Whosoever Gospel Mission
Sharing God's Love Since 1892
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From the Director ~ May 2015
(I was recently encouraged by a friend to share the following letter I wrote in March thanking our donors for their support; they thought that it captured well the joyful reality of the stories of men like Vince, Robert and George.) Dear Friend of the Mission, I remember as a boy my father taking…
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From the Director ~ April 2015
Dear Friend of the Mission, I often tell people that it would be great if there was no longer any need for the ministry of the Whosoever Gospel Mission. It would be wonderful if no one was homeless, if everyone had a good job, if everyone received a good education, if urban blight and…
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From the Director ~ March 2015
Dear Friend of the Mission, Homeless men usually feel pretty hopeless. They’ve been told that they need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but then they discover they have no bootstraps! Well-meaning people tell them they need to get a job, but who is going to hire a man who looks homeless and…
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From the Director ~ January 2015
Dear Friend of the Mission, Please browse our collection of photos filled with laughter, smiles, toys and gifts from our 2014 Christmas celebration at the Whosoever Gospel Mission. Your financial gifts, gifts of new toys for the children and grandchildren of our men, gifts for our men and all sorts of other wonderful kindnesses made Christmas…
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From the Director ~ Christmas 2014
Dear Friend of the Mission, As the wonderful old Christmas song declares, “I’ll be home for Christmas.” But when you are homeless, there is no place called home for Christmas. Christmas can actually be a terribly sad and depressing time for a homeless man. This is why with your help, the Mission pulls out…
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From the Director ~ Thanksgiving 2014
Dear Friend of the Mission, On Thanksgiving Day, our men will enjoy an all-you-can eat feast of delicious, homemade food – roast turkey, cranberry stuffing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, macaroni and cheese, candied sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, buttered corn, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, cider, coffee, tea, cookies and an assortment of pies are…
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From the Director ~ October 2014
Dear Friend of the Mission, Please accept my special thanks for your prayers and gifts to reduce our deficit by the end of our fiscal year, September 30th. We don’t have the final numbers in yet, but we do know that your gift made a difference in helping us to finish our fiscal year…
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From the Director ~ September 2014
Your gift today keeps us going strong tomorrow! Dear Friend, Your kind and faithful support this past year has been used by God to make all of these good things happen. I personally take great comfort and joy in knowing that while I may be on the front lines of this ministry of helping…
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From the Director ~ August 2014
Dear Friend of the Mission, Earlier this summer my wife Marcia and I looked forward with eager anticipation to a 10 day visit from our three precious granddaughters who live in California (we also looked forward to their parents, our son and daughter-in-law, visiting! ). The joy and excitement of picking up our loved…
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From the Director ~ July 2014
Dear Friend of the Mission, Graduating one of our men from the New Life Program is always a celebration for us. Our graduates have traveled light years from when they first arrived at the Mission. Together we rejoice in God’s amazing grace in giving them a new life filled with all sorts of good…