Pictured in civilian clothes, is Jacki Dumas, Mission volunteer coordinator.

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Pictures from the Spring Revival

When she received the title and $1,000 prize money several weeks before, she pledged to donate half of it to a worthy charity in Panama City.
 Stephens, a paraprofessional at Springfield Elementary School, approached her co-workers and friends to more than double her gift.

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Pictured above: Liz Stephens (top right) and co-workers present gift to Carol Fox (top middle) Mission Director of Ministries.

Pictured right, one resident drove to the Mission's drop-off point (located off Cone Avenue, just 1 block west of the Mission) where program students helped her unload a trunk full of paper recyclables.

Any type of paper can be recycled, including newspaper, magazines, phonebooks & even your junk mail.  We'll even accept shredded paper and help you stay protected from identity theft.

Learn more about Rescue Recycling Here.

Stock Building Supply and Lowes Home Improvement helped bring community recycling one step closer by donating materials and volunteer hours to raise a barn that will be used for recycling sorting.

Learn more about Rescue Recycling Here.

More than 101 needy children participated in a free Easter picnic and egg hunt held at the Mission's campus for women and families, Bethel Village.  13 volunteers helped hide the eggs and organize a hunt.  Kids collecting the most eggs and special colored eggs received prizes.

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More than 300 Meals Served at Annual Easter Banquet

33 volunteers helped make Easter extra special for the homeless of Bay County.  Rather than providing meals cafeteria-style as the Mission does every other day, Mission officials prefer to make Christian holidays more exciting for clients and volunteers.  The Mission's volunteers decorate the Mission for the holidays, and serve plates one-on-one to the many needy people that join the Mission for these special events.

More importantly, 32 people made professions of faith in Jesus Christ during the chapel service before the meal was served!

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Two Bethel Village Graduates Share Testimony at Recent Ceremony

Above left, Sheila bravely shares how she got to a place in her life where she needed a recovery program like the Mission offered.  "I hated white people," she admitted, "and when I found out I was going to Bethel Village where I'd be around not only white women, but white men too, I was not happy."  

Sheila adds that Christ helped her to be able to love all people and even herself, which was probably the hardest thing she could do.  Sheila is now house supervisor at Bethel Village, teaches recovery classes, and is starting college! 

Above right, Denise also graduated from the recovery program.  She spoke of how she tried to fill a deep emptiness with drugs, but it wasn't until she found God that she could feel whole.  Denise's children went to live in foster care when she was deeply entangled in her addiction, but is happy to to have visitation.  She looks forward to the day she can be reunited with them.

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