Worship and Prayer! June 2021 - Gateway Rescue Mission
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June 2021 Worship and Prayer! 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
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 young man sat and ate his lunch in the Gateway a wise pastor. The pastor pointed me to Proverbs 12:15
cafeteria, looking like he had lost his last friend. He hung which says “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
around after lunch was over, catching the attention of but a wise man is he who listens to counsel.” He told me,
our kitchen staff. He only asked for one thing; sunscreen. “this young man is being foolish.”
He explained to us how the sun burned his skin, as he
I am a fi rm believer in God’s grace and power to save.
lived in the woods and spent all day outdoors.
I’ve seen people live foolishly for years, only to have a
He had just gotten out of prison, and I sensed the life changing spiritual transformation. However, I believe
opportunity to nudge him in the right direction. I asked that sometimes in the modern church we have become
him if he would like to speak with one of our counselors. so enamored with preaching a message of grace that
He answered, “no, I just want some sunscreen. To be we forego teaching biblical wisdom.
honest with you, I do drugs and I’m not ready to quit yet.”
Our kitchen is open to all. I’ve seen people come in,
Across the yard, Ather and Richard were busy wolf down their meal, and leave in a rush. I’ve seen
painting our shelter. Both men are seeking change people like our young man, with a sad countenance
the right way through our New Life Program. Both men yet unwilling to give up destructive practices. I’ve seen
are professional painters, have their hearts in the right people sit down to their meal, and bow their heads to
place, and are doing the work of allowing God to change say grace, acknowledging the Giver of their daily bread.
their lives.
God’s timing is perfect. Please pray that in His time, our
Charles Dickens opens his classic novel “A Tale of sunburned young man will turn to Jesus in repentance.
Two Cities” with the line it was the best of times. It was He admitted to me that he knows better. He just isn’t
the worst of times. It was the age of foolishness, it was ready. Before we judge, we should all accept that at
the epoch of belief.” Life at Gateway Rescue Mission times in our own way we haven’t been ready either.
can personify that line in a small way, played out on a
However, let us all turn to the Bible and receive
daily basis. Our society values individual liberty to the
biblical wisdom. We too often ask God for sunscreen
extremes in that some say if a man wants to live in the
to sooth the blisters of sin, when He wants to transform
woods and do drugs and get sunburned, we should send
our lives through our turning to Him for salvation by
him a government stimulus check. Sounds crazy, but this
grace through faith. May God grant us the good sense
very thing is happening. The modern world seems to echo
to wisely live out the counsel of His word.
Dickens when he said “it was the age of foolishness.”
I shared the story of the sunburned young man with
Rex Baker
Visit gatewaymission.org Executive Director
Gateway Rescue Mission
for more information on how you
can help someone today.
FEATURE GATEWAY
We are opening back up at Gateway Rescue Mission. A worship team from Pinelake Church
Board of Directors
recently came by to serve the evening Sunday meal and conduct a worship service. Several of
our residents came forward for prayer and a good time of Christian fellowship was had by all. Ford Mosby
This marked the fi rst post-Covid worship service conducted by an outside church at Gateway. President
We look forward to many more.
Beth Archer
It wouldn’t do for volunteers to come to our shelter without a fresh coat of post-Covid paint.
Vice President
Our crew has been hard at work in recent weeks giving our properties a facelift via paint. It’s
good to have some fellas around with the anointing to paint.
Jackie Meck
We’ve also reopened our kitchen to full, sit-down dining. No more to-go trays. We give the Secretary
kitchen a good cleaning after each meal. However, we feel it’s time to allow people to come in,
sit down, and eat a good meal at a table. This also means we’ll be opening back up our volunteer Vivian Farris
program to folks who want to drop by and help serve lunch. If you want to get involved, please Treasurer
contact Rusty Ryan, our Volunteer Coordinator at 601-353-5864.
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
After being closed since mid-February for
winter freeze flooding repairs, our Thrift Store in
Pearl is finally open for business. We are once
again selling donated items, making donation
pickups, and allowing folks to drop off donations.
Sometimes God gives you what you didn’t
pray for. We did not pray for God to close our
store for three months. However, in doing so, it
gave us the opportunity to make some much-
needed improvements to our store that we could
never make with the store open. So, God closed
the store for us and gave us the opportunity to
spruce things up. This allows for a better store
and a better shopping experience for the public.
In the end, we can only say at
Gateway Rescue Mission that God is
good. And as the old saying goes, He’s
always right on time. And as another
wise pastor recently told me, “He’s
always right own time”, as in God does
all things in His own time, not ours.
Drop by our store. Business is
booming. When you buy a new
bedroom suit, consider donating your
used one to Gateway Rescue Mission.
Thrift Store Update
• We are currently in need of nonperishable foods and • First-aid supplies, such as band-aids, antibacterial
canned goods. With our kitchen back open, we are ointment, anti-fungal creams, small bandages, etc.
churning out hot meals again and need food for the
hot meals. • Fingernail and toenail clippers, along with basic foot
care anti-fungal items.
• Pepto-Bismol, Tums, etc. We need basic over-the-
counter medications for the stomach. • Devotional booklets to pass out at lunch. Our lunch
guests routinely pick up such items to take with
them. The spare book on your shelf can bring a
blessing to someone else.
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For your convenience you may now donate online at gatewaymission.org/donate
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