A Newsletter from Lexington Rescue Mission
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Reaching Hearts • Changing Lives
2008 Mission
Calendar
Our way of saying “Thank
You” for all you do!
W ithout donations, volunteers
and prayers from friends and
neighbors, this ministry would not
exist. To thank you for all you do,
we would like to send you a very
special 2008 calendar. We hope
its beautiful photos will remind
you of the powerful presence of
God in our lives, and how you
have helped bring His healing
power to those in need.
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INSIDE
A Message from
Jim Connell ..................2
The Cupboard
Was Bare ....................3
A Second Chance..........3
444 Glen Arvin Avenue • P.O. Box 1050 • Lexington, KY 40588 • www.LexingtonRescue.org
Celebrating
Recovery in Christ!
A native of Mt. Sterling, Adam
spent two years in prison on
forgery charges (he had used the
money to buy drugs). But while in
prison, he was saved, and a judge
agreed to grant him probation five
years early as long as he went into a
long-term rehabilitation program.
“My mom went online and found
the Lexington Rescue Mission, and I
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submitted my application and did a
phone interview. The fact that the
Mission was faith-based was really a
plus. I knew I couldn’t recover or get
my life back on track without Christ,”
Adam says. After eight months in our
Life Renewal Program, Adam moved
into the Mission’s transitional house
and got a full-time job as an electrician.
This phase of the program allows
him to take on more responsibility,
but still come to the Mission a couple
of times a week for classes and
counseling. Adam is also able to visit
his parents two weekends a month.
“The Lord has
really blessed me!”
“The Mission really believes in
you having a support system and
having your family around at all
times. I’m very involved in my
church, and I’ve helped start a
program there called
Celebrate Recovery. The
Mission has given me an
opportunity to grow
spiritually so that I don’t
fall when I leave here.”
 Jim Connell
Message from

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talents. Ma m on e y b y rs
to the store to listen to volunteers
l ly sa v e the Mission a v e a lo t of voluntee
actu a for. We h re than
read stories to them. The kids ave to pay ometimes mo
otherwise h Ch ri st m a s ( s en
pick out the books, which include
n d T ha n ks giving and i t ’s a lw a ys great wh
aro u h). So, , too!
everything from simple picture t to do wit ry and July
we know wha teer i n F e br u a
books to more advanced chapter ts to volun ke
books. someone wan l u de s pe ople who ma
ers i n c & Life
roup of giv f our Bread
Laura Gallaher, who serves as The other g hl y gi v er s o
ar,
an AmeriCorps member at the a ti on s . F rom the mont o r m o re g ifts each ye
don ke one this
hose who ma he doors of
Lexington Rescue Mission, started Circle to t ith o u t w h om t
he people w
Story Time at the thrift store last these are t en!
o ul d not remain op
winter. “A lot of these kids don’t Missio n c es, I
i v in g se a s on approach
usy Thanksg of
usually read for fun,” she said.
So as the b t h a nk s fo r each one
“This is a good opportunity for us to give
e a minute for this
to share the joy of reading and to want to tak su pp o rt you provide
vital
build relationships with kids in the you and the
neighborhood.” ministry! s y ou for cari
ng,
Go d Bl e s
Story Time is held from 1:00-
2:00 P.M. on Saturdays at the
Lexington Rescue Mission Thrift
,
Store, located at 720 Bryan Jim Connell
e Director
Avenue. If you are interested in Executiv
volunteering, please contact Laura
at 859-381-9600 or e-mail her
at laura@lexingtonrescue.org.

