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Poverty Awareness Month – What is Gateway Mission doing about poverty?
“With love and respect, we offer men and women – and their families – help discovering God’s plan for them and a hopeful future.” We offer varying programs and resources to help our guests discover the hope and future that
Poverty Awareness Month – How do we walk with those in poverty?
“We know that authentic, loving relationships must be at the heart of every lasting transformation.” What are some ways that we can walk with those in poverty? We must first recognize that it is messy – to enter into someone’s
Poverty Awareness Month – Who is commonly affected by homelessness?
“Poverty and homelessness is not selective to a certain type of person – It can happen to anyone.” They are real people who often have horror stories of trauma and abandonment. A better term to describe the homeless could be
Poverty Awareness Month – What are causes of poverty and homelessness?
“Gateway Mission recognizes that poverty is significantly more complex than just a roof over someone’s head.” Anyone can fall into poverty through oppression, injustice, addictions, natural disasters, a traumatic past, a lack of skills, or generational learned helplessness. Some folks
Poverty Awareness Month – What is Poverty?
“While Many of us view poverty in economic terms, poverty is more than a lack of money.” In discussions surrounding homelessness, this topic is often the underlying cause. People would agree that the homeless are a straightforward illusion
Poverty Awareness Month – Introduction to Poverty
“We must see the homeless population as real people – not addicts, drunks, or prostitutes.” We are all faced with people experiencing homelessness. Maybe it is someone we know or the familiar panhandler on the corner. We must see