DownTown Ministries

12/10/2021

Please keep the Goode family in your prays as Dab has left Earth to spend his life with his wife. We love you Dan and will miss you.

10/25/2018

https://wakeupyourmind.net/life/the-suitcase/

A man died, when he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

03/16/2018

We are all for helping the homeless. What are your thoughts on this idea?

A Michigan man running as a Libertarian for U.S. Senate says he wants to raise money to buy 20 pump style shotguns for homeless individuals. "Not only are

01/24/2018

95 cases of hotdogs and cheddar cheese sausage donated by food share.

12/16/2017

http://mobileobits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?n=mary-ann-goode&pid=187541821&referrer=0&preview=True

Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | Goode, Mary Ann Mary Ann Goode, age 73, of Wyoming, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus, on December 13, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her son Daniel,

12/15/2017

Today we would like to send our deepest sympathy to the Goode family. Mary Ann Elderkin Goode is now with our Heavenly Father. Please keep family and friends in your prayers. Mary was a huge blessing to Downtown Ministries with all her gift and contributions to this wonderful ministry. You are greatly missed. We love you Dan and Mary Anne.

10/20/2017

Another beautiful evening downtown last night, sure brings everyone outside! We had a big line when we arrived and they just kept coming! We served over 260 hot dogs, a whole case of chips, lots of cookies and 5 gallons of juice! Boy were they hungry! Thank you once again to our amazing group of helpers! You appreciated beyond words!

10/06/2017

We had another wonderful night serving our friends tonight! Lots of hotdogs, Chips, apple strudel, donuts, cookies and juice! A big shout out to Marge’s Donuts 🍩 for dropping off amazing donuts! Such a treat! We already had wonderful cookies 🍪! Thank you Linda Miller-Heys! Thanks to Kevin and his beautiful family for the chips and all your amazing help with the meat! Melissa Elderkin Quinn for bringing wonderful bananas! To Deb and Anthony L. Engemann as always for serving and sweating that grill work. Crazy but fun! Michelle and Jay Lynn for always being there for us with punch or lemonade! Deb, thanks for making the peanut butter and jelly for our little ones too! We all make a great team and get the job done with smiles!! Thanks team!

09/21/2017

Please keep friends and family of Trp. Timothy O'Neill in your prayers.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155886485297216&id=114238542215

We are saddened to report Tpr. Timothy O’Neill has passed away, as a result of injuries sustained in an on-duty motorcycle crash earlier this morning.

Trooper O’Neill enlisted with the MSP in January of 2014, graduating as a member of the 126th Trooper Recruit School. He has served at the Rockford Post his entire career.

For additional information, visit http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7-123-58995_72487-447574--,00.html.

09/08/2017

If you cook it, they will come!! We started cooking our hot dogs tonight with only a couple of people there and boy did they start lining up! 240 hot dogs later, we had some very happy friends downtown tonight! We had a very special friend help us tonight as well! Father Steve, our new associate pastor at our parish, SJV, came to help and he walked up and down and visited with our friends and prayed with a few too! Thank you so much, Father Steve! We loved having you!
(Sorry, I was so busy that I didn't get a photo of the line when it was a block long!)

09/07/2017

So this afternoon I was driving down Michigan Street. On the corner of Michigan and Fuller I noticed a young pregnant lady holding a homeless and pregnant sign. I stopped at Biggby and asked her if she's hungry. We went into biggby and she got some food and latte as I got a latte. Started talking her name is Brea she is 20 years old, 5 months pregnant and lives in a tent off Market. We talked for a bit. Towards the end I asked her how much she made. She made 9.00 and an apple. I have her 80.00 in cash and she started to cry. So if you are ever on this corner and see a young pregnant lady. Please help her. She has a big heart. Also keep her in your prayers.

God bless
Mark O.