Welcome Community Emergency Service (CES) is a non-profit crisis relief and empowerment ministry that first and foremost glorifies Jesus Christ and extends His love to those in the inner city of South Minneapolis. Located in the Phillips (Ventura Village) Neighborhood, CES provides services to over 15,000 people annually. Its clients largely consist of low-income households, single parent families, the elderly, mentally/emotionally handicapped persons, and recent immigrant groups. Through prayer support, direct aid relief, advocacy, referral, and counsel, CES seeks to strengthen families and individuals during times of crisis in order to move them beyond the crisis to financial stability, emotional health, and spiritual strength and growth. The organization’s formal name is Community Emergency Service of Augustana Lutheran Church. Throughout this report the name CES, the acronym reference by which the organization is commonly known, is used. CES’ parent organization, Augustana Lutheran Church, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CES was organized in 1971 as a ministry of Augustana Lutheran church under its statutes as a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity under the Internal Revenue Code and under the laws of the State of Minnesota.