Transitional
Home Opens
L exington Rescue Mission
opened a transitional home
for men in the last phase of the
Life Renewal Program in July. For
men who are battling addictions
to drugs and alcohol, this home
provides a family-style living
(continued on page 3)
But When They Got There,
H ere at the Mission, there are
two ways to look at a bare
cupboard or empty pantry shelves.
The first is: “We must be doing a
great job getting food out to those
who need it.” Unfortunately, this
time of year, we usually have just
the opposite reaction. The shelves are
almost empty.
During this Thanksgiving season,
we’ll fix more than 5,700 meals, plus
serve more than 22,700 meals in the
next 12 months. That means several
thousand pounds of food will be

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A Second Chance
D oug was the very first graduate
from the Mission’s recovery
program in 2003. But we know that
the habits of a lifetime sometimes
take more than a few months to
break, so when
Doug needed us
again, we
welcomed him
with open arms!
“I didn’t do
the things I was
taught here,”
says Doug. “I
didn’t stay
the Cupboard Was Bare!
needed to fill our pantry shelves.
There are several ways you can
help: Conduct a canned food drive at
your church, office or school. Donate
some of the items listed in our
Needs List. Send a gift to the Mission
to enable us to purchase the items
Transitional Home...
(continued from page 2)
connected to the Mission or a local
church. I isolated myself. I had too
much idle time on my hands. So, I
started drinking again. My parents
would help me out, but they got to
the point where they said they were
not going to do it any more.
“I cried out environment that offers more
to God!” accountability and support than
the transitional apartments the
“God was Mission formerly leased. Five men
working in my life can live in the home, which is
located on Maryland Avenue.
even through all the
“We’re excited to have this
craziness. I contacted house for the men in the last
the Mission and phase of the program,” said Jim
came in. I feel very Connell, Executive Director. “It’s a
blessed and grateful better fit for the men.”
Before men move into the
to be back here.
transitional house, they live at the
Very appreciative. Mission’s building on North
Like I belong again. Limestone Street. This facility
This is what God’s provides lodging for up tp 15 men
while they complete the first three
intended for us
phases of the Life Renewal
to do: to live
Program, a Christian recovery and
interdependently, discipleship program for men
depending on Him struggling with substance abuse
and others. I’m so or other debilitating problems. For
more information about the Life
grateful for this place
Renewal Program, see our website
and the fellowship of at www.LexingtonRescue.org.
other Christians.”
we need most.
To make a gift to enable us to
purchase food and provide other
services for those in need, mail See Your
the enclosed gift slip, or go to Gifts at Work
www.LexingtonRescue.org to Visit us on our website today at
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 A Life-changing Summer
Ministries. “That was a fantastic thing to
watch that night when it happened.”
Youth leaders from local churches
traveled to the camp to spend the week
with the children, building relationships
with them that will last long after they
Fun at return home. Thank you for making this a

the Park life-changing summer!

H otdogs, carnival games and

an inflatable slide drew
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hundreds of kids and their families
to Douglass Park to hear God’s L exington Rescue Mission helped send
more than 50 urban children to
summer camp in Annville, KY. At camp,
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Word. Children learned how to chen br
• Clean ooms
become disciples through games the boys and girls had the chance to leave ing spo
• Dustp nges
and puppet shows, while dancers their troubles behind and just be kids for a ans
• Vacuu
and a speaker proclaimed the week. For children who have spent their m clean
• Washe ers
gospel to teenagers and adults. whole lives in the city, activities like r and dry
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“The kids came for fun and boating and fishing were completely new in-size
pillowc sheets
games, but many of them were and exciting. However, one of the ases and
• Paper
challenged by the message and biggest thrills of the week was the slide, towels
• Canne
left with a deeper understanding a long sheet of plastic covered in soap d vegetab
• Canne les
of God’s love for them,” said Jim and water that stretched down a d fruit
• Pasta s
Connell, Executive Director. hillside into a lake. sauce
• Sugar
The B.A.D.D. Organization, Through worship, devotions and
• Coffe
an inner-city ministry from Los Bible studies, the kids had the e
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sponsored by Lighthouse Ministries, He wants to be a part of their lives. od storage ns
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in association with the Lexington “Almost everybody made a first-time r quart ers
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Rescue Mission. Thanks to our decision for Christ or rededicated tu d y Bible
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volunteers who served food and their lives to him,” said Jacob vac
drinks at the event. Moss, Director of Jackson County

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