Meet Jesus

There’s a women that frequents the Mission for meals, pastry snacks and clothes. Let’s call her Sally. She was in our shelter for quite a while, until we got her into permanent housing.

Sally suffers with a unique mental illness and other health issues. She’s 50 something, very heavy and has no teeth. Her voice is extremely loud and often intrusive. Although she is seldom real trouble to us, there is a way about her that just gets your nerves.

Mathew 25: 37 and following is saying, in my paraphrased liberty… “The righteous said, Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, a stranger, sick and needing a friend? Jesus answered “Today, I was Sally”.

Drop by the Mission sometime. You might just get to see Jesus face-to-face!

Words change.

Words change.

Take 1 Cor 13 now known as the"love chapter." In the KJV we see the word "Charity." A new reader to the old standard Bible would think "if I'd just give my unwanted things and a small part of my surpluses to the poor, I'm loving."

The "Charity Chapter" says to the contrary … talking, preaching, believing, and even giving and personal sacrifice are insufficient. If your heart is not captured and commited to meeting the needs of, not people, but a person, then real Charity is not there.

Let God capture your heart. He'll supply the resources for you to deliver to the person He wants you to love.

To make our joy complete...

We teach the book of First John, verse by verse, to the newcomers of our addiction recovery program. The theme of the book is Chapter 1, vs 4 "to make our joy complete."

Joy is often confused with happiness. Happiness is based on happenstance (today we'd say circumstance).

But JOY is one of the super-natural gifts of the Spirit that is given only to the believer. Joy is trusting God in all of our circumstances. Our only sin is not trusting Him.

When we stop trusting Him, we turn to things of this world to make us happy, but often those things fall short. Drugs, sex and worldly good make us happy for a short time, but when the excitement fades, we are left feeling empty and depressed.

God fills us until we are overflowing with joy!

More on the recovery program, click here...

Having trouble seeing things clearly?

Having trouble seeing things clearly?

Are you getting tripped up a lot lately? Try this: I John 2:10 says “ Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make his stumble.” Be alert to someone that crosses your path today who needs your love. Let God show you your blind spot through the light of meeting someone else at the point of their need. Obstacles don’t cause us to stumble: darkness does. Self focus is darkness, loving others brings light.

We have lots of folks needing a little love.

Want to help? Get connected to our volunteer programs. Let’s walk in “the light” together. Bro Fox

Email the volunteer coordinator here

Klothes for Kids and Hanna Montana Shoes

We completed Klothes for Kids and while we are still counting final numbers, we estimate that we provided clothes for more than 1,300 children for back to school.

It was awesome…but as we neared the end, we were running out of shoes. A little girl asked for a pair of Hanna Montana shoes. We couldn’t find them. So we got her into a basic pair of tennis shoes, which she was happy to receive.

Just as she finished trying them on, a brand new pair of Hanna Montana shoes came in as a donation, and they were just her size. She was so happy!

God was truly at work in that place!

Family Food Festival

Mission to Host Family Food Festival this Thursday

Mission mentioned in Huffington Post

Dear Friends, my recent blog post, Invest in Ending Homelessness, was just published by The Huffington Post, and I'd like to share it with you. The article highlights the crisis of increasing numbers of families across the country becoming homeless as they lose their jobs and homes. The article also discusses the decreasing availability of resources to meet the growing need, and prescribes measures that we can take to prevent and end homelessness in America. Click here to read the entire article, and please leave comments and share with your friends and family.

Thank you for your support!

Maria Foscarinis
Executive Director
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty