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Time is Running Out! Please Help our Homeless Children!

Posted on Wed, Jan 19, 2011 @ 04:13 PM
  
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We need to raise money for our homeless children! Every Augustmissiontrip the Recue Mission Youth Program takes our homeless teens on a Mission Trip to teach them philanthropy, serving cross culturally, and to learn a regular work schedule. Last year our Mission Trip was in Montana and included building a mudroom (entry way), picking up thousands of rocks, and painting a garage for a Native American family in the area.

What We Do:

While the trip is geared toward teaching teens teamwork and building job skills, we also emphasize that our teen clients are valued and that the work we do at the Rescue Mission is give and take among clients and staff. Our objective is to teach them that they have a lot to give by serving in their community, and by staying involved in community outreach programs even after they leave our facilities, they will continue to help us in joining the fight against homelessness as they become adults.  

How You Can Help:

You can help our homeless teens build positive self-esteem and learn a lot about what they have to offer the community, by helping us raise money for our Mission Trip through providing gifts for us to auction off at our annual Mission Trip auction to be held March 25th at the Trinity Church in Tacoma.

What We Need:

  • Gift baskets
  • Gift cards 
  • Small auction items
  • Vacation/timeshare packages
  • Dinner cruises
  • You can also offer your services for auction (i.e. one donor is a massage therapist).
  • Jewelry
  • Art
  • Concert tickets or event passes.
  • Other items you think will help us meet our goals to raise the money we need. 

Please help! Not only do your donations help us provide important services to low-income families, it also teaches our homeless teens to become self-sufficient. It gives them an opportunity to know that they are loved, and can make a big impact on building a better community.

 

Please contact Kyle for further details . . . . kyle.serquinia@rescue-mission.org 

Thank you so much for your time, we look forward to hearing from you! 

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Comments

I missed this event as a newcomer to the "Mission" ministry. This article hit me squarely as I am a career youth pastor who ministers primarily to teens who have one foot on the homeless line. It is a difficult and rewarding ministry--but it is frequently heartbreaking. I see many of our teens choosing the sin of cohabitation in their boyfriend's or girlfriend's house in order to keep from living on the streets. These are often relationships based out of basic need (not of convenience, I assure you) rather than monogamous love. This often leads to extreme complications down the road. I can think of 2 specific cases whereby the boyfriend and the girlfriend stopped coming to youth church because of perceived judgment or guilt regardless of how I or my staff have tried to reach out to them. My most difficult task is to convince those who have had next to nothing to trust God for their "everything" and trust that their needs will be taken care of as a response to their faith! 
 
Keep up the good work. I hope we can partner in the future to reach more teens. I keep the Mission in my prayers. 
 
Bill Wagner
Posted @ Wednesday, March 02, 2011 1:13 PM by Pastor Bill Wagner
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