News from People's City Mission

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Monday, June 30, 2008
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Greetings!

Last week I attended an Alumni Dinner given by my alma mater, Hastings College. During the course of the evening discussions, I realized anew how very fortunate I was to have attended a college where there were so many good mentors among the faculty. Those wise and trusted counselors guided me and in many ways shaped my future destiny. That's what a mentor does. Later in life, I was fortunate to have women role models and older mentors who continued to influence my life and who supported me when I was facing those tormentors whom we all encounter sooner or later in life.

I was drawn to my mentors because they supported me with unconditional love and with enthusiasm that seemed to me to be God-inspired to help me bring out the best in my own being. Their love for me was an enabling love which brought out career possibilities that I once would never have dared to consider, even in my wildest dreams.

It is that enabling love that draws us to our mentors and which gave me a new understanding of what Jesus meant when he said, "When I am lifted up from this world, I will draw all men unto myself." John 12:32. It is Christ who draws us unto Himself and who mentors us ... who guides us ... who shapes our destinies when we surrender our lives to Him!

I like to believe the People's City Mission is like that. I believe that we draw men and women to our programs because we are willing to mentor them and to help bring them to Christ who will "draw them unto Himself" and mentor them and guide them into a new and more fulfilling future!

Barbara B. McCall, J.D.

Director of Donor Development

in this issue

We Need Your Help

Golf was Great

Hybels Leadership Event Tickets

Emotional Support for our Guest

We need your help ... all kinds of help!

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Books. The Domestic Violence 101 summer schedule involves weekly book talks over books specifically aimed at relationship issues and encouragement. More and more women are coming to Renita's office to check out books. Nora Ragon is looking for a book cart for our books.

If you have a used book cart that you are willing to donate, please call Nora at 475-1303.
If you have women's books, please bring them to the Distribution Center at 21st and N Streets, labeled Renita Tyrance. Our women are requesting titles like From Prison to Praise, The Bride Wore White, Avoiding Mr. Wrong, Hiding from Love: Changes that Heal and similar titles.

Sporting Goods. Edie McNeese is looking for new or used sporting goods...particularly a horse shoe game set. Now that the days are warm, we need outdoor, active things for our men to do. If you have items to donate, please take them to the Distribution Center at 21st and N Streets labeled Curtis Center. Thank you!

Personal Care Items. Rick Ragsdale needs personal care items at the Distribution Center. Please consider a donation of deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, diapers (sizes 4, 5,and 6 particularly),disposable razors and bar soap. Some of our donors clip the product coupons in the newspaper and use them to purchase personal care items to donate.

Non-perishable food. We need canned vegetables, canned milk, soup, canned meat and breakfast cereal at the Distribution Center.

Volunteers. Nora needs volunteers to work in our kitchen on the weekends. We can use individuals or groups ... one time only or on a regular basis. If this is a way you would like to help, please call Nora at 475-1303. Thanks!

Thank you for supporting People's City Mission!

Golf was Great!

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