Archive for June, 2008

Pod Cast

Listen to the Mission’s pod cast at http://oscm.podhoster.com/rss/682/ We recorded some new PodCasts and the feeds will begin Monday. A new post will run each weekday. Thank you for praying for and supporting Old Savannah City Mission, Savannah’s Five Star Gospel Rescue Mission.

DUAL EXPANSION OF FRESH START

Even though we are in the very challenging “Season of the Skinny Cows,” we are excited to initiate the dual expansion of Fresh Start. “A Place Called Home,” the first Fresh Start facility for women will be totally ready for occupants shortly after July 4. The bathroom in one of the apartments set aside for [...]

Purchase for a Purpose

DORCAS & ESTHER’S Mission Thrift Shop The Thrift Shop is named in honor of two outstanding women in the Bible. Dorcas was a seamstress, a woman full of good works and did many charitable deeds for the poor and who Peter restored to life. Esther was a beautiful Jewish woman. After the loss of her [...]

Please Pray

Many prayer requests come to us. There are several avenues through which they come. Frequently our donors include with their gift their prayer request. Here are some that came today. Abbreviations are used in some cases that are sensitive. Island E. (Business who support the Mission and desire their company to prosper.) John to recover [...]

Thanks for the Visit!

Thanks for coming to and reading our blog. Your visit is important to us. As Savannah’s Five Star Rescue Mission, privately funded, meeting local needs through local resources, we need your visit. While you are here, give your ideas on how we can better serve the homeless and hurting in our community. We welcome your [...]

Summer Time and the Living’s Not Easy

Do you remember Ricky Nelson singing, “Summer time and the living is easy….” Well, he wasn’t singing about Savannah. It’s not easy, especially if you are homeless. It’s rough. It’s hot, humid and bug-infested. Thanks to faithful donors, Old Savannah City Mission offers not only safe, clean beds; it offers cool. It’s been a challenge, [...]

Carol Schmidt, Stellar Volunteer

Today the Mission’s Staff and Students said an emotional good-bye to a wonderful friend and volunteer. For more than five years Carol Schmidt has assessed almost every single student who has enrolled in Old Savannah City Mission’s Urban Training Institute. She’s taking a sabbatical for the birth of her first grand child.

Season of Skinny Cows

Non-profits experience downturns in revenue when summer time rolls around. At Old Savannah City Mission summer is our “Season of the Skinny Cows.” This summer is even “skinnier.” Things are tight. The economic slow down has hit us hard. And, it’s not just OSCM that’s suffering. Our friends at Second Harvest have had to reduce [...]