raised that night helped this family and the impact it had on their lives.
This past January our Face Down Worship band was asked to play for a youth winter retreat. When asked how much it would cost to have us play at their retreat my answer without hesitation was "nothing." It was my heart to have my team minister to these kids through worship. At the end of January we did just that, and it was the most amazing thing I have ever experienced.
That is where the idea behind Project:Impact came from. We want to allow churches to be able to provide a quality, engaging youth event without having to worry about the cost, or even in some cases the planning. We know there are so many details that go into planning a youth retreat, there are checklists with hundreds of items on them. This can be overwhelming for some Youth Pastor and their staff. Some churches even struggle to put on these events for financial reason. We as Project:Impact want to relieve as many of these burdens as possible.
We can handle every part of the event planning process so the Pastor can focus on the most important thing: ministering to his young people. We work very closely with the Pastor to make sure the message of the event is conveyed.
We are a small team, just four of us. We are all parents and work full time jobs on top of this ministry. We don’t do this to make a single dime for ourselves, but the reality is there are costs involved in such a ministry. In order to us to continue this ministry we are looking for people willing to donate $2000. This will allow us to acquire some much needed resources to reach the churches we intend to work with, and also to reach out to churches and organization willing to assist us financially so that we can relieve the financial burden from churches who need assistance.
Normally online fundraising campaigns like this promise you certain rewards for the amount that you donate. I can only offer you two things: 1) A huge thank you from the team, 2) I can guarantee you that lives will be impacted for the Kingdom through your contribution.
Would you consider donating today? We only have 30 days to raise the $2000, if we do not raise it all, then we will not receive a penny. We are praying and believing in faith that this money will be raised, but make no mistake: no matter the outcome of this fundraiser, we will continue to the work the Lord has laid before us. Remember, your donation is held by the site and only distributed to us if the goal is met, if it is not, you get your money back no questions asked.
If you have any questions for me, please email me at matthewg@higherhopemin.org