Later this month, Charlotte Rescue Mission's Rebound Staff will begin contributing to the blog as well. Rebound is the men's recovery program for Charlotte Rescue Mission. Our counselors are all professionally certified substance abuse counselors and will have some excellent insight to share with our readers. In the future, we hope to have contributions from Dove's Nest (our women's program) staff as well.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Crosspath Update
Crosspath, Rev. Marciano's daily radio broadcast, is changing times on WMIT. Instead of 9:25 PM, Crosspath can now be heard at 8:25 PM on WMIT. Of course, all of the Crosspath shows are available on the web.
Here are the upcoming topics for the weeks of March 10th and 17th:
Here are the upcoming topics for the weeks of March 10th and 17th:
| Day | Date | Transition Question |
| Mon | 3-10 | What is an IBM card? |
| Tue | 3-11 | Are the clients I see at CRM the real self? |
| Wed | 3-12 |
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| Thu | 3-13 | What is one of your favorite verses? |
| Fri | 3-14 | Can we change by merely wishing change to be? |
| Mon | 3-17 | Can we change others? |
| Tue | 3-18 | Is crying over what could have been a good idea? |
| Wed | 3-19 | What is that hymn you loved to sing? |
| Thu | 3-20 | Is having “fun” ok |
| Fri | 3-21 | Can people change? |
Friday, March 7, 2008
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is one of our outreaches to the community. The day begins with breakfast and continues with opportunities for our guests to use cell phones or watch movies. At our noon day meal, they will be treated like “royalty”. Volunteers, dressed in white shirts and black pants will serve them. China and glassware will be used. At 3pm, when I turn off the movies, some will become teary eyed when it all comes to an end. For the first time in a long time, they have felt loved and respected.
Here's our video from last year's Easter:
The 200,000 meals per year you help provide are just part of the story. It’s about the man in our Rebound men’s program who realizes that God loved him and went from sitting in back of the class to the front. It’s about the woman in our Dove’s Nest program who returned home with the tools to stay clean and sober.
The miracle at Calvary is still changing lives daily.
Here's our video from last year's Easter:
The 200,000 meals per year you help provide are just part of the story. It’s about the man in our Rebound men’s program who realizes that God loved him and went from sitting in back of the class to the front. It’s about the woman in our Dove’s Nest program who returned home with the tools to stay clean and sober.
The miracle at Calvary is still changing lives daily.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Volunteers Needed for Easter Dinner
Every year, Charlotte Rescue Mission opens their doors to hundreds of Charlotte's homeless men and women for their Easter meal. We still need volunteers to help us serve this year.
We invite individuals, couples and families to join us and celebrate Easter Sunday. The Mission will open to the public from 6:00 a.m. on Easter and stay open for guests until 2:30 p.m. The morning will begin with a hot breakfast from 6:00 am until 7:30 am. Coffee and Danish will be available from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. Movies will be shown in our chapel beginning at 6:00 a.m. The main dinner meal will be served from 11:30 until 2:30 pm. Cell phones provided by Sprint will be available from 8:30-2:30 so guest can make long distance calls to friend and family.
Please be aware that this event is not a typically “feeding of the homeless holiday meal.” Our goal is to treat our guests as VIPs; they will be seated at their table, use china, glasses and silverware, and be waited on as if they were in an expensive restaurant. There will be a more laid back, casual atmosphere for the hot breakfast. All volunteers will be on their feet and moving the entire length of their assigned shift. If you are not physically able to handle this amount of activity, please let us know. Please eat and use the facilities before your shift begins or after your shift is over. We are expecting a capacity filled crowd and can not afford to have volunteers leave their position.
Volunteer Shift Times: Volunteers will work in one of two shifts. The first shift runs from 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Volunteers from the second shift will relieve the first shift at 1:00 pm. Volunteers are welcome to eat after they complete their assignment. The second shift runs from 12:30 PM until 3:30 pm. We will have a few people work an early shift from 8:30 am until 11:00 am with the cell phones and Chapel supervisors.
