Brilliant Dancing Light Display and Food Drive

Thank you to Josh Borchert, who works at WSMR for the fun dancing light display. It's brilliant! There is a small box to leave canned food for the Gospel Rescue Mission. Come by any night until January 1st! 

The address for the display is 3905 Lilac Drive off of Elks Drive and Holly! 

Christmas Volunteer Opportunities!

share your joy this Christmas

The Gospel Rescue Mission's most exciting day of the year is December 25th when we celebrate Christmas! Each year, we serve delicious Christmas meals with people in the community who come in for some holiday cheer and do not want to be alone. We also deliver meals to people who daily receive meals from Meals on Wheels. The City's Meals on Wheels is closed on the holiday, but we have volunteer drivers who deliver meals to people who have asked for meals. We also have an annual Christmas Toy  Give-Away! Two years ago, we had 715 people come to receive gifts! For some people, these are the only Christmas presents they have.

Would you like to join in on the fun of giving  your time during Christmas?

We are in extreme need of volunteer drivers, volunteer servers in the dining hall and volunteers to help with the Christmas Toy Give-Away. Please call the Gospel Rescue Mission at 575-523-7727 to sign up to volunteer.

 

15 more volunteers are needed from 11:30-1:00 for the Christmas Toy Give-Away.

14 more drivers are needed for the meal delivery. Time: 10:15-about 1:00 pm.

About 12 more volunteers are needed for Christmas in the dining hall for different shifts. We need people who enjoy decorating to come early, people who enjoy cleaning up to come later, and lots of people to serve in between. Please call the Mission's desk open 24 hrs. to put your name on the volunteer list (575) 523-7727.

Thanks!



Thank You! Thank you! Your help was doubled!

Thank you! To everyone who donated online at Denver Mattresses' link during the month of November, your help was doubled by Denver Mattress! This was a great opportunity to help the Gospel Rescue Mission continue to provide help and services to those who come to us. We greatly appreciate your outpour of support. Denver Mattress doubled your donations! We greatly appreciate Devnver Mattress and their concern and help to Rescue Missions all over the United States and our local area who help people who are homeless or in need of help.

Thank you!

Double Your Donation and Your Help!

Denver Mattress Company is donating to help Rescue Missions across the United States. When you donate on their landing page, they will donate the same amount of money to help the work of Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission (up to $2,500 in each city). Go to their landing page at the link below. Once there, you can select the logo of Hope at the End of the Road, the Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission logo, and select Las Cruces. Thank you so much for your help!

Click Here!

Wow! Ways to Help Give Help and Double Your Donation!

Our local talented dance and choir clubs at Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University are encouraging you to help them collect food warm clothing and blankets for the needy who are helped at Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission and the Rescue Mission's ministry, The Clothing Room. The Gospel Rescue Mission serves 70,000 meals a year to people who are homeless or just need a meal. They also help with food boxes for needy families. The Clothing Room at 1416 S. Solano is a set up like a normal clothing store. The difference is that the clothing was donated by people like you who care. The once loved clothing helps others find a job, have clothes for school and know that they will be warm in the beds with blankets, etc. Thanks for your help in this endeavor. Stop by anytime between 9-11 AM Mon. Wed. or Friday to see how your donations make a difference. Come to our open house on Saturday, Nov. 10th from 11:00-4:00 ! Thanks! THANK YOU...STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!

Denver Mattress is donating to Rescue Missions around the USA by matching any donation you make on their landing page up to $2,500!
To donate and have your donation matched, please click on the link below. This is only through the month of November. When you get to the landing page, select the logo for Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission. Thanks!
Link to donate:
Double Your Donations Click Here!

THANK YOU!

Open House at the Rescue Mission!

Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission is celebrating 40 YEARS! Can you believe it has been that long? For the past 40 years, we have been blessed in our community to have people who have reached out and come to the Rescue to help people at the end of their road. Please join us in a time of thankfulness and celebration for what God has done to bless our community and how He has come to our rescue. We will have some fun and hopefully memorable events. Join us for lunch and see displays of our history and how God has helped us the past 40 years. Hope to see you! 1050 W. Amador at Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission!  come by 11:00AM-4:00 PM!

It's a New World inside the Thrift Store!

Like suprises? Well, the building isn't dazzling, but inside the Gospel Thrift Store is a whole new world! Check out this video to get a glimpse! Come by and browse, shop, and make a difference in our community! :)

PS: Half-Off Sale is now in progress at the Gospel Thrift Store! 

The Rest of David's Story!

It's overwhelming. It gives me goosebumps every morning when I open the doors to the kitchen and see how much food there is that has been donated by people in this city.

The residents of this town have a commitment to the mission to make sure every peson is fed.

It's one of those things that they are open down here. People back east, if they gave something they would want recognition. Here, they just drop it off.

They are so selfless. They don't want anything from it and they know that they are helping. The don't know that it's just not helping, we are surviving off of it. And then, I get thanks for what I do there and I feel wierd because all I did was taking time to throw it together and serve it. They go out of their way and they work it out with their budget. That's the easy part. The hard part is getting the food in.

It's amazing. We average 6,000 meals a month. It's a miracle. You can't feed 6,000 people with a budget...The miracle is the town getting the food to the mission. It doesn't stop. I wake up the next morning and before I even get breakfast done, there is someone there with another 25lb. bag of beans or rice. The postal workers food drive helped!

 ................................................. How did you end up coming to the Rescue Mission?

I came to Las Cruces for work. A friend of mine had a job lined up. I got here and it was a month later and the job I came down for disappeared because of the economy. This was three years ago. I started looking for work in kitchens. I found a little bit of work, but not enough to get the bills paid. after 2 1/2 years of struggling each month, I couldn't afford rent and the landlord didn't want to hear any more excuses. This is not an easy town to get a job and a lot of college students are vying for the same job. That was my competition and I was losing left and right. My hours at work had dropped to 17 a week. My landlord had been extending the 5 day grace period to 2 weeks. Finally, I knew I had to do something. I asked, "Do they have a misison in this town or a church that would give me a bus ticket ?"

 Instead of a bus ticket, I found a place to stay at the Rescue Mission. That time I only stayed 2 months. I found a job working 40 hours/week. (David saved his money and was able to move to an apartment).

Another couple of months later, business was dropping off. My hours were reduced to only 20 hrs. /week. This time I packed up and left right away for the mission.

 .................................................How did you end up cooking at the Rescue Mission?

I had been putting in applications and was going to get out of the mission and work. Then, at the mission, they asked for volunteers to clean after dinner. The cook saw me cleaning and asked if I had any kitchen experience. "22 years, I told him. Every day since then, the two cooks gave me a chance to be the prep cook. A few months ago, the cooks left. The staff approached me and asked if I would like to take on a leadership role and asked what I wanted in life.

I had been praying to God and asking him for a reset button. For so long, I had been struggling. It was exactly what I needed. You don't know your prayers are getting answered. You wake up one day and realize they have been answered. I had prayed, "Give me some time."

It's a lot of responsibility, but I feel rejuvenated every single morning! My knees don't hurt. I hit the reset button. I haven't thrown my back out in over a year. Before when I was working just part time, 25 hrs. a week I would feel instantly drained. You can't explain it. You know it's coming from Him. It's a miracle.

 Is there anything you have done differently?......................................

The only difference in my life in the past 3 years is that I've accepted God again. In my faith alone-He's doing everything He said He could do. He gave me a break. He gave my body a chance to heal and put my head on straight!

All I do is get up and cook! He's doing the healing. He's giving me a focus on what He wants me to do in my life.

Before it was a constant struggle. There was a pattern. Every time I'd do stuff on my own, I'd fail. I didn't understand why. I decided first let's get alcohol out of the way (partying with friends). After I got that out, I would wake up a little fresher in the morning and not as tired. Still, I was trying but things were not working out.

