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The Road To Emmaus

This week's Crosspath topic is "The Road to Emmaus". If you didn't catch it on air, you can listen online.

Serving a Meal at the Mission

Here's one volunteer's recent experience serving a meal at the mission. We thought we'd share it:

What an incredible weekend we had! Friday afternoon our Sunday school class headed to the Charlotte Rescue Mission where we cooked and served the men there a yummy meal. It was so powerful for me! I had no clue that this place was a rehab center, I thought it was a homeless shelter, and then I thought for some reason that all of the men there would be Christians......wrong.

Read the rest of the story on her blog.

Easter 2008 at the Mission

Here's some news coverage from WSOC on Easter Sunday 2008:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Rescue Mission on W. 1st Street in Uptown has been busy all morning preparing hot meals for its guests this Easter Sunday.

Executive Director of the Charlotte Rescue Mission Rev. Tony Marciano said, "We make coming to the Rescue Mission on Easter Sunday as special as going to your grandmother's house."

Breakfast started as early as 6 a.m., followed by a continental breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Then a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Volunteers from the Journey Church really went out of their way this year to provide a special experience by wearing uniforms typically seen in fine dining restaurants. And all tables are set with china and Oneida glassware.

Other Easter activities at the Rescue Mission include showing movies throughout the day. And new this year, free cell phones from Sprint Cingular phone service will be available for guests to call friends and family members.

Read the whole thing here.

Another Succesful Hope Totes Campaign

We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of those who helped make this years Hope Totes campaign a huge success.

Above we have volunteer coordinator Andria Tindall and Scottish Bank's Kiki Koutsokalis (Retail Branch Administrator).

Scottish Bank partnered with us again in 2008 to provide drop off locations for the Hope Totes. A special thanks goes out to Scottish Bank president John Stedman.

New Certification for a Counselor

Charlotte Rescue Mission & the Rebound Staff would like to congratulate our Therapeutic Recreation Counselor, Reggie Lee who has just successfully completed his oral exam and is now a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC).

Reggie works with our clients during their program to teach them how to use recreational time productively instead of reverting to drugs or alcohol. Now this vital part of our ministry will be even more effective. Congratulations Reggie!

Desserts Needed for Easter

Charlotte Rescue Mission is providing an Easter Community Dinner on Sunday, March 23, 2008. We are in need of homemade desserts to serve our homeless neighbors in the area. Anyone wanting to share a family treasured dessert can drop them off at the Charlotte Rescue Mission information desk up until Easter Sunday at 10am.

The address is 907 W. 1st street Charlotte, NC 28233, diagonally opposite the Panthers practice field off of Cedar. To reach us by phone please call 704-334-4635

“We make coming to the Rescue Mission on Easter Sunday as special as going to your grandmother’s house” says Rev. Tony Marciano, Executive Director of the Charlotte Rescue Mission.

It all begins with a hot breakfast from 6:00 – 7:30am. A continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 11:00 am, followed by our traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings, including our delicious homemade desserts, served between 11:30 and 2:30pm. There will be movies shown during the day. Cell phone will be available for guests to use.

“In addition, our dinner guests will be treated like royalty” says Marciano. “Volunteers will be dressed in white shirts, black pants or skirts to resemble fine dining wait staff. Our guests will be served with heaping portions of food on china, while using silverware and Oneida glass ware, all on a table cloth. There will also be a cloth napkin, folded in a fan, coming from the glass. It resembles a wedding reception.”

The 6am hot breakfast will consist of scrambled eggs, grits, sausage patties, biscuits, orange juice and coffee. Volunteers from Journey Church are preparing and providing the meal.

This Easter, the Charlotte Rescue Mission has been supplied with the use of free cell phones from Sprint cellular phone service. These cell phones are used by the guests to call home to family and friends.

“I’ve heard guests call home and say, “Mom, I’m ok. I’m at the Charlotte Rescue Mission”” says Marciano.

The midday meal will consist of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, yam, dressing, cranberry sauce and dessert. 112 turkeys are being prepared for the meal. The Easter meal is open to the public. In addition to the homeless, the Mission opens its doors to anyone who wants to celebrate Easter in a family setting.

Charlotte Rescue mission provides a free 90-day Christian residential program for men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and are predominately homeless.

Times:
Hot breakfast 6:00 am to 7:30am.
Continental breakfast 8:00 am to 11: am
Easter Dinner 11:30 to 2:30
Movies 6:00 am to 3:00 pm
Cell phones 9:00am to 3:00pm

Where: 907 W 1st Street Charlotte, NC 28233
Diagonally opposite the Panther Practice Fields