Volunteer Registration Process
• Choose your shift: 8-11 am 10:30 – 1:30pm or 12:30 – 3:30pm
• Contact Andria Tindall at 704 334-4635 ext. 214 or email andria_t@charlotterescuemission.org to reserve your spot
• All volunteers are required to attend a 30 minute orientation on Easter Sunday
We invite individuals, couples and families to join us and celebrate Easter Sunday. The Mission will open to the public from 6:00 a.m. on Easter and stay open for guests until 2:30 p.m. The morning will begin with a hot breakfast from 6:00 am until 7:30 am. Coffee and Danish will be available from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. Movies will be shown in our chapel beginning at 6:00 a.m. The main dinner meal will be served from 11:30 until 2:30 pm. Cell phones provided by Sprint will be available from 8:30-2:30 so guest can make long distance calls to friend and family.
Please be aware that this event is not a typically “feeding of the homeless holiday meal.” Our goal is to treat our guests as VIPs; they will be seated at their table, use china, glasses and silverware, and be waited on as if they were in an expensive restaurant. There will be a more laid back, casual atmosphere for the hot breakfast. All volunteers will be on their feet and moving the entire length of their assigned shift. If you are not physically able to handle this amount of activity, please let us know. Please eat and use the facilities before your shift begins or after your shift is over. We are expecting a capacity filled crowd and can not afford to have volunteers leave their position.
Volunteer Shift Times: Volunteers will work in one of two shifts. The first shift runs from 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Volunteers from the second shift will relieve the first shift at 1:00 pm. Volunteers are welcome to eat after they complete their assignment. The second shift runs from 12:30 PM until 3:30 pm. We will have a few people work an early shift from 8:30 am until 11:00 am with the cell phones and Chapel supervisors.
Volunteer Registration Process
• Choose your shift: 8-11 am 10:30 – 1:30pm or 12:30 – 3:30pm
• Contact Andria Tindall at 704 334-4635 ext. 214 or email andria_t@charlotterescuemission.org to reserve your spot
• All volunteers are required to attend a 30 minute orientation on Easter Sunday
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Running Into a Rebound Graduate
Just a few days ago, I was at a Bojangles getting breakfast. I heard a voice call my name. I smiled. I knew it would be a former client. I was right. It was a man who had graduated from our men’s Rebound program six years ago. Six years ago, he was doing whatever it took to keep himself in active addiction. Today, he is gainfully employed at one of our city’s corporations.
To every other guest at Bojangles that morning, he was just another customer. To me, he was a story of God’s grace that was poured into a struggling life.
To every other guest at Bojangles that morning, he was just another customer. To me, he was a story of God’s grace that was poured into a struggling life.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Upcoming Crosspath Topics
This week's Crosspath radio program has been uploaded. See the following topics for the next two weeks:
| Day | Date | Transition Question |
| Mon | 2-18 | Are there 29 characteristics for marital harmony |
| Tue | 2-19 | What does Peppy Le Peu have to do with marital harmony |
| Wed | 2-20 | Is marriage like flies on a screen door |
| Thu | 2-21 | Is curiosity important in marriage |
| Fri | 2-22 | What do oxen have to do with marriage |
| Mon | 2-25 | What does marriage drift towards? |
| Tue | 2-26 | Is Marriage 50 50 |
| Wed | 2-27 | Can you be selfish in a 3 legged race |
| Thu | 2-28 | What are we guaranteed to have in life? |
| Fri | 2-29 | What is the natural drift of marriage |
Friday, February 15, 2008
Increase in Winter Shelter Food & Another Success Story
As you read this, our kitchen is busier than ever. For the past ten years, we have been responsible for providing the evening meal to homeless men at the Emergency Winter Shelter. This season, we are experience a 40% increase in meals this fall vs. last fall.
In addition, each day, the clients in the Rebound and Dove’s Nest programs work hard to turn around their life from the self destructive habits that drove them to the streets. At a recent class I conducted at our Dove’s Nest program, I talked to one woman who has been with us since October. I remember her first few days, trying to tell me everything she thought. She didn’t realize her best thinking lead her to the streets. Today, she is about to complete our program. She is much more humble, willing to learn, anxious to learn the tools we teach so that the streets will become a thing of the past.
In addition, each day, the clients in the Rebound and Dove’s Nest programs work hard to turn around their life from the self destructive habits that drove them to the streets. At a recent class I conducted at our Dove’s Nest program, I talked to one woman who has been with us since October. I remember her first few days, trying to tell me everything she thought. She didn’t realize her best thinking lead her to the streets. Today, she is about to complete our program. She is much more humble, willing to learn, anxious to learn the tools we teach so that the streets will become a thing of the past.
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