Local Mission Hosts Annual Thanksgiving Banquet Today
Orlando, FL – Today Orlando Union Rescue Mission (OURM) will host its annual Great Thanksgiving Banquet, where staff members and volunteers are expected to serve between 1,100 and 1,300 meals. The event will take place at the current Men’s Center location on the corner of Central Boulevard and Division Street. Free and open to anyone […]
November 2016 Newsletter – Mission Accomplished
Reshon Moore brings a unique and important perspective to the Orlando Union Rescue Mission’s Board of Directors. She knows what many of our guests are going through because she and her two oldest children lived here for two years in the 1990s. “I was honored when they asked me to join the board,” she says. […]
2016 November Newsletter – President’s Corner
This Thanksgiving, I want to be more intentional about expressing my gratitude for the blessings God has given me. I hope to identify, appreciate, and thank Our Lord for specific blessings. Here are some things for which I offer special thanks: • Working at the Mission, a place that exists solely to express the love […]
2016 November Newsletter – Coming Out of the Darkness
Paul just didn’t care anymore. He was out of work for two years, his mother had passed away and his only relief from the pain was at the bottom of a bottle. He was shuttling aimlessly between friends and relatives’ homes, making occasional half-hearted attempts at finding a job. “I was going downhill very fast,” […]
Thank you from Khallid
Hello my friend! I’m Khallid and I’m preparing to move out of the Orlando Union Rescue Mission’s Men’s Home. I don’t know where I’d be without the Mission. I was born in Egypt and raised a Muslim. When I first found myself homeless, I didn’t come to the Mission because my Muslim friends told me […]