Text Box: An Outreach of Full Spirit Ministries Text Box: OPEN DOOR MISSION JANUARY NEWSLETTER The Year of Restoration 2007 We are going beyond paying utilities, rent and other bills. We are going and have already started to restore the vital parts of the poor and lost. Poor in body, mind and spirit. How? By seeking out the real reason for shut offs and shut outs. Many are lost because of alcohol and lost due to loss of job or loss of hope. Lost hope gains depression. Failed marriage gains distrust. These are just a few of the things that can cause homelessness, shiftlessness, irresponsibility, and rebellion. After over 29 years of working with hurting people I say it is time to put more than a band aid on a wound. It is time to dig out the real infection. This is a very tedious job. It means concentrating on what caused the problems and finding a way to solve it. It means dealing even more with the person and not just a temporary fix. Each person is different, each answer may be possibly working with an individual longer and closer. I would rather see one person get solidly on their feet then ten people temporarily. We put several people in their own business, helped restore self-confidence. Restored and repaired relationships, when they have hated each other. Drug addicts have been delivered but this is not enough. Anyone can open a shelter and feed the hungry but that is not enough. Open Door Mission is not your everyday shelter. It is a life changing shelter. It is the year of restoration. It is an exciting year, and you donor partner are part of putting life in the lifeless, hope into the hopeless, jobs to the jobless, transportation to start again. This means helping to get licenses reinstated so the person can drive to work when a job is impossible to get to. A huge task for you and I, but Philippians 4:13 is just as much for today as it was approximately 2000 years ago. “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” Together. Rev. Thebo Text Box: Needs: Toilet Tissue Sugar Cooking oil Canned Vegetables Salad Dressing Lettuce Tomatoes Tomato Sauce Lunch Meat Meat Ketchup Milk Butter Sliced cheese Potatoes Laundry Detergent Dishwashing Soap Razors Deodorant Toothbrushes

Rev. Richard Thebo

CEO / President

Open Door Mission
Text Box: Location: 316 Jefferson Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1873 Ft. Collins, CO 80522 Phone: (970) 224-4302 ext. 10 Fax: (970) 484-7415 E-mail: OpenDoor@ODMministries.org

Open Door Mission Statistics

December 2006
Text Box: We are in need of 20-30 volunteers to sort through donated clothing given to the Open Door Mission. Call 224-4302 x10 to talk to Rev. Thebo about volunteering for this one time job. We also need volunteers on an ongoing basis to serve meals. We serve lunch from noon to 12:30 Monday through Friday and dinner from 5:00 to 5:30 pm 7 days a week. Volunteers need to come 15 minutes before we start serving and stay through cleanup (15 to 20 minutes) after. Call 224-4302 x13 to sign up for serving meals. Text Box: We started Open Door Mission in September 1987 at 315 N. Howes St. My hat is off to Joyce Thebo Garland Abernathy Fred Urban AI Early Bob German Luke Gaiter Andrew Kaminski In 1993 we moved to 316 Jefferson and began purchasing the building in 1994. These were the foundations of Open Door Mission, an outreach of Full Spirit Ministries. Others too numerous to name also helped. For the others are YOU. God Bless you and now on to bigger and even better ways of helping the homeless and poor. Your servant in Christ. Rev. R. Thebo CEO/Pres.

For you have been called to live in freedom—not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.  For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:13&14

 

Dear brother and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.  And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.  Share each other’s troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:1&2

HAPPY    2007!

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 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR AND

ALWAYS.

 

Meals

2846

Jobs

366

Counseling

103

Bible Studies

954

Christian 12-Step Program

418

Church

487

Ladies Night

60

Sleep

1034