 .......................................................................................Did you always believe in God?

I was an atheist. 7-8 years ago a question popped in my head. "OK, create something." I realized man could assemble it, but no one could create something that did not exist. You can't create anything. How is anything there is man hadn't created it? WE can't create. We can make but not create. Little things like that made me think more.

Then, finally I had a complete break down. "I'm tired of failing anymore, " I cried to Him. It all started coming back-all the Bible stories from when I was 4 years old. I told Him, "I've done everything I can and I'm still failing and I just don't know why."

In chapel one night, it was like I realized how God slid it into there like a puzzle piece. He was saying, "I know what you're doing." He's putting everything in place for me to succeed. I was taught I had to do everything in my life to succeed. We actually have to do very little. You have to start somewhere and somebody has to give you a chance.

 ____________________postscript___________________

 :) David thanks you for your prayers. Part of the purpose he sees as working as the cook is actually giving people a chance to start over. Homeless individuals who lack work history are given a chance. David has volunteers working as dishwashers in the kitchen. He sees that they excel in every aspect of their job. When they have been persistent and shown good work, he gives them a referral. He has seen an excellent success story of a life God has changed. A man got a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant and returned to thank David for his new start in life.

Thanks for Caring

"I was in need of clothing, and you clothed me. When you did it for the least of these, you did it for me." ~ Jesus in Matthew 25.    YOU DID IT! 
To each of the volunteers who helped with Back to School Clothes 4 Kids and to all those who cared, thank you. Your love and help for children needing clothing and school supplies for heading back to school was amazing. Thank you for all your hard work. 

40 Years Coming Soon!

Celebrating 40 years on November 10th!

OPEN HOUSE

1050 W. Amador

Las Cruces, NM 88005

11:00-4:00

40 Years to the Rescue!

You have been a neighbor to those in need.

You have helped us meet people at their point of need with food (3 meals daily), emergency shelter, clothing, Good News, and hope at the end of the road.

THANKS!

Please save the date, come by and help us remember God's goodness, and the many people who have helped touch so many lives in our community! Thank you!

And counting....3 Whole Days!

Hi! We are nearing the end of waiting...3 days for Back to School Clothes 4 Kids! It has been exciting and also a ton of work. Thanks to all the volunteers who have been helping, to Wylene Saunders the Clothing Room Manager and her family and loving husband! Churches and individuals and groups have donated new socks and underwear! This is our focus this year, preparing families for going back to school with clothing. Although we also give school supplies, the clothing is our focus. Thanks to all of the people who have been collecting.

This year we have been blessed with an abundance of larger sizes in socks! Usually this is not the case and we have more smaller sizes. ;)

However, we do have many children registered who are smaller and even starting preschool. If you were planning on donating to your church these items for the Back to School Clothes 4 Kids program, please consider bringing some smaller socks! Especially for girls! Thanks so much!

7 Days!

Countdown to Back to School Clothes 4 Kids Week!

AUG. 6-10~ MON. TUES. WED. THURS. FRI.

BETWEEN 12:00-5:00 PM

601 CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL

K-12 GRADES IN LAS CRUCES

WILL BE COMING TO FIND CLOTHING, 

NEW SOCKS, UNDERWEAR & SHOES!

Come help and make a difference in a our community!

Call Wylene at (575) 642-9619 to help or answer questions.

Our appointments are filled for Back to School week, but any child or person in need is welcome to come "shop" and select their own clothing during Clothing Room hours: Mon.Wed.Fri. from 9-11 AM

The clothing has been previously loved and used.

The clothing for the Back to School week is lightly used or new. New socks and underwear and new shoes are given along with school supplies as long as they last. 

Local area churches and organizations are helping collect socks, underwear and school supplies.

We will keep you posted as to radio remotes that will be around to collect them as well! Thank you!

