A big thank you to folks who have already risen to the challenge to match a $3,000 grant from Ecclesia Missions in support of Our House. That said, we still have $2,600 to raise in the next 24 days if we're going to match that grant.
   As you know, we're on our own, doing our best to run the center which is open every single day of the year offering hope and hospitality to some wonderful friends who've found themselves down and out. Although we continue to develop a network of supporters who regularly donate food and clothing and all sorts of supplies, we also need money. We've got a full-time employee who has dedicated herself to doing whatever it takes to help our guests succeed in their effort to get back on their feet. Leslie earns a salary so that she can afford to do what she does best - direct ministry to people who've fallen through the cracks in a broken "system." We also need money for more mundane things like telephone and utility bills, insurance, repairs, and the like.
   Terri Orzakowski founder of Our Lady of Comfort, a women's homeless shelter which is now Ecclesia House, was fond of saying, "The Lord will provide." We know that's true. We've experienced that truth more times than we can count. We also know that God works - God provides - through people.
   If you've got an extra $10 or $10,000, please send it our way. You can do that by clicking on the "Donate Now" link up there to your left. Or you can send it to us at 85 Grand Street, Newburgh 12550.