Upcoming
Events
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
22nd Spirit of the Season Christmas Concert,
Lakewood Baptist Church, 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
Walk Through Nativity/Toy Bag Distribution
from 9:00 a.m. – Noon
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23
Candlelight Service in our Chapel at 10:00 a.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25
Christmas Day Banquet, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Inaugural DRM Urban Iditarod
Early Bird Special! Heart for the Homeless Urban Iditarod Adventure 5K
Register your team before December 31st and save $30! But what is an Urban Iditarod?
A
loose parody of a famous Alaskan dog sled race, we take the format and mix it up. Replace the dogs with people (you and your
friends) and the sleds with shopping carts, add in team themes, costumes, contests and a food and fundraising drive and you
get the Heart for the Homeless Urban Iditarod.
Hundreds of women, men, teenagers, superheroes, rock bands, Greeks, elephants, tigers, volunteers, and excited philanthropists
gather to create this amazingly unique costumed charity shopping cart race of epic proportions — Heart for the Homeless Urban
Iditarod.
Here’s what the event consists of: 50 teams of 6 heavily-costumed humanoids, raising Food and Funds for the purpose of
changing lives of the homeless and hurting in Huntsville, all while racing tricked-out shopping carts through the frigid streets of
downtown Huntsville.
There’s no event like this anywhere in the South. If you like road races, adventures and costumes, you’ll love the Heart for the
Homeless Urban Iditarod. Sponsorships are still available. For more information, go to the website www.carts4hearts.tk or contact
Tonia Beverly at [email protected] or at 256.713.4343.
Is your company looking for ways to serve
the community and increase visibility?
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26
Graduation in our gym;
4:30 p.m. dinner and 5:00 p.m. ceremony
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
DRM’s Inaugural Urban Iditarod,
downtown Huntsville, 8:00 a.m.
Statistics for October 2015
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Meals Served – 22,136
Lodging – 6,197
Food Boxes – 371
Spiritual Decisions – 6
Into Permanent Housing – 17
Your year-end donations help us now and throughout much of 2016!
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the homeless/hurting people of our community!
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Event Sponsorship is a great way to get involved and let the community
know your company is civic minded. Annual Sponsorships allow companies
to sponsor every event (all year long) reaching a large audience. Sponsorship
involvement in these events will be FUN, fulfilling, and offer team building
opportunities for corporate staff while helping us increase awareness and
much needed funds for the hurting and homeless men, women and children
of the Tennessee Valley. For more information, contact Tonia Beverly at
[email protected] or at 256.713.4343.
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A RENEWED FAITH
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Merry
Christmas
A Renewed Faith
MY PERSPECTIVE
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lcohol and drug addiction doesn’t care what age, race,
education, or socioeconomic background you come from.
It can happen to anyone. I grew up an only child who had
everything provided for me by my family. I loved playing
sports and it, primarily baseball, was my life’s passion.
I thank the Lord that He doesn’t care what you have done.
He is always there for you if you seek Him. Since I have been
at the Mission, I have learned so much about my faith. The
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Anything and everything is
possible with God!
The Perfect Gift
heard a story the other day about a wealthy Christian
man’s son who had earned a full scholarship to study
business at an Ivy League School. The son worked
hard and graduated with honors. For weeks before his
graduation the son would hint to his father that he
wanted the shiny new BMW in the car dealer’s show
room near their home as a graduation gift. Graduation
day came and the son was filled with excitement to
get home to see if his dad came through with his gift.
The father called the son into his study and gave him
a beautifully wrapped gift box. He unwrapped the gift
to find a new Bible with his name engraved on it. The
son was devastated that his father had only gotten him
a new Bible and in total disappointment slammed it
down on his dad’s desk and said, “This is all I get for all
my hard work”. He stormed out and never contacted
his father again.
Through the years the son did well and built his
own thriving business and his bitterness towards his
father faded. As he was planning a trip to surprise his
dad and mend their relationship he received a call from
an estate lawyer telling him that his dad had passed
away and left him everything. With great sadness he
went back to his father’s home to sort everything out.
When he arrived he went to his father’s study and
surprisingly found the Bible in the same place on the
desk where he had slammed it many years before. With
tears in his eyes he opened it and out slipped a key with
a BMW logo and a note saying “paid in full”.
Just like the son in this story many miss out on the
gift that God has given us…salvation through His Son.
All we need to do is accept His free gift. At DRM we
consider every person who comes through our doors
a gift from God. God loved us so much that he sent
his son to die and be a payment for our sins (see John
3:16). If we receive His gift it is PAID IN FULL! Please
remember the Mission during the holiday season as we
continue to reach out with God’s love to a lost and
dying world.
GIVE A COAT.
SHARE THE WARMTH.
Donate a gently-worn coat at our Huntsville Burlington
Coat Factory, located at 6125 University Drive NW, to
help us keep men, women and children warm this winter
season. As a thank you for donating, you will get 10% off
your entire purchase (in-store only). The Warm Coats &
Warm Hearts Drive lasts until January 18, 2016. Thank
you, Burlington Coat Factory, KIDS Fashion Delivers
and the many donors who help us care for the least, the
last, and the lost of the Tennessee Valley!
teachers are not only wonderful people, but also phenomenal
teachers who teach and walk in the Word of God. They are
doing a great job in reshaping me and the other men and
women in the recovery program to be more like Christ.
I hate the fact that I lost my faith for a few years in
my addiction, but now I have found the Lord and have a
relationship with Him. Anything and everything is possible
with God!
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9
Justin Nicolow
FOR YOU
Keith Overholt, MBA President/CEO
MISSION MOMENTS
from all of us at the
Downtown Rescue Mission
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