MARY’S PLACE: Operates seven family shelters. Whole families, including fathers, can stay together at most locations. Over 600 people can have shelter each night. The newest shelter is in Bellevue. There are plans for the Burien center to open a permanent 90- unit apartment building at the same location as the temporary shelter. Many support services are provided for homeless and low- income people, including a women’s day room, children’s activities, and job training. Popsicle Place, located in Seattle, Burien and Bellevue, offers a safe place for children with special needs and chronic health issues. Help, including financial counseling, is given to families so they can move into permanent housing.
EVERETT GOSPEL MISSION: Provides shelter, job training, addiction counseling, and help with getting employment and permanent housing. Those who want to hear the gospel message of God’s love and salvation can do so. There is a shelter for women and children and another shelter for men. Four family apartments allow whole families to stay together. Four more family units are under construction. Cares for about 145 men and 75 women and children each night. The Passport Program offers assistance to people who need help securing employment, permanent housing and financial independence. People who want this training can either do some work at the shelter or pay a small bed fee while they learn the needed skills to achieve financial independence.
NEW HORIZON’S: Provides help for homeless youth, including shelter, day room, job training, counseling, and Bible study and Christian discussion time for interested youth. The “Nest”shelter on 3rd Ave. has 30 beds for youth transitioning out of homelessness. It is animal friendly so a pet is accepted. Youth can get breakfast and lunch and have time for interests and study. Computers are available. Dinner is served Monday through Thursday for day drop-ins, and every day for shelter residents. Laundry services, showers, counseling, clothing and other services help youth improve their lives. Job training for baristas is available at the Street Bean coffee shop at New Horizon’s day- room on Third Avenue. Some outside activities, including a hiking club, are available for interested youth.
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC: Provides pregnancy tests and ultra sounds for women who want them. Offers classes in baby care for expectant parents, including fathers. Class attendees earn points for baby clothes and other supplies. Maternity clothes are also available. New mother’s groups offer a place to socialize and continue earning points for more baby clothes and other necessities. Interested people can hear God’s message of salvation. Counseling and parenting classes are available for new and expectant fathers.
COCOON HOUSE: Provides shelter and other services for youth from high school age through age 24. Works to improve relations with parents, helps people overcome addictions, provides a safe place to study and helps older youth prepare for and obtain jobs and permanent housing. Works with school officials to help youth affected by recent homelessness continue their education. Young people age 12 and older can receive counseling. Sometimes counseling improves home situations enough that young people can remain at home. In 2023, 125 teen-agers and 25 young adults were given housing. 559 young people received services at the drop-on center.
MATTHEW HOUSE: Provides services to prisoners’ families while their loved ones are incarcerated. Prisoners’ families can find a place to rest, get something to eat, obtain clothing and groceries, and if necessary because of long drives, there is room for some families to spend the night. Prayer rooms are available, and anyone who wants spiritual help will receive it. Their goal is to meet the spiritual and practical needs of the families during a difficult time. It is often hard for children to understand why their father, or other loved-ones, cannot be with them.
VISION HOUSE: Provides private apartments for people getting ready to transition into permanent housing. Sometimes clients’ need comes from job loss, medical costs, or domestic violence. Vision House gives child care while parents attend school or work. Furniture and household items are provided when a family is ready to move into permanent housing. Counseling and other needed assistance is given to help insure the move to new housing will be permanent.
CONCERN FOR NEIGHBORS FOOD BANK: Donations of non-perishable food and monetary support help the food-bank provide help to needy families. Some stores donate produce and left-over bakery items. Food given to clients is still done by drive-through pick-ups. The number of families served has significantly increased. We made 150 Easter baskets this year, also given by drive-through.
HABITAT FOR HUMMANITY, SNOHOMISH COUNTY: Habitat stores help provide income for their housing costs. They are getting ready to build six 4-plexes on a site in Everett. One single home is on the premises. Zoning changes were needed to allow the townhouses. The townhouse project required sewer lines and other amenities to be completed before construction of the townhouses can begin. The foundation has been laid for the single family home at this site. A single-family home in North Everett has been acquired and is being repaired and updated. This home should be ready for occupation later this summer. Each family spends 500 hours of work on their new home. Habitat for Humanity also makes some home repairs for low-income people.
