WE TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD.
Jesus calls us to be His hands and feet, bringing His love into our neighborhoods, villages, towns, regions and world. And in faith, whatever money is received through Vision 3.10, we will tithe 10% of that and funnel those funds into two particular areas: one local, one global.
LOCAL MISSION: Benton Harbor, Michigan
Safe Shelter, Inc.
Safe Shelter provides safety and empowerment to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. It is a harbor in the time of crisis when women and children often are fleeing for their lives. Safe Shelter provides safe, short-term housing, legal advocacy, counseling, assistance in developing a safety plan, transportation networking and childcare for those in need.
In the past year, Safe Shelter:
• received 898 crisis calls
• housed 193 survivors
• housed 236 children
• provided 5469 nights of shelter
The shelter is working to be a home away from home where survivors and children can work at repairing their lives. That includes providing opportunities for a good night’s sleep. Due to budget cuts, the shelter has only been able to offer sub-par sleeping arrangements in tattered beds and mattresses, while some rooms only have mattresses on the floor.
With our blessings, we seek to purchase beds, mattresses and bedding for Safe Shelter to provide safety to hurting, frightened and lonely people.