With the purchase of The Crossing, a former hotel
located at Smith and Kearney, we have significantly increased
our capacity to impact more lives than ever before.
After obtaining this new property, it was clear there was much work
to be done. We have already brought this dilapidated
building a long way. These changes are evident in our miniature amphitheatre,
basketball and volleyball courts, barbecue grill, and new grass!
Although these changes are substantial, the real difference is in the
changes made to the inside of the building. Restored living quarters
have become transitional housing for homeless families and New Life Program
participants. Mission interns and visitors are housed here, at the heart
of our New Life and Family Services programs.
NEW LIFE PROGRAM
Most visibly, the New Life program for homeless men, formerly housed
in the Lawrence Street facility, is relocating and expanding. The
Crossing
is a former hotel, well-suited to transitional
residence. Now up to 131 men who desire to change their lives can enter
the program.
As a result of the changes made in moving the New Life Program, the Lawrence
Street facility has been able to expand significantly providing more
emergency shelter for homeless men.
NEW LIFE POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM
Men who have graduated from the New Life Program and choose to continue
in the Post-Graduate Program can also live at The Crossing. Transitional
housing is an essential part of the program as these men re-enter mainstream
society.
FAMILY SERVICES
The Crossing is the new home for Family Services. Family Services is comprised of Family and Senior Homeless Initiative (FSHI), STAR Transitional Housing Program (STAR THP), Family Refugee Services (FRS), and Family Rescue Ministry (FRM). On-site transitional housing will increase the number of families
we can serve and improve our service to them.
INTERNS AND VISITORS
We accept more than 80 student and professional interns every year—many
of them from distant places. For these people and other guests from ministries
around the world who have come to
observe, we can now offer living quarters that place them at the center
of the work we do.
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