A Newsletter from Lexington Rescue Mission THANKSGIVING 2008

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A Message
from Jim
“I’m A Whole New Person”
Dear Donor Name,
As the Thanksgiving
R aised in Superior, Az., a
little mountain town about
an hour out of Phoenix, Frank
and heal up.’” Between the Good
Samaritan who found him and
John Ferguson, our Life Renewal
holiday approaches there’s a
special prayer I’d like to share traveled quite a road before his Program Director, Frank’s prayers
with you. journey ended at Lexington Rescue were answered. He was accepted
Mission! “I’ve been all over the into our year-long recovery
O God, when I have food,
Help me to remember the place just trying to stop and find a program.
hungry; place where I could let God do His “You need a good year to
When I have work, job on me. But I’ve been running get your mind cleared and your
Help me to remember the
away from Him at the same time.” body physically back.” But Frank
jobless;
When I have a home, has done much more: this past
Help me to remember those “God kept opening Christmas his sister flew him out
who have no home at all;
When I am without pain,
the door and I’d run to Arizona for a reunion with his
family! “God did more for me
Help me to remember those the other way.” than He should have. I’m a whole
who suffer,
And by remembering new person. God has
“I was in Tennessee and then
Help me to destroy my changed me around.
complacency; came back here to Lexington and
He’s blessing me
Bestir my compassion I started living the wrong life.
And be concerned enough to every single day!”
Then I got hit in the head with
help;
a pipe. I guess it was God’s way
By word and deed,
Those who cry out for what we of just settling me down. I was
take for granted. knocked out overnight, and the next
--Samuel F. Pugh. morning I was sitting in front of a
church and I was bloody and my
Thank you for remember-
ing those who are hungry, head was split open and a guy
homeless and in pain. Your came along and took me to the
compassion and concern mean emergency room.”
a great deal to us and to those
“I messed up my life pretty
you help.
bad. I was on drugs and alcohol
for 21 years. I just kept saying,
‘I’d just really like to find a good
Jim Connell
Christian place to go for a while
Executive Director


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Here’s My Special Thanksgiving Gift

Please use it to feed and care for Lexington’s neediest people.
! $XX.XX for XX meals and care ! Bill my credit card
! $XX.XX for XX meals and care ! VISA ! MC ! AMEX ! DISC
! $XX.XX for XX meals and care
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! $_________ to help as many as possible CREDIT CARD #

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Donate online at www.LexingtonRescue.org, or call 859-381-9600. EXP. DATE PHONE #

Send e-mail updates to __________________________@___________________

Donor Name Lexington Rescue Mission

Donor Address P.O. Box 1050
Donor City, State Zip Lexington, KY 40588-1050
Thanksgiving Annual Banquet Wrap-Up
Needs List
O ur Fourth Annual Banquet
and Silent Auction was an
overwhelming success, raising
get involved in the local ministry of
Lexington Rescue Mission.
The Spirit of Compassion Award
thousands of dollars to support the was given to the volunteers of Church
5a^iT]cdaZThb work of the Mission. The money Under the Bridge, a ministry to
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and employment counseling, a exemplify the compassionate spirit of
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3ahQTP]b John Ashmen, Executive the Life Renewal Program, shared his
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Help serve a meal – free hot
2PZTXRX]V lunches are served to the hungry
?P]RPZT\Xg and homeless on Tuesdays,
?P]RPZTbhad_ Thursdays and Saturdays.
Volunteers are needed from 11
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call us at
(859) 381-9600 to schedule a time
to help out!
Upcoming t
Welcome a resident – create a
welcome bag for a new resident
Holiday of the Mission’s recovery
Events program. Items in the bag
may include: soap, toothpaste,
toothbrush, deodorant, shampoo,
Thanksgiving Dinner conditioner, razors, shaving cream,
Wednesday, Nov. 26 washcloth, towel, men’s socks, clothing and household goods
From 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. pens and a notebook. You may at a low cost to those in need,
Broadway Christian Church also include an NIV Study Bible. and vouchers are given to those
Feel free to also include a note who can’t afford to pay. The store
welcoming the new resident to the also provides Mission residents with
Christmas Block Party Mission. job training,
Saturday, Dec. 20 t
Pray – Pray for changed lives for and proceeds
From 10 a.m. to noon those who are homeless or in any support the
649 North Limestone Street kind of need and those residents work of the
who are battling addictions to Mission. Call
Christmas Dinner drugs and alcohol. Also pray for the Thrift
strength and patience for our staff Store at (859)
Thursday, Dec. 25
and volunteers. 254-1712
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Help at the thrift store – help sort to schedule a
Broadway Christian Church donations and stock shelves at our time to help.
Thrift Store. The store provides

Please Set One More Place At Your Table.

T here’s a custom in many homes
to set an extra place at the table
for Thanksgiving dinner. In some
families it is a reminder of loved ones
no longer living; in other homes it’s a
place for Jesus amidst the family.
This year I’d like you to set an
extra place at your table as a reminder
of all the people you have helped to
feed and care for through your support
of Lexington Rescue Mission.
The last twelve months have been
difficult for everyone – for the Mission,
for our donors, for those who are
hungry, homeless and in need. But
we have survived!
As Thanksgiving approaches,
please help us celebrate another year
of caring for “the least, the last and
the lost” by setting an extra place at
your table. And, if you can, help us
continue that care by sending a gift
in the enclosed envelope, or giving
online at www.LexingtonRescue.org.