As the Faith in Action Outreach Coordinator of a downtown church, I am often in the position to help folks in need of shelter, food, or clothing. I get calls from single parents looking for help with school clothes for their children and from families in need of a place to stay the night. Inmates …
As I headed toward the bustling conference room, I could see people seated at tables and standing in clusters, holding small plates filled with finger foods, talking and laughing, enjoying the loud party music echoing throughout the venue. My steps gradually slowed. Although I normally enjoy meeting new people and networking, I had been in …
When we think how long some of our clients, myself included, spend in addiction it can be mind boggling to think after 7 months a person can navigate from Addiction to Overcomer. That is what man thinks. We know God has other plans for our lives and when we put our trust and our life …
Thanksgiving at the Overcomer Center is a wonderful time of coming together – a time in which our clients, their families, the Overcomer staff, and our volunteers come together as a body of Christ to give thanks to God for what he is doing in our lives. This year Thanksgiving, for a large portion of …
The day after I read the suggested topic, I saw first hand the affect addiction has on family and loved ones. I was asked to pick-up a donation, on a Saturday, from a storage facility by the mother of a previous Overcomer client. The Overcomer had been doing well and staying clean until, on his 25th …