Sweet Sunday was a huge success, as we reported last week. Through the fundraising efforts of a dedicated group of board members, sponsors, staff and volunteers, not to mention hundreds of generous attendees, City Mission's 21st Annual Sweet Sunday brought in the highest day-of-event total ever. This money will go to our life-changing programming, helping us to restore men and women from homelessness to independent living.

We couldn't have asked for a better day; with 50-degree weather in February, we had quite a turnout! Thank you to our volunteer photographer, Kevin Ramski, who helped capture the day through pictures. To see all the pictures from Sweet Sunday, please click this link. 

As part of her work therapy program, Patty C. works in the Donation and Recycling Center. Patty was able to take a few moments from sorting donated books to talk to us about her experience as a resident at City Mission. As she spoke of her rehabilitation process, she talked about the power of prayer and how it changed her life. "When you pray it really works," she said. "At first it was chaotic [for me], then I started to pray. I really like it here now."

We are blessed to hear many stories like Patty's, where the power of prayer has changed his/her outlook on the situation. As a staff, we pray for our residents daily and have the opportunity to pray with our residents as well. We ask that you keep our residents and programming in your prayers, as we continue to seek God's Will at City Mission.