Tag : food ministry

 

This is Julie Wilson, the Director of Mercy’s Gate.  She oversees the work of the staff and volunteers and, frankly, does a wonderful job. Mercy’s Gate main location is located within Rocky Mountain Calvary Church, which is near the intersection of Austin Bluffs and Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs. You can reach Mercy’s Gate at 719.277.7470, and it’s website is located at http://www.mercysgatecs.org/.  Mercy’s Gate provides the following services:

 

Food Pantry. Mercy’s Gate provides families with a four day emergency supply of food up to three times each year.

 

USDA Commodities Program. In partnership with The Emergency Food Asistance Program, Mercy’s Gate helps supplement the diets of low income families by providing a monthly food package.

 

Financial Assistance. Financial help is provided through rental, utility, prescription assistance, medical co-pays, and transportation.

 

Faith Community Nurse. A registered nurse is available to assess health care needs, provide prescription assistance, and to link our clients with community resources.

 

Legal Advice. An attorney is available every Thursday morning at Mercy’s Gate to assist with legal advice.

 

Financial Counseling. Mercy’s Gate has volunteer counselors available throughout the week to provide budgeting help.

 

Tax Preparation. During tax season, Mercy’s Gate provides free tax return preparation for low income households through our VITA Tax Program.

 

Seasonal Programs. Annual Comminity Health Fair and Back to School Program (August), Thanksgiving Baskets (November), Home for the Holiday Christmas Program (December).

 

Heart Training.  Mercy’s Gate ministers to the whole person, spirit, soul, and body, through teaching, training, and prayer.

 

 

 

The food pantry at Mercy’s Gate.

 

Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?  - James 2:15-16.

 

 

 

I have just started a new project for Mercy’s Gate in Colorado Springs. This is the Julie Wilson, the Director of Mercy’s Gate, and I will be helping the ministry with its photography needs in the next few weeks. More to come…

 

 

 

 

Managua, Nicaragua. We were taken to the huge city dump in Managua, and I was surprised to see so many people living and working in the dump. I noticed this make-shift home, and we got out to meet the people. This is Jacqueline and her baby. She is remarkably cordial and welcoming. We discovered that there is a Christian mission on the edge of the dump that prepares two meals of rice and beans each day for the people who live in the area.

 

The locals call the people who live in the dump Los Paupérrimo, or the very poor. The average person living in Managua is very poor by American standards, but the people living in the dump have far less. They seem to spend hours each day sorting through the trash trying to find things that have some value.

 

It’s hard to see people living in squalor. Thank the Lord for those Christians that operate the food ministry on the edge of the dump so the people at least get two meals each day.