Life-Skills Classes
Life-Skills Classes
Classes such as budgeting, money management and anger management help men and women have steady, consistent success as they start a new life.
Everett Gospel Mission engages with the community to alleviate poverty. Each $2.05 you give helps feed one man, woman or child experiencing hunger or homelessness in Snohomish County.
Addressing someone’s hunger is the first step to change and to helping them get off the streets.
When James retired, he was 54 years old and successful. And he was a highly functioning addict.
After retirement, he began his own company, and was doing well. But soon his addiction raged out of control. It didn’t take long for him to lose everything: his company, his house, his savings.
For over two years, James was on the streets, living in his car or sleeping on friends’ couches.
“I just got to the point I couldn’t do it anymore,” he says. “I woke up one night, it was middle of October out in the back seat of a car out in Granite Falls with me and my dog. I cried out to God and He heard me.”
James reached out to a friend, who helped him find a 30 day recovery program. Then he came to the Mission, where he enrolled in our Genesis program. As he continued his recovery and rebuilt his life, he wanted to give back. So he started volunteering.
He sat at the front desk overnight at the Men’s shelter, building connections with people and simply listening when they needed to talk. He gained a new perspective that continues to impact him today:
“When you look at that person on the street, see them for who they are. . .That’s somebody’s kid, somebody’s father, somebody’s brother.”
James celebrated 9 years of recovery this year. He’s living in his own apartment, and still volunteers to help others. He tries to help others as much as he can, encouraging them in their own recovery, doing street outreach, whatever he can to help.
But when you give, you give more than a meal. Your gift also declares and demonstrates the love of Jesus, builds trust and establishes relationships that lead to lasting change!
Each $2.05 you give will provide a meal. Each meal can be the start of a changed life, off the streets!
“For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.”
– Psalm 9:18
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