Teen Haven Serving at the Mission
Check out Pastor Jose Jimenez representing Teen Haven as they help take over cleaning roles at the mission alongside our amazing Wonder Club teachers. Right now, daily disinfecting has been increased and staff are working together to create a clean and healthy environment. Teen Haven leaders are also meeting with their teens online, and mentoring […]
A Safe Time: Heather Hagberg, Life Coach Assistant/Children’s Ministry Coach
As a Life Coach Assistant and Children’s Ministry Coach, Heather is certainly a people-person. But she didn’t always know how much she wanted to work with people. From Zoo Science to Life Coach For a long time Heather saw herself working with animals, and even got her degree in in Animal Biotechnology and Conservation. She […]
18 Things We Are Thankful For
“And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.” 1 Chronicles 29:13 Thanksgiving here at Water Street has been filled with good food and great fellowship. Our community once again came together to celebrate and to give thanks. Even so, Thanksgiving can be a painful holiday for many in our community. Some […]
Grand Opening of Providence Shelter: Water Street Mission’s New Emergency Shelter
Today Water Street Mission was excited to celebrate the Grand Opening of Providence Shelter. Before we cut the Ribbon, opening a new chapter for Water Street, we got to hear more about what this project means, not just to our guests, but to Lancaster County as a whole. Why the new shelter? Coming to a […]
Peace
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 The threat of illness/aging, family relationships, baby mama drama, church struggles, fears, gang war, injustice, madmen run amuck, death and terror attacks from home […]
Celebrating Joy
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, “he has a demon!” The Son of man came eating and drinking; and you say “here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners” Luke 7:33-34 One of the accusations made by the religious […]
Rooted In Love
From our Campus Pastor, Michael Booth: Eph. 3:16-19 “… He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man. So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you being rooted and grounded in Love may be able to […]
Top Chefs 2018
On April 20th Water Street Mission hosted one of its most exciting annual events, Top Chefs that was sold out to 295 guests. Top Chefs, is an opportunity for people in the community to come support Water Street Health Services through a five-course meal and both silent and live auctions. The meal is an unforgettable […]
In The Waiting
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, He has risen. He is alive.” It was a morning like no other when the women approached the tomb of Jesus. They had come to prepare his dead body, they didn’t expect what waited for them when they arrived. On that […]
Processing Through Grief
“The promise is not that he will remove us from the experience of suffering. No, the promise is that God will be with us, walking beside us in it.” – Timothy J. Keller, “Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering” Greif is not simple but is a process of emotions we will all encounter at […]