Welcome to the Miracle Hill Ministries’ blog. We hope you will visit us often to learn more about the services we provide for the hundreds of homeless, hungry and hurting people the Lord sends through our doors each day. Remember, if you can’t find a friend in the world… you can find one here!
When Fred Barksdale’s Veterans Administration counselor picked him up from the closing veterans’ boardinghouse with only the clothes he was wearing, Fred was homeless, hopeless, and tired. Even though he had been clean and sober for five years, he couldn’t just turn things around. “What I thought was a gutter fall turned out to be …
“Is skipping breakfast better than eating a bad breakfast?” The first question came from the back of the Overcomer Center chapel while other men were filing in. Gabe Silveira, an intern with Furman University’s FUEL program, took it in stride. “That’s a good question. Let me think a minute.” Four other men slipped into their …
677 turkeys. 60 fryers. 250 volunteers. One dream—feeding all the children, women and men in care at Miracle Hill Ministries for Thanksgiving plus additional families in need throughout the community. The WSSL 100 Great Possible Turkey Fry on November 21, 2017 was epic in every way. The first volunteers and staff stood in the dark, cold …
When speaking with volunteers about why they give their time to various organizations, I find that most all people engage in volunteerism because they want to make a difference – a difference in the world, a difference in their own community, or a difference in the life of another person, be it someone close to …
For most of the day we did what most homeless people do. First thing was to go to the CNN building where they had a giant food court and a large screen where we could watch the news. I got a big cup of Starbucks and began to wake up finally. We hung out, reflected …