Keeping the Vision Alive for Your Life

It’s the real story of David and Goliath as found in Scripture.  What is the promise for the man that kills Goliath?

Your Past does not have to Define Your Future 

How do we respond to things that have been done to us, things that have been done through us and things that have been done by us?

Life’s Mistakes Aren’t the End of the Story

The story of David and Bathsheba.  God brings glory out of the ashes and the mistakes of our life.

When the Struggles of Life Make it Hard to Feel 

How God changes our heart of stone into a heart of flesh.

When Our Heart Feels As Though it’s Broken 

Jeremiah 2:13— We have forsaken God and have become broken cisterns that can hold no water.   What happens when we are going through a crisis and we feel all is broken?

Personal Relationships:

How to Say “No” and Still Have Friends

How do you let your “yes” be “yes” and your “no” be “no?”  How do you establish strong, healthy boundaries which allow you to be assertive without being passive   or aggressive?

Biblical Look At Personality Temperaments 

Regardless of who we are, God uses all four personality temperaments to make leaders of us all.

Bringing Balance To Your Life 

How do we create balance in the areas of: physical, emotional, spiritual, social and vocational portions of our life?

Forgiveness Between You and I– What It Is and What It Isn’t 

What is forgiveness and what is it not?

Love and Relationship Addiction 

Why do we confuse unhealthy relationships with love and stay in them long after most people would have left?

Normal Is Just A Setting on Your Dryer

What is normal to you is not normal to me.  And what is normal can be very destructive. How do we break the generational cycle of destructive behavior that is passed down?

Marriage:

Strong Marital Harmony

Based on “His Needs, Her Needs” by William F.  Harley Jr. and “For Women Only” by Shaunti Feldhahn.

Establishing Independence From Your Family

As we seek the bonds of matrimony, what freedom do we need from our family of origin?

Healthy Family System:

Breaking Family Secrets 

How do we break family secrets and the bondage they keep us in to be all that God wants us to be?

Why Do You Want to Go Back To Egypt?

We all like to live within our comfort zone, even if it destructive, abusive or hurtful.  Why?

Men’s Ministry:

What Every Man Longs to Hear 

“Blessing.” This is what every man desires from His Father:  “This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Thank God It’s Monday—  Moving from Performance to Position

Do you derive more significance and appreciation from work than anything else?  This is a common struggle among men.  How do we move our lives from performance to position in Christ?

God’s Grace:

As Different As We All Are, We Are Still the Same 

Regardless of who we are and what we    have done, the ground at the cross is very level.

A Heartfelt Response When God Forgives You 

We are forgiven of our sins through Christ. Through this new life, God calls us to a very different life, one that does not resemble our past.

Compassion Ministry:

God’s Heart for the Poor

God accepts us just as we are but He loves us too much to leave us there.  What is our response, as Christians, as we commit to making a difference in those less fortunate in our community?

Two Kinds of Poor

A description of the ministry at Charlotte Rescue Mission.

To schedule your “Real Help”  Contact Sheila MacDonald at (704) 334-4635 ext. 213 or Sheila.Macdonald@charlotterescuemission.org

No honorarium is accepted.  This is our gift to the community.

We start at 6 in the morning with a hot breakfast.  Afterwards, our guests watch movies in our chapel.  During this time they can also make free long distance calls to loved ones whom they may not havespoken to in years.  In the words of our director, Rev. Tony Marciano,“We want them to feel like they’re going home to grandma’s for the holidays”.

When they come down to the dinning room for the meal, they don’t stand in line to receive a bowl of soup or porridge.  They are seated by a volunteer maitre d’ at a table covered with a white table cloth and folded napkins.  A volunteer waiter or waitress offers their choice of beverage and then brings them a full plate of warm holiday food.  Afterwards they will be served a home-made dessert.  If they’re still hungry, they can start the whole process again until they’re full.

Perhaps for the first time in their life, this man or woman (or even child) may feel like they’re worth something.  They begin to see the inherit dignity of human life – that they are created in God’s image.  You see, at Charlotte Rescue Mission – there’s no such thing as “just a meal”.  Sure… a meal, by itself, doesn’t change anything, but it can be the start of a change God intends to make in that person’s life. We have seen guests stumble in drunk and decide that very day to enter our life changing programs.  We’ve seen the difference it can make in a person’s life when they’re treated with such love.

Does this sound like something you want to be a part of?  Consider volunteering as a server.  Although we need lots of volunteers, the slots fill up fast for these days.  Registration opens up approximately one month prior to the holiday.  Due to increased demand, we are now limiting volunteers to one holiday per year between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  That is; you may only volunteer on Thanksgiving or Christmas, not both.  Be sure to contact Andria Tindall at 704-334-4635 x214 as soon as registration opens up to reserve your spot.

Holidays can certainly be a busy time of year of course and we realize that not everyone has the option of volunteering.  But there are other ways to get involved.  If you have baking skills, consider preparing a homemade dessert and bringing it down to the mission on the day before the holiday (or even the morning of at the latest).  Monetary donations are always appreciated as well and our average cost for a meal is just $1.92.

View Pictures from Previous Community Holiday Meals:

• Thanksgiving 2011
• Christmas 2011

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