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Word For the Way, June 30, 2008 - Palabra Para el Camino, 30 Junio 2008

Proverbs 30:5-6
The believer replied, “Every promise of God proves true; He protects everyone who runs to him for help. So don’t second-guess him; He might take you to task and show up your lies.” (The Message)
Proverbios 30:5-6
“Toda palabra de Dios es limpia; El es escudo a los que en él esperan.
No añadas a […]

Word For June 29, 2008/Palabra Para el 29 de junio, 2008

Proverbs 29:7 “The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor; the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea.” (The Message)
Proverbios 29:7 “Conoce el justo la causa de los pobres; mas el impío no entiende sabiduría.” (Reina Valera 1960)

Pod Cast

Listen to the Mission’s pod cast at http://oscm.podhoster.com/rss/682/
We recorded some new PodCasts and the feeds will begin Monday. A new post will run each weekday.
Thank you for praying for and supporting Old Savannah City Mission, Savannah’s Five Star Gospel Rescue Mission.

Word For June 28, 2008/Palabra Para El 28 de junio

Proverbs 28:27 “Be generous to the poor—you’ll never go hungry; shut your eyes to their needs, and run a gauntlet of curses.” (The Message)
Proverbios 28:27 El que da al pobre no tendrá pobreza; mas el que aparta sus ojos tendrá muchas maldiciones. (Reina Valera, 1960)

DUAL EXPANSION OF FRESH START

Even though we are in the very challenging “Season of the Skinny Cows,” we are excited to initiate the dual expansion of Fresh Start.
“A Place Called Home,” the first Fresh Start facility for women will be totally ready for occupants shortly after July 4. The bathroom in one of the apartments set aside for […]

Purchase for a Purpose

DORCAS & ESTHER’S
Mission Thrift Shop
The Thrift Shop is named in honor of two outstanding women in the Bible. Dorcas was a seamstress, a woman full of good works and did many charitable deeds for the poor and who Peter restored to life. Esther was a beautiful Jewish woman. After the loss of her parents […]

Please Pray

Many prayer requests come to us. There are several avenues through which they come. Frequently our donors include with their gift their prayer request. Here are some that came today. Abbreviations are used in some cases that are sensitive.
Island E. (Business who support the Mission and desire their company to prosper.)
John […]

Thanks for the Visit!

Thanks for coming to and reading our blog. Your visit is important to us. As Savannah’s Five Star Rescue Mission, privately funded, meeting local needs through local resources, we need your visit.
While you are here, give your ideas on how we can better serve the homeless and hurting in our community. We […]

Summer Time and the Living’s Not Easy

Do you remember Ricky Nelson singing, “Summer time and the living is easy….” Well, he wasn’t singing about Savannah. It’s not easy, especially if you are homeless. It’s rough. It’s hot, humid and bug-infested. Thanks to faithful donors, Old Savannah City Mission offers not only safe, clean beds; it offers […]

Carol Schmidt, Stellar Volunteer

Today the Mission’s Staff and Students said an emotional good-bye to a wonderful friend and volunteer. For more than five years Carol Schmidt has assessed almost every single student who has enrolled in Old Savannah City Mission’s Urban Training Institute. She’s taking a sabbatical for the birth of her first grand child.

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