Whosoever Gospel Mission
Sharing God's Love Since 1892
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Fundraising Concert @ Cairn University
Friday, October 26, 2012 Location: William F. Chatlos Chapel, Cairn University A benefit concert for the needy offered by the Cairn University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Singers, and soloists Touching the Sound: 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm This is a pre-concert chat with conductor, Joseph Caminiti, and Lloyd Gestoso, Chair of the Department of Social Work, and…
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You’re Invited!
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012 Time: Doors open at 6:15 pm. We will begin promptly at 6:45 pm. Location: Williamson Banquet Center 500 Blair Mill Road in Horsham, PA 19044 At Easton Rd. (Rt. 611) & Blair Mill Rd., just north of the PA Turnpike Willow Grove interchange Cost: $27.50 per person/$220 per table…
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From the Director ~ August 2012
Dear Friend of the Mission, It has been a busy summer at the Mission. Our beds are full every day, our waiting list is long, youth groups have volunteered at the Mission from all over the country (Arkansas, Washington, Vermont, New York, Tennessee, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland to name a few…
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A Place Called Home
Home. It’s more than a place to stay. It’s a place of refuge and safety. A place to belong, to be loved, to be understood. A place where family surrounds us in our grief and in our joy. That’s what the Whosoever Gospel Mission has become to hundreds of homeless men who have come…
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From the Director ~ June 2012
Dear Friend of the Mission, Please accept my heartfelt thanks for all that you do for the Whosoever Gospel Mission. Just about every day we are blessed with food donations, monetary gifts, personal care items for our men, laundry detergent, paper goods, used plastic grocery bags for our thrift stores, donations of good used…
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From the Director ~ May 2012
We rejoice with those who rejoice, and we weep with those who weep. Dear Friend of the Mission, We care deeply about the 50 broken and hurting homeless men living at the Mission at any given time. We celebrate with them their achievements, their birthdays and their successes. Just the other day one of…
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From the Director ~ April 2012
Dear Friend of the Mission, During the last three weeks, we had more than 20 volunteer college and high school groups serve at the Mission during their spring break from school. We had groups from New York, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. These young people helped out in…
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More than a meal
The Mission serves three hearty, nutritious and balanced meals each day without charge to the 50 homeless men living at the Mission. Three times a day, the dining hall turns into a place of joyful fellowship filled with laughter and good conversation as men who are working hard to overcome addictions, strengthen their educational,…
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From the Director ~ February 2012
Dear Friend of the Mission, Being homeless and living on the cold, hard streets of Philadelphia is bad for your health. Homeless people are more subject to serious health issues such as heart disease, diabetes and infections. Homeless people also suffer from malnourishment and a host of health problems resulting from a poor diet. …
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From the Director, January 2012
Dear Friend of the Mission, “Last year I was homeless and living on the streets during Christmas.” “I had the best Christmas ever spending it with my teenage daughters who have invited me to be part of their lives after years of being an absent father.” “I have been in prison for 8 of…