OPERATION NIGHTWATCH: Nightwatch helps people find shelter. Street ministers interact with homeless people living on the street. Street workers take clean socks, food, and waterproof blankets to people who do not have shelter. One homeless man told a worker a blanket is for than warmth. He felt safer with his head covered with a blanket, one more layer of protection from danger. Dinner is provided for people who will spend the night outside and for those who will be in a shelter. Those who want to, have a chance to hear the message of God’s love and salvation. Nightwatch has an apartment building with 24 small apartments for seniors. This is often the first permanent home the tenant has had in years. Small things, like new towels and sheets, make these apartments special for people who move in.
SUPPORT SEVEN, INTERNATIONAL CHAPLAINS’ MINISTRY: Provides spiritual and emotional help to people facing tragedies caused by accidents, or other difficult situations. Accident victims can find a place to wait or rest in the Support 7 vehicle. Support Seven serves as a Compassionate Care Liaison between first responders and people in crisis during on-scene emergency incidents such as unexpected natural deaths, homicides, house fires, suicides or other crisis incidents. A respite place is also provided for first responders to get quick refreshments and prepare for interviews. Compassionate chaplains from Support Seven are often the ones to bring notice of tragic death to the family, offering prayer and comfort to people who want it.
JAN GRIFFITH – OUR HOME-GROWN MISSIONARY TO SWEDEN: Jan grew up in our congregation. Her parents, Bob and Marian, were very active in our congregation for many years. Jan has been actively providing help to a church which operates a Christian school. Some of the students are immigrants. She has been active in ecumenical outdoor Passion Plays and in spiritual development classes. Her health is improving, but she still has to be careful. She works to help improve relations between different cultures and language groups. Jan has been active in promoting the book, “Across the Street and around the World” by Jeannie Marie. The book was published in Swedish last May. Jan says the book gives useful ideas for promoting God’s Word to people of different cultures. Jan was able to meet the author last November when Jeannie Marie was touring and teaching in Sweden. This was a very special time for Jan.
WORLD CONCERN: World Concern works to improve living conditions for people living in difficult circumstances. They provide water filters in areas where dirty water can be purified. They provide funds for wells in some areas, such as a village well in South Sudan. They work to prevent malnutrition and sex trafficking. Some young girls are given to sex traffickers by their families who have been deceived, thinking their daughters are being given good jobs. Some young girls are snatched right off the streets in third world countries. World Concern has been able to rescue some of these young women and provide them with a better life. World Concern teaches farming techniques, and provides tools and seeds so people can grow their own food. They also provide other services which improve the lives of people who are living in poverty. The goal is to lift people out of poverty by enabling them to earn enough money to provide a sustainable living.
EVERETT GOSPEL MISSION: Provides shelter, job training, addiction counseling, and help with getting employment and permanent housing. Those who want to hear the gospel message of God’s love and salvation can do so. There is a shelter for women and children and another shelter for men. Four family apartments allow whole families to stay together. Four more family units are under construction. Cares for about 145 men and 75 women and children each night. The Passport Program offers assistance to people who need help securing employment, permanent housing and financial independence. People who want this training can either do some work at the shelter or pay a small bed fee while they learn the needed skills to achieve financial independence.
NEW HORIZON’S: Provides help for homeless youth, including shelter, day room, job training, counseling, and Bible study and Christian discussion time for interested youth. The “Nest”shelter on 3rd Ave. has 30 beds for youth transitioning out of homelessness. It is animal friendly so a pet is accepted. Youth can get breakfast and lunch and have time for interests and study. Computers are available. Dinner is served Monday through Thursday for day drop-ins, and every day for shelter residents. Laundry services, showers, counseling, clothing and other services help youth improve their lives. Job training for baristas is available at the Street Bean coffee shop at New Horizon’s day- room on Third Avenue. Some outside activities, including a hiking club, are available for interested youth.
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC: Provides pregnancy tests and ultra sounds for women who want them. Offers classes in baby care for expectant parents, including fathers. Class attendees earn points for baby clothes and other supplies. Maternity clothes are also available. New mother’s groups offer a place to socialize and continue earning points for more baby clothes and other necessities. Interested people can hear God’s message of salvation. Counseling and parenting classes are available for new and expectant fathers.
COCOON HOUSE: Provides shelter and other services for youth from high school age through age 24. Works to improve relations with parents, helps people overcome addictions, provides a safe place to study and helps older youth prepare for and obtain jobs and permanent housing. Works with school officials to help youth affected by recent homelessness continue their education. Young people age 12 and older can receive counseling. Sometimes counseling improves home situations enough that young people can remain at home. In 2023, 125 teen-agers and 25 young adults were given housing. 559 young people received services at the drop-on center.
