In February of 2024, Bienvenu Counseling Services celebrated 25 years as a 501(c) non-profit, faith-based agency. During this time, we have been able to touch many thousands of lives and families in Acadiana through professional Christian counseling, enrichment seminars, and educational materials. None of this would have been possible without the generous financial support of many businesses, churches, and individuals who have prayed for us and believed in our mission. The majority of what has been close to two million dollars of support came through an annual fundraiser called The Good News Golf Classic, which began in 1998 with the last one held in 2019. Due to Covid, for various reasons, it was changed to a simple online fundraiser. This year’s annual BCS Fundraiser has already begun on May 1st and will conclude June 14th, 2024. Please celebrate with me what you and God have helped us accomplish, listed below. (If you would like to help this year, you will find our goals and instructions on how to make a contribution at the bottom of this page.)
Professional Christian Counseling:
• Helped 13,862 individuals, couples, and families through 92,907 counseling sessions.
• Granted $1,250,032 in counseling fee discounts to clients needing financial assistance.
• Conducted 54 counselor-training workshops for an estimated 1,300 professional counselors, pastors, and lay ministers throughout the state and region.
• Facilitated the development of 16 professional Christian counselors.
Enrichment Seminars:
• Over 500 free public seminars, marriage retreats, conferences, and special events were presented to an estimated 50,000 participants.
• Conducted over 650 Bible studies and small groups for an estimated 1,500 people.
• Dudley co-produced 150 Straight Talk 30-min live radio broadcasts with Wendy Christian on 90.9 KPEL for 2½ years reaching thousands of listeners.
• Facilitated many “Inner Healing” small groups and trained leaders who have spread this ministry across the state, positively impacting hundreds of individuals and churches.
Educational Materials:
• Every year, thousands of dollars of Christian-based educational materials have been given free of charge to hundreds of clients, seminar participants, and the general public.
• Published 4 books, 6 DVD small group studies, and 200+ hours of video and audio messages by Dudley that have touched and reached many thousands of people (These resources can be found on YouTube and accessed for free under “Bienvenu Counseling”).
Our Goal for 2024 is to raise $48,000! Unless otherwise designated by you below, we plan to use these funds as follows:
$12,000 – Counseling Fee Discounts
$24,000 – Free Seminars on Trauma Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
$12,000 – Educational Resources
Click here to Donate
If desired, decide how your contribution is used: For example, you may: (a) Designate your contribution fund only seminars or cover the cost of a conference. (b) Help one of our counselors provide pro-bono services, pay all or part of the counseling fees for a specific individual/family, or help a special population in need. (c) Earmark funds to help cover a specific part of our budget.
Send us an email using the comment box to communicate your intent. Please call us if you need more information or have questions at 337-261-9800.
Thank you for your generosity. God bless you! Dudley