Dear Friend of the Mission,
Please enjoy these pictures filled with laughter, smiles and even cookies from our 2013 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 2013 a wonderful time at the Mission. It was great to hear our men sing in our chapels with power and great enthusiasm joy-filled Christmas carols such as Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and Go, Tell It on the Mountain.
Thank you for making Christmas for our men (and their kids and grandkids!) a time of celebration rather than a sad time filled with crushing loneliness, heartache, regrets and hopelessness. Your gifts made a huge difference in their lives! They join with me in thanking you.
As we begin the New Year 2014, please let me also thank you for your kind and generous support throughout 2013. There are many wonderful ways that our friends and supporters such as you supported us in 2013.
You have given us food, good used items for our thrift stores, laundry detergent, personal care items, office supplies, over-the-counter medicines, paper products, cleaning supplies, trash bags, new underwear and socks, and good used grocery bags for our thrift stores. You have supported us financially through generous cash gifts, employee giving programs such as the United Way and the Combined Federal Campaign, gifts of stock, donor advised fund grants, employer matching gift programs, and gift cards to stores we shop at for the Mission. Last year was a challenging year in many ways, but your faithful support helped us to meet these challenges successfully. Most importantly, your gifts helped our men to meet and overcome their own challenges through the grace of God.
The Mission is ultimately not about programs, bricks and mortar, but ultimately it is about loving broken and hurting homeless men with the love of God, giving them a hand-up and not just a handout, and giving them a real hope that will change their lives both now and forever. Your gifts are a sound investment in the lives of our men that will keep on growing and paying out dividends for years to come. Keep on investing in our men in 2014 – your support counts and makes a big difference for good.
With heartfelt thanks,
Robert A. Emberger, D.Min.
Executive Director