March 23, 2015
Happy Monday from your friends at City Mission
 
We thank you for your generous support and would like to share with how your donations are helping to change lives at City Mission.
McCausland Men's Shelter 
The McCausland Shelter for Men, established in 1941, provides services to homeless men with or without addiction and/or mental illness. All residents, whether they need to stay in the Mission for a night or a year, receive hot meals, clothing, showers and a safe place to sleep.

The shelter provides an environment that allows our residents to grow and to heal, thus leading them back to independent living. By focusing on the root problems that cause homelessness (lack of affordable housing, underdeveloped employment potential, lack of income, chronic substance abuse, mental health and medical problems and paucity of spiritual development) City Mission provides a secure base for men who formally lived on the streets.

Additionally:
  • In FY 2013-2014, the McCausland Shelter served 315 adult men and provided 24,543 nights of shelter.
  • City Mission has experienced overcrowding as homelessness has spiked in our region. However, no one is turned away. The Shelter also houses up to 25 men each night in the overflow Chapel area during cold weather.
  • According to recent studies, the average success rate of substance abuse treatment centers is between three and eight percent. The success rate for McCausland Shelter residents for FY 2013-2014 was far higher - 45 percent overall in the domain of substance abuse recovery alone.
  • Over 37 percent of Shelter residents enroll in our long-term program, where they receive free medical care, legal services, vocational training, Biblically-based counseling, internal case management and outside referrals. The overall success rate for FY 2013-2014 was 39 percent for men who stayed in the program for longer than 90 days.
  • McCausland Shelter staff works collaboratively with over 30 other organizations, ranging from community hospitals to drug and alcohol providers to mental health facilities and other social service agencies, to serve the resident population.


In This Issue
Monday Music Selection 

Tenth Avenue North - Beloved (Lyrics)
Tenth Avenue North - Beloved (Lyrics)


Tenth Avenue North sings the song Beloved from the perspective of Christ address His bride: the church body.

You're my beloved lover I'm yours
And death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me










 

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