MATTHEW HOUSE: Provides services to prisoners’ families while their loved ones are incarcerated. Prisoners’ families can find a place to rest, get something to eat, obtain clothing and groceries, and if necessary because of long drives, there is room for some families to spend the night. Prayer rooms are available, and anyone who wants spiritual help will receive it. Their goal is to meet the spiritual and practical needs of the families during a difficult time. It is often hard for children to understand why their father, or other loved-ones, cannot be with them.
VISION HOUSE: Provides private apartments for people getting ready to transition into permanent housing. Sometimes clients’ need comes from job loss, medical costs, or domestic violence. Vision House gives child care while parents attend school or work. Furniture and household items are provided when a family is ready to move into permanent housing. Counseling and other needed assistance is given to help insure the move to new housing will be permanent.
CONCERN FOR NEIGHBORS FOOD BANK: Donations of non-perishable food and monetary support help the food-bank provide help to needy families. Some stores donate produce and left-over bakery items. Food given to clients is still done by drive-through pick-ups. The number of families served has significantly increased. We made 150 Easter baskets this year, also given by drive-through.
HABITAT FOR HUMMANITY, SNOHOMISH COUNTY: Habitat stores help provide income for their housing costs. They are getting ready to build six 4-plexes on a site in Everett. One single home is on the premises. Zoning changes were needed to allow the townhouses. The townhouse project required sewer lines and other amenities to be completed before construction of the townhouses can begin. The foundation has been laid for the single family home at this site. A single-family home in North Everett has been acquired and is being repaired and updated. This home should be ready for occupation later this summer. Each family spends 500 hours of work on their new home. Habitat for Humanity also makes some home repairs for low-income people.
OPERATION NIGHTWATCH: Nightwatch helps people find shelter. Street ministers interact with homeless people living on the street. Street workers take clean socks, food, and waterproof blankets to people who do not have shelter. One homeless man told a worker a blanket is for than warmth. He felt safer with his head covered with a blanket, one more layer of protection from danger. Dinner is provided for people who will spend the night outside and for those who will be in a shelter. Those who want to, have a chance to hear the message of God’s love and salvation. Nightwatch has an apartment building with 24 small apartments for seniors. This is often the first permanent home the tenant has had in years. Small things, like new towels and sheets, make these apartments special for people who move in.
SUPPORT SEVEN, INTERNATIONAL CHAPLAINS’ MINISTRY: Provides spiritual and emotional help to people facing tragedies caused by accidents, or other difficult situations. Accident victims can find a place to wait or rest in the Support 7 vehicle. Support Seven serves as a Compassionate Care Liaison between first responders and people in crisis during on-scene emergency incidents such as unexpected natural deaths, homicides, house fires, suicides or other crisis incidents. A respite place is also provided for first responders to get quick refreshments and prepare for interviews. Compassionate chaplains from Support Seven are often the ones to bring notice of tragic death to the family, offering prayer and comfort to people who want it.
JAN GRIFFITH – OUR HOME-GROWN MISSIONARY TO SWEDEN: Jan grew up in our congregation. Her parents, Bob and Marian, were very active in our congregation for many years. Jan has been actively providing help to a church which operates a Christian school. Some of the students are immigrants. She has been active in ecumenical outdoor Passion Plays and in spiritual development classes. Her health is improving, but she still has to be careful. She works to help improve relations between different cultures and language groups. Jan has been active in promoting the book, “Across the Street and around the World” by Jeannie Marie. The book was published in Swedish last May. Jan says the book gives useful ideas for promoting God’s Word to people of different cultures. Jan was able to meet the author last November when Jeannie Marie was touring and teaching in Sweden. This was a very special time for Jan.
WORLD CONCERN: World Concern works to improve living conditions for people living in difficult circumstances. They provide water filters in areas where dirty water can be purified. They provide funds for wells in some areas, such as a village well in South Sudan. They work to prevent malnutrition and sex trafficking. Some young girls are given to sex traffickers by their families who have been deceived, thinking their daughters are being given good jobs. Some young girls are snatched right off the streets in third world countries. World Concern has been able to rescue some of these young women and provide them with a better life. World Concern teaches farming techniques, and provides tools and seeds so people can grow their own food. They also provide other services which improve the lives of people who are living in poverty. The goal is to lift people out of poverty by enabling them to earn enough money to provide a sustainable living.
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