Her name means “little fighter.” And no surprise. “I’ve never met someone so resistant to God’s grace,” shared her Growth Leader, Julia. “I always thought I had to earn my love,” said Marci. Marci learned a defining truth when she came to Shepherd’s Door, the women and children’s program at Portland Rescue Mission. “God is…
Read More“The day I arrived here, I knew the second I walked in the door, my life would never be the same,” said Sarah. She came to Shepherd’s Door fresh out of jail. “I spent 13 years addicted to drugs and all the destruction that comes with that.” But her life radically changed. Shepherd’s Door provided…
Read MoreWho Tara is today, is nothing short of a miracle. After years of drug use, her heart went emotionally numb, even to the pain she was masking. “I started to feel and act like I no longer had a heart. I couldn’t even love,” she shared. All of this changed when she came to Shepherd’s…
Read MoreMiracles are common at the Mission. And there is nothing greater than attending a graduation to come face-to-face with the stories of men and women who have fought hard and come through a dark night to find life and hope restored. Sherri is a recent graduate from our women and children’s program, Shepherd’s Door. …
Read MoreGreat reasons to consider a job at Portland Rescue Mission: You’re a night owl. You love engaging with people. You don’t want to wait until Saturday to work on a car. You are great with numbers. We are hiring for a variety of positions at Portland Rescue Mission! We are on the hunt for highly-relational,…
Read MoreNot quite a year and a half old, Mission Bar-B-Que is off to an amazing start. “We’ve taken a business from the ground level and made it into something that is on the cusp of exploding,” said Dave Whiting, Social Enterprise Manager at Portland Rescue Mission. Mission Bar-B-Que is a catering business that offers competition…
Read MoreYour gift provides safety for people displaced from closing shelters and homeless camping. DONATE SAFE SHELTER It’s scorching outside, but winter came early for Portland Rescue Mission this year. With hundreds of people recently displaced by the closing of the Peace Shelter and the clearing out of the Springwater Corridor, we greatly…
Read MoreThe heat is on for Portland’s growing homeless community… Already this summer, we’ve been scorched by some long stretches of very hot days. Sweltering heat hits hard for men, women and children already struggling without food and shelter. Not just the literal heat that comes with the rising summertime temperatures here in the Rose City,…
Read MoreAre you longing for something more when it comes to your vocation? Come join our team in the transformational work at Portland Rescue Mission. Men, women and children are daily discovering hope–that life is good and they can heal from the past and live free from addiction. If you have a compassionate and courageous…
Read MoreThe biggest joys in life can come in the most unexpected ways, and for Sylvia Groce, that came in the form of a Triumph TR6 she bought from Drive Away Hunger. “We were surprised that this car lot even existed, and we were so happy to find out that the cars donated go to raise…
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