I want to thank everyone for all that you have done to help us here at HMA. We have come a long way and feel the need to go much farther. Let me show you some of where we are and where we feel that we are headed. These first few pictures are of our outreach service. We have been having this service multiple times a week in some form or another for over four years. These services are especially for the homless, drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, mental patients and ultra poor in our area. We give rides, have church, feed meals and pass out clothing and other neccessities.
The first picture is of a song service. The second picture shows standing room only outside the back doors of our sanctuary. The third picture is of people piled up in our altar during altar service. The last picture is of people eating at tables and standing in line to get food after a service.
Besides the services we also provide counselling, a jobs progam and a housing program. In our jobs program we always had to do all the leg work but end up using outside resources for jobs. We still out source some of the jobs but we are getting to where we actually provide some of the jobs program ourselves.
Two years ago some precious Brothers and Sisters helped us fund and organize a furniture thrift store owned and operated by HMA. It is called "The Saving Place" and as of today, eight of the men in our jobs program work some amount of hours at The Saving Place or for HMA in general. Here are some of the pictures of the HMA/Saving Place store and operation.
This building that HMA is purchasing currently has our headquarters offices, counselling sessions, jobs program and furniture thrift store in it. Also in the purchase of this building and it's property and out buildings, we aquired the old Sapulpa Hotel. A set of run down rooms from the early 1900's. Here are some pictures.
We have intentions of fixing up the old Sapulpa Hotel by re-doing much of the original rooms and putting in a small apartment and some bathrooms and showers. It has always been one of our origial goals to have the first independent, completely holiness ministry controlled, overnight stay facility in the United States. We are finally within sight of that dream. It will be called "The Disciple House". We are going to try to raise as much of the funds as possible online in 2012. Our goal is to reach 25,000.00 by October so that we can work on it and decide how far those funds will go toward completion of this project and then possibly raise whatever funding that would be left through the holiday season and put the finishing touches on it early next year. This is by far the largest endeavor that HMA has ever taken on but I feel very strongly that, just like with the jobs program, we can take the short term housing part of our ministry "in house". The first set of dorm rooms will be able to house eight men plus the monitors apartment. If you feel lead, please give online by clicking on the donate button. If you would like to do as other have and join us by having fundraisers, concerts, dinners or auctions in your area, please let us know by contacting us through our information on the website.
Every time that God has blessed us to step up and incorporate more of the everyday lives of the lost and dying souls of inner city Tulsa and beyond it has caused us to reach and win more to Christ than ever before. This will be no different. Won't you be apart. Give to and pray for Holiness Missions to America, Jacob's Ladder, The Saving Place and The Disciple House. God bless.
your humble servant,
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