Rain?

Showers Of Blessings!


Rain?
If anyone was wondering, yes, it did rain last year.(see video)!  It was a blessing too. Will we get dowsed tonight? Well, hopefully everyone will enjoy their celebration of our nation's Declaration of Independence. We are blessed to live here. May you have a beautiful 4th of July!!!
Who knows, maybe we will have an electric light parade in the heavens. (lighning show:) Happy 4th!

Rescue Garage Sale This Weekend!

This weekend starting Friday at 9 AM there will be a massive garage sale at the Gospel Rescue Mission.
All kinds of stuff will be sold to benefit the Rescue Mission. :)

Beat the Heat! Thrift Store's New Longer Hours!

The Gospel (GOOD NEWS! ) Rescue Mission THRIFT STORE has NEW Summer Hours!
Cool and refreshing treasures lurking at every direction the head turns. It's a cool way to beat the heat, browse, and let off some steam. :0)

Come by! Enjoy~ Open 10 AM to 7 PM
                             Mondays-Fridays
                       
                             Open 10 AM to 5 PM Saturday
                             CLOSED Sunday

The income generated from the Thrift Store helps keep the airconditioners going at the Rescue Mission! It helps pay for the Mission's utilities bills! Thank you for all your thoughtful donations of things you no longer use that have been a blessing for people who needed to keep cool and needed emergency shelter. Thank you!

PS: Please don't judge a book by it's cover or the Good News Gospel Thrift Store by it's sign and outside walls. The inside is much more beautiful and sparkles with glassware and unique items. Thanks!

Home Improvements!

Bid the potholes and uneven parking lot farewell! Thankfully, the Rescue Mission parking lot is being repaved! This will improve the parking lot's condition and make it easier to come and serve. Stop by and visit! Come have a tour and see some of the other important home improvements that have made a difference in the lives of people who have needed a comforting place to stay. You are always welcome! 

Meals at the Mission!

What an incredible blessing the members of Curves have been to our community! While working off the pounds, they have blessed homeless and hungry people in need with thousands of pounds of food the past few years. Each year, their food drive brings in hundreds and sometimes thousands of pounds of food. These are made into delicious meals and food boxes for needy people in our community! Many kids are helped!

Thank you, members of Curves!

(Pictured in the video: members of Curves receiving The Good Samaritan Award in 2009). :)

For the happy in heart, life is a continual feast! Prov. 15:15(b).

May you enjoy a blessed, happy life.

A BLESSED DAY!

So much has happened at the Rescue Mission since I last posted on Current News! We had an outpouring of help on Christmas. It was overwhelmingly wonderful. Thank you! The volunteers had a great time too and their smiles brought joy to many people including us who get to help all the time. Thank you! The Christmas Toy Give-Away was also a great success! We had enough gifts and stuffed animals. Despite the snowy day, volunteers came to help. Some were snowed in, but others came just because we called and they wanted to help. Thank you! 415 people received Christmas presents. There were gifts for the mom's, dad's and of course, all the children. Look forward in a couple of weeks of seeing some great videos from these Christmas events.

For now, I want to show you a video from Feb. 8th, a special day. Feed the Children partnered with us to help distribute food, hygiene and Avon boxes full of needed and special items to needy families in our communities. We helped hundreds of people we knew were in need from the Clothing Room, the Rescue Mission and from local schools, and the Community of Hope. Hope you enjoy the video! THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF AT LAS CRUCES GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE SO MANY SPECIAL DAYS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF HOPE!

Jesus is Alive! Happy Easter!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! If you were blessed to be able to wake up early this morning and enjoy the sunrise, it was amazing. If you weren't, here is a picture. Each Easter reminds us that God is real and alive. He is risen! As a song says, "He touched me, and oh the joy that floods my soul. Something happened and now I know, He touched me and made me whole." May the risen Saviour touch you today and bring healing, hope, forgiveness and new life. Happy Easter.