We will be applying for one of these grants during Grant Sprint LIVE every Thursday at 12pm EST. Do you want to skip doing this on your own, get your organization grant ready and have the professionals write for you? The Million Dollar Grant club mastermind start soon! Sign up here: milliondollargrantclub.com Here are some grants to look into range from $3,000-$150k! 💵 Apply here: MFT Bank Event Sponsorship https://mfbank.submittable.com/submit Take your company to the next level. This is business fuel for small businesses operating in the Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte markets. • Sponsorship Amount up to: $10,000 • Due Date: 12/22/26 FIT FOR: ✔ For-profit small businesses ✔ Located in Raleigh-Durham or Charlotte, NC ✔ Operational with revenue history ✔ Community Impact Event NOT A FIT IF: ✘ Outside eligible markets ✘ Startup with no traction ✘ Nonprofit organization 💵 Female Founder Fund by SkinnyDipped – Apply here: https://form.typeform.com/to/sYeDkFWN?typeform-source=skinnydipped.com Making business-building easier. One woman-owned food business receives six months of mentorship plus five figures in funding. • Grant Amount: $25,000 • Due Date: 2/25/26 FIT FOR: ✔ Woman-owned food or CPG brand ✔ Revenue-generating product ✔ Scalable consumer packaged goods model ✔ Strong brand positioning NOT A FIT IF: ✘ Service-based business ✘ Not food/beverage industry ✘ Pre-product concept stage 💵 Comcast Innovation Fund – Apply here Fund a one-year tech and innovation project designed to improve internet ecosystems globally. • Grant Amount: $3,000–$150,000 • Due Date: 2/27/26 FIT FOR: ✔ Tech startups ✔ Internet infrastructure, digital innovation, connectivity solutions ✔ Research-based or innovation-driven companies ✔ Global or scalable tech solutions NOT A FIT IF: ✘ Brick-and-mortar retail

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Transcendent Tuesday Prayer Heavenly Father, We come before You with grateful hearts, lifting up this entire community and every family within it. Thank You, Lord, for Your generosity as You guide each and every one of us on our journeys. Thank You for Your patience when we question, for Your understanding when we hesitate, for Your love that anchors us, for Your kindness that reassures us, and for Your unwavering support that never leaves our side. When the path feels unclear, steady our hearts. When the future feels unknown, strengthen our trust. Teach us to recognize Your hand in the small moments and the quiet progress we sometimes overlook. Cover our homes with peace. Bless our work. Protect our children. Restore hope where it has thinned and renew vision where it has grown dim. Help us walk boldly in the direction You have prepared for us, even when we cannot see the entire road ahead. Order our steps and align our desires with Your purpose. Amen. Message Today is not about having the whole map. It is about taking the next step. There is something powerful about choosing movement even when the destination is not fully visible. Faith does not require full clarity; it requires trust. And trust grows every time we move forward in obedience instead of standing still in fear. Some of the most meaningful progress in our lives happens quietly. A decision to try again. A disciplined hour invested in learning. A difficult conversation handled with grace. A plan written down. A first draft started. A boundary held. A prayer whispered before acting. Small steps are not insignificant. They are directional. When you move forward with intention, even cautiously, you are following the path God has already gone before you on. He does not reveal the entire future at once because growth happens in the walking. Strength forms in the stepping. Confidence builds in the doing. So let today be uplifting. Choose courage over comfort. Choose action over anxiety. Choose faith over fear.

Marvelous Monday Prayer Father, thank You for waking us up to see another week. Thank You for fresh mercy, fresh perspective, and fresh opportunity. Thank You for the chance to finish what we started last week and to begin what we were too tired or too unsure to begin before. Onward and upward. Father, thank You for Your patience with me as I stumble through this journey. Thank You for loving me on my strong days and my scattered ones. Thank You for never rolling Your eyes at me when I ask the same questions again. Thank You for Your unwavering love and constant support, never leaving my side. Today I lift up our entire community and their families. Cover every home with peace. Strengthen every parent who feels stretched thin. Encourage every child walking into a classroom unsure of themselves. Support every business owner carrying silent pressure. Comfort those grieving. Heal those hurting. Provide for those waiting. Remind each of us that we are not walking into this week alone. Amen. Message Let’s be honest. Monday sometimes shows up loud and uninvited. The alarm goes off and suddenly we are negotiating with five more minutes like it is a legally binding contract. But here is the truth. We get to do this. We get another chance to try again. Another chance to repair what felt strained. Another chance to move something forward that felt stuck. You do not have to conquer the whole week today. You just have to take one faithful step. Send the email. Start the list. Make the appointment. Drink the water. Have the hard conversation. Forgive. Begin again. You are stronger than last week’s setback. You are wiser than last month’s mistake. You are more prepared than you feel. Give yourself grace, but do not give yourself excuses. Laugh when something small goes sideways. Adjust. Keep moving. Progress is not loud. Most of the time it looks like quiet consistency and a heart that refuses to quit. If you stumble, stand back up. If you are tired, rest for a moment but do not resign. If you are discouraged, remember who you belong to and what you are building.

Steadfast Sunday Morning Prayer Heavenly Father, Thank You for walking us through another week. Thank You for the trials we survived and the victories we celebrated. Thank You that whether we were in a valley or standing high on a mountain, we were never alone. Thank You for the simple things I too often overlook as ordinary when they are really gifts. The quiet of early morning. The people I love. The strength to get up one more time. The very opportunity to begin a new day. I truly enjoy our sunrises together. Today I lift up our entire community and their families. Bless every home represented here. Strengthen the marriages that feel stretched. Comfort the hearts that feel heavy. Encourage the one who is tired of being strong. Protect our children. Guide our steps. Restore hope where it has grown thin. Father, help me be a better person today than I was yesterday. Quicker to listen. Slower to judge. Softer in my tone. Stronger in my faith. To everyone in my life and every person I encounter, let me be a blessing as You are. Amen. Message This is a soul stirring, spirit steadying Sunday that God made. If this past week stretched you, you are not alone. If it surprised you with joy, that was a gift. If you felt both in the same hour, welcome to real life. The fact that you are here this morning means grace carried you farther than you realized. Some of you fought quiet battles no one saw. Some of you celebrated wins you prayed for a long time. Some of you simply kept showing up when it would have been easier to quit. That matters more than you know. Today, let your shoulders drop a little. Let your heart breathe. Sit with the ones you love. Call someone you miss. Step outside and let the sun remind you that light always returns. Be kind to yourself. You are growing, even when it feels slow. You are healing, even when it feels incomplete. You are stronger than you think and more loved than you sometimes remember. And yes, laugh today. Even if the laundry is still there. Even if the to do list is whispering your name. Joy is not irresponsible. It is strength.