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February 2021

        The Legacy of
   Brother George Roberson
OUR MISSION             To offer life changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men,
women, and children through programs to deliver food, shelter, counseling and discipleship
February 2021 The Legacy of Brother George Roberson - OUR MISSION To offer life changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men ...
From the                         “Some wish to live within the
                                            sound of church or chapel bell.
 DIRECTOR                                   I wish to run a rescue shop
                                            within a yard of hell.”

                                           —C.T. Studd                          REX BAKER

      The Gateway Rescue Mission family just lost our most         of the passing of George Roberson. He was Gateway’s
   legendary ambassador. Brother George Roberson passed            chief ambassador and historian. We have lost the last link
   away recently at the age of 93 after a life well-lived loving   between Gateway Rescue Mission today and the Gateway
   God, his family, and gospel ministry. Bro. George, as we        of yesterday.
   affectionately called him, served as Executive Director of
   Gateway Rescue Mission for more than thirty years in a            I’m writing this letter from the same offi ce that Bro.
   career spanning from sometime in the 1950s through the          George held in the same building that he helped
   early 1990s.                                                    construct. He is now with the Jesus he proclaimed to
                                                                   pretty much everyone he encountered. At Bro. George’s
     Bro. George would often drop by to visit back in my           funeral, I wondered about men who came to Christ at
   rookie days as Gateway’s Executive Director and never           Gateway Rescue Mission years ago who have since
   failed to impart wisdom and history to my impressionable        crossed over that great divide. What a homecoming that
   mind. One day, he stood on the steps outside our offi ce,       must be for Bro. George to be with them today in glory.
   looked me in the eye, pointed his fi nger at me and said
   “the gospel to the unbeliever is that Christ died for you.        Rev. David Hopkins, who also served as Executive
   The gospel to the believer is that you died with Him.”          Director of Gateway back in the 1990s, spoke at Bro.
                                                                   George’s funeral. He shared a humorous moment when
     Bro. George literally helped build our main mission           Bro. George took him down into “the hole” at Gateway
   building at 328 South Gallatin Street. He often related         where they both cleaned out a stopped-up sewage sump
   stories about how he personally laid the cinder blocks          pump. According to Rev. Hopkins, “Bro. George told me
   to the walls of the building and how workers from the           this is a hands-on ministry.”
   electrical union wired the building back in the mid
   1960s. He would colorfully describe how God always                Some things haven’t changed, as we still have to fi x that
   seemed to be right on time in providing food back in the        sump pump today and Gateway Rescue Mission is still a
   day. Sometimes that meant butchering a cow on a farm            hands-on ministry. However, Bro. George no longer has
   Gateway operated somewhere near the Pearl River or              to worry about sewage pumps or broken people. He is
   folks dropping off donations. Bro. George ministered in an      now in a place where there is no night, no people without
   era when paychecks could be few and far between.                hands, no sickness, and no death.

     Once he told me of a fellow who showed up at Gateway            As I look at the walls in my offi ce made of the cinder
   causing trouble. This individual had a hook in the place        block laid by Bro. George, I think of the big void George
   of a missing hand. Bro. George said “he raised that hook        Roberson leaves in the hearts and lives of those who
   and looked down at me like he was going to hit me, but he       loved him. May all of us who had the privilege of knowing
   didn’t. He turned around and walked up the street.”             him carry the message of Jesus Christ to a world that
                                                                   desperately needs to know the peace of God through
     I would love to have one more conversation with Bro.          Jesus Christ.
   George. An old proverb holds that “when an elderly
   person dies, a library burns to the ground.” Such is true

                                                                   Rex Baker
                                                                   Executive Director
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February 2021 The Legacy of Brother George Roberson - OUR MISSION To offer life changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men ...
FEATURE                                                                                           GATEWAY
                                                                                             Board of Directors
  One month into 2021, we continue serving quality meals at Gateway Rescue Mission.
Tuna fish, Bruce’s barbecue, spaghetti (both chicken spaghetti and regular, red sauce
                                                                                                   Ford Mosby
variety), are some of our weekly items. Laszlo is shown here preparing a chicken-based
                                                                                                    President
dish. (I recently sampled some of Laszlo’s excellent jambalaya, flavored with just a bit of
cayenne pepper and other secret ingredients he won’t divulge.)
                                                                                                  Beth Archer
  Our kitchen provides a training ground for our New Life Program residents to learn the
                                                                                                 Vice President
culinary arts. All Gateway kitchen staffers graduated from our program. We continue to
serve three meals a day, with lunch open to the general public. We are currently serving
                                                                                                  Jackie Meck
lunch meals in to-go trays for Covid-19 safety reasons.
                                                                                                   Secretary
  We are also in a time of planning for the future. Please pray for God to give wisdom to
our Board of Directors as our leadership seeks divine guidance for the years ahead. We
                                                                                                  Vivian Farris
continue to believe God is preparing Gateway Rescue Mission to be a light in our rapidly
                                                                                                   Treasurer
changing world.

                                                                                                   Glen Bush

                                                                                                 Danny Cawthon

                                                                                                  Allen Holiman

                                                                                                  Ben Moncrief

                                                                                                  Vernon Perry

                                                                                                  Marilyn Tinnin

                                                                                               328 S. Gallatin Street
                                                                                                  P.O. Box 3763
                                                                                             Jackson, MS 39207-3763

                                                                                              Phone: 601.353.5864
                                                                                               Fax: 601.353.9468

                                                                                                    Website:
                                                                                             www.gatewaymission.org
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A picture of a floor may not win a Pulitzer Prize for photography, but it’s a beautiful sight at our Gateway Rescue
    Mission thrift store. Crews are currently upgrading our store by installing a new floor, new ceiling tiles, and new
    lights. And a new paint job to boot. We sell donated items in the Gateway thrift store, with the proceeds going
    directly to support our ministry to those in need.
       Our thrift store buzzes daily with shoppers plowing through boxes looking for a bargain. Take for instance the
    old clock pictured here; I’m not sure if it works, but it’s 9:20 somewhere and you never know when someone is
    looking for just such a piece to accent a den or living room.
        Our store accepts donations Monday-Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. We also pickup heavy items such as
    furniture. You can call our dispatch office at 601-932-1668 to schedule a pickup. Or you can drop your donations
    off at the back dock of our store. You’re always welcome to drop by and shop!

Gateway Needs                                    We wish to thank everyone who continues to respond to our request for
                                                 needed items. This month, please consider donating;

•   Body wash. This stuff works great as a shampoo/soap               •   Shaving clippers (for men who have issues with
    combo. We need lots of it.                                           ingrown facial hair)

•   Toothpaste and toothbrushes.                                     •   Small containers of sanitizer wipes to hand out to the
                                                                         public.
•   Shaving cream and razors.
                                                                     •   Masks for Covid-19 protection.
•   Magic shave shaving powder.

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                           Twitter: @gatewaymission • Facebook: Gateway Rescue Mission • Instagram: gatewaymission
                            For your convenience you may now donate online at gatewaymission.org/donate
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