The Chattanooga Rescue Mission

We are looking forward to our Thanksgiving meal coming up soon. The Mission is accepting food donations in preparation for the dinner. You can use a food donation form which lists needed items if you would like to provide food for this event. The form is on our website. It…

The kitchen staff is planning to cook 66 turkeys and 61 hams this year for Thanksgiving Day dinner. The turkeys and hams are donated from individuals and groups who want to help the homeless on this special day of the year.

On Tuesday night the men’s shelter was full with 65 men. The women’s shelter housed 22 ladies which was one short of being full. A big thank you to all our faithful supporters who enable the mission to help people get off the cold streets at night!

Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner! We are getting excited about sharing this special holiday with our homeless friends and the community. Last year we served a record 1,752 meals!

Mission staff members received excellent Bible teaching and counseling training while attending the ACBC virtual conference this week. The virtual site was hosted by Concord Baptist Church.

Possible additional homeless shelter coming to Chattanooga. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2022/jul/18/chattanooga-28m-federal-funds-low-barrier-homeless-shelter/572979/

Through these trees and down this track is a homeless encampment near Manufacturers Blvd. There are hundreds of homeless in the Chattanoga area who have never been to the Mission. Would you join me in praying that God would bring more people to the Mission to hear the gospel?

Brooke came to the Mission and helped work in the flower garden. She loves flowers and is excited about all the landscaping additions.

Amazing! This planter has not been used for some time. A volunteer group pulled weeds for us. The same day Marilyn had flowers planted and it looks incredible!

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Thomas Jefferson