May 7, 2008

We Celebrate a New Partnership

Praise God! We are excited to pair with the Wheeler Mission Ministries Care Center to provide hats and scarves for the Winter 2008 season.

From the Wheeler Mission Ministries Care Center homepage:

Hundreds of women and mothers with children enter our doors seeking food, clothing and housing. The women find these vital needs supplied, but they also experience love and compassion, bringing rest for their weary souls. In 2004, the Center provided 23,527 nights of lodging to homeless women and mothers with children, an average of 64 each night. National studies indicate that the fastest growing segment of the homeless population consists of women and mothers with children, making the services offered at the Care Center imperative to our community.

The average stay at the Care Center is three months. During that time ladies are given Biblical counseling, job readiness training, job leads, educational assessment and tutoring, medical services, addiction counseling and encouragement to enter one of our long term residential programs.

We thank God for the opportunity to minister to these women and families through the ability God has given us.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- Matthew 11:28-30