A Monthly Hero Profile: Chet and Sharon Beiler
How did you become interested/connected to Water Street Mission? For many years Sharon and I have been aware of and pleased to partner with the wonderful work of WSM. We have had the privilege of working with others in our community who have encouraged us to support the work and reach out to those in […]
Restored to Be Restorers: Food Bank Recipients Giving Back
Our community food bank, also known as the Outreach Center, has been hard at work, sorting, boxing up and giving out food goods to our community. And while so many are in need of help with groceries each week, the heart of the Outreach Center is about much more. To Bola, one of our most […]
Lancaster Responds to the Need for Food
…we received 80,355 lbs. of food! That weighs more than 26 cars combined! Just last year, we put out a call throughout the county for our Rescue Mission Food Drive. And over the next few weeks and months, what we saw was incredible. Individuals, families, businesses, and churches showed up, delivering mountains of food to […]
The Virtual Isaiah 61 Awards Celebration 2020
“The LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” Isaiah 61 Each year we recognize four individuals who represent Water Street Mission’s values, uplifting the most vulnerable, and turning their own hardships into grace and love for the Lancaster community. Like Jack Crowley, President of Water Street Mission explained last Friday night, […]
Reverberate 2020
“The harder it seems like the enemy hits, the greater the church becomes.” Rev. John A. Knight | Brightside Baptist Church God showed up Tuesday night across Lancaster county! With close to 1000 people in about 30 locations, the pandemic didn’t stop our community from coming together as one church body, united in praising God. […]
Joining God’s Work: Kerry Brubaker, Outreach Ministries Coordinator
The Outreach center serves 1,905 individuals a month through food assistance, supporting many in the local community and neighbors of Water Street. Designed like a small grocery store, guests come and line up right before opening. Then they walk through, picking up various food like canned fruit, cereal, vegetables, frozen meat, usually eggs and dairy, […]
Compelled by Love: Lori Ober, Church Ambassador & Volunteer Services Assistant
From volunteering as a mentor to local youth, Lori learned she has a passion for seeing how God works in the life of just one person. She loved getting to sit down and chat with students about their lives—even saying to a friend, “If only I could get paid to sit across from people and […]
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 […]
Broken Chains: Mark Noel, Manager of Guest Education
After Mark made the decision to go into counseling, he knew it would be hard to leave his love of teaching behind. He had taught in Lancaster schools for over 17 years. What he didn’t expect was how clearly God would use his love of both here at Water Street. When he started as a […]
Sowing Seeds: Nina Maldonado, Girls Program Coordinator
As the Girls Program Coordinator, Nina has helped to create some of Teen Havens biggest events for teen girls in the community, including the Princess Experience, helping girls grow in self-worth and see themselves as daughters of God. But she also plans and leads programs throughout Teen Haven and you can find her teaching the […]