Meet The Need Atlanta

Charlie, Jason, Robert, Steve, and George

We are so grateful that men at Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church have adopted the men at Meet the Need. On December 15th, they came and served a fabulous Christmas dinner. Turkey, ham, and all the “fixins”. Thank you so much servants of Christ. All the program participants continue to be amazed at how these men support them week after week. We pray that God will bless them 100 fold.

Christmas dinner

Don’t be jealous!!!! Just take note of this spread. As usual they provide abundance so that more meals are served the next day.

MTN has prayed for a box truck for 7 years. A wonderful couple donated one to us recently and it had its’ first trip today to help someone else. Several of the MTN men went to move a couch for a single mom with 6 children. It is more “blessed to give than to receive”. This is just the beginning of helping others. All the program participants at MTN know that part of their training here is to give, give, give. They come here with lots of needs which the Lord takes care of, and they in turn have to give back to others in the ways they can.

We are not sure who is more excited……… MTN or this single mom that was walking to work. the ministry was donated a van several years ago. It needed some work which our men have done. When it was finally road worthy and safe, we received a call from a single mom with a son that was walking to work. She asked if we had anything we could sell her. God gave this to us, and we were not going to sell it to her. We wanted to bless her with it. She picked the van up last week, and now can have transportation for herself and her son We just love passing God’s blessing along.

Jane "Woody" and Rene'

Directors Rene’ and Jane Alvarez recently had the pleasure of blessing a program participant that completed a year with Meet the Need. Thomas “Woody” Woodall  became a house coordinator shortly after he came to Meet the Need. It was quite obvious that he had leadership qualities and has demonstrated at every turn that he was serious about getting his life turned in the right direction, and that he desired to put his past behind him.

It is always the pleasure  of the ministry when we can pass on a blessing. Woody had driven a Ford van that was donated to the ministry for months. He kept it clean, and up to date with service needs  and took it under his wing. His “baby” is now really “his baby”.

God bless you and “Old Blue” Woody. We are proud of you.

Many of the Meet the Need program participants just went to Lake Lanier for a camping trip. As you can see from the picture they are doing a bible study. These trips are still quite informative to us, as so many men share they have never been camping or ridden in a boat. We use these times to show them that they can have fun and not be drunk, or high on drugs. They come back saying what a great time they had, but mostly it is something they can remember. Being a Christian isn’t so bad!!!!

They all braved the rain and cold weather, but are looking forward to going back soon.

One of the things we love to do here, is praise and worship the Lord for all He has done for us. On September 6, Meet the Need had the opportunity to make a joyful noise at Campton United Methodist Church in Campton Ga.

Pastor Jim Draper and his members put on quite a spread for us, the likes we may never see again. After all the home cooked goodies, we were still able to make a joyful noise. days of elisha mtn

We hope this will be the first of many to come. As you can see, we looked quite wonderful with our newly donated red shirts. In case you cannot make it out, the back says… Don’t just go to church… Be the church.

Jane was quite ecstatic as she was playing on a beautiful baby grand piano that was in tune. This has not happened for years!!! Her piano belonged to her mother and grandmother. Although it still looks beautiful it is past the stage that it can even be tuned. We are believing that God will bring Jane and Meet the Need an equally beautiful baby grand to use for our Tuesday night and Sunday services.

Thank you to St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta for their financial blessing. God is last minute but never late. Their blessing covered total utility expenses (gas, water, and electric) for the month of August. We so appreciate their support of Meet the Need.

We are blessed each week by men from their congregation that desire to plant into the lives of Meet the Need program participants. Thank you Bill and Dennis for your faithfulness to our men.

PS… Bill and Dennis always,

Bill Hardison, Burney Bailey, and Dennis Redic

receive the “drive the longest way award” !!!

Front row: Joyce Britt,Rene,Jane, and Roger Willis. Back row: Rick,Vinny,Ricky,Christian,Ronnie,Gus,Tommy, and Dean

What a blessing. We are so excited that God chose to bless us through Jackson EMC Foundation and Operation Round Up. We want to thank the foundation and particularly  Operation Round-UP board member Joyce Britt and Roger C. Willis- Gwinnett District Manager, Jackson EMC for bringing us this beautiful blessing.

As with their blessing last year, this money will allow us to continue to keep 6 houses going so that more men can be assured of a place to stay when they come out of jail or prison, or when they find themselves in need of addiction recovery assistance. It is quite costly to provide housing each month for as many as 48 men. Most of all the men that come to us come with only the shirt on their back. They are not able to contribute to their own upkeep for quite some time. This need is even greater now because of the economy and the current employment situation.

Thank you Jackson EMC and Operation Roundup for helping us to help others. Thank you for helping us to provide a safe haven for men that desire to start their lives over. Thank you for believing in us and what we are trying to do for the community.

Meet The Need Men at IHOP 08/05/2009

On Wednesday the International House of Prayer hosted Meet The Need Ministry at their location on Collins Hill Rd.  IHOP Atlanta is a ministry serving the entire metro-Atlanta area, open 24 hours a day for any person or group desiring to come at any time to worship and pray individually and/or corporately. The Prayer Room is the heartbeat of all that goes on at the IHOP Atlanta Missions Base. Structured in 84, two hour prayer meetings per week, full teams of musicians, singers, and intercessors lift their voices in praise and supplication, asking God to fulfill His promise and give the nations of the earth to Jesus as His inheritance. Each prayer meeting functions with live worship teams in one of the following four formats: devotional worship, prophetic worship, worship with the Word or intercession. IHOP staff prepared hamburgers, hot dogs, and various other home cooked items to ensure that the men would be very satisfied.  After dinner and fellowship the men proceeded to the IHOP Prayer Room.  The attitude of the men and the spiritual motivation they experienced at IHOP is unmistakable.  Meet The Need would like to lift up IHOP and thank them for their continuing support of the ministry.

Cruising over the pond

Meet The Need Ministry welcomes a new member of the wildlife at the main ministry campus.  A Great Blue Heron was spotted at the ministry pond.