Fall is a busy time at L.I.V.I.N.G. Ministry, have no doubts about that. The past three months saw three major mailings, a work day, the clothing sorting, ALIVE, and a job fair! With all this on top of our regular volunteer events like labor halls and shelter visits it’s hard to imagine what it means to sit still. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made the last three months not only possible – but a real success!
Mailings
In October we sent out a newsletter, and …
Each week we post the prayer requests of some of the men and women from Pleasant Valley Shelter (Northside), Safe Haven (East Liberty), Wellsprings (downtown), and Light of Life (Northside) and Miryam’s (uptown). Please come along side us and pray for each person individually.Truly prayer accomplishes more than we can imagine…
On Saturday, November 20th, L.I.V.I.N.G. Ministry held its 8th annual festival for the homeless called ALIVE. This year’s event was incredible! The weather was perfect, the bands sang their hearts out, there were no confrontations, and volunteers thoroughly enjoyed themselves. But above all, God was glorified and the homeless were appreciated and dignified.
About two months ago Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sent a flyer to the office addressed to the volunteer coordinator. The paper was accepting nominations for the Jefferson Award: an award given to volunteers that display heroism in their service. Past national winners of the Jefferson award include Colin Powell, Sandra Day O’Connor, Oprah Winfrey, Peyton Manning, Jimmy Carter and many other household names.
After a short discussion it became clear that we had a Jefferson Award quality volunteer in our midst: Weiting Zhang. Weiting is a former intern of the …
September was a busy month here at the L.I.V.I.N.G. Ministry! We held our annual car wash, held our first zero-staff Labor Hall, and hosted two successful workdays on the house. Read on to see how our volunteers made a difference in Pittsburgh this month.
September 9th: All Volunteer Labor Halls
We reached an exciting milestone with this one! As our entire staff was in Chicago for the CCDA annual conference about urban ministry we held our very first entirely volunteer lead Labor Hall. Our goal is to train …
Vacuum Cleaner
Tupperware
Dishwasher Detergent
Toilet Paper
Stamps
“[Psalm 18] For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
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