Several months ago, we had some visitors come from out of state come to take a tour our facility.  These visitors had heard about the Christian Care Center and were interested in starting a similar ministry in their town.  We received a very encouraging note from them a few weeks ago and wanted to share it with you. “Just wanted you to know that our nonprofit organization, The Grace Place, will meet this afternoon to close on the purchase of a church building with educational

Andrea came to our Women’s Care Center last year.  Like so many of us, she had made some poor choices in her life.  Unfortunately, these choices had affected her marriage, her relationship with her children and even her grandchildren.  Knowing that she was struggling in her relationship with Jesus Christ, she committed to our 6-month program and began the journey to becoming the woman that God had created her to be. Thankfully, after a lot of hard work, Andrea graduated the p

Last week, Parady Financial of The Villages hosed The Villages “Largest Baby Shower”, and some of the donations came to our Pregnancy & Family Care Center!  This event was held on Tuesday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Villages Polo Club, and donations were accepted beforehand from those who could not attend the event.  Greg Parady, the CEO of Parady Financial Group, and his wife, Jenni, are expecting their third child, and in lieu of a baby shower for themselves, the

“…Truly I tell you, Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 A few day ago, we submitted a letter from two of our volunteers about their dinner at the shelter and when they took 2 children to their homes for a Saturday night out. These ladies love our children so much that they can’t stop talking about this ministry to others. Nancie’s daughter and grandson Charlie wanted to come see the shelter to see what e

We recently received this letter from one of our volunteers at the Children’s Shelter, and wanted to share it with you! Hi Jamie! The last two nights with the kids have been so wonderful.  Friday night when we brought the spaghetti dinner it was a little bit of everything you could expect from a home occupied by 12 less-than-privileged spunky children.  Yes, there was discombobbledness, loudness, ok-who-is-missing-nowness,  stop-doing-that-ness, that's-not-appropriate-ness. 

Our Samaritan Inn is home to families in transition from homelessness or financial struggle to a place of stability. Though it might not always feel like the home each family dreams of, our volunteers, directors, and staff do their best to love and minister to the families that come through the program. For former resident Tracey Marek and son Evan (7) Spider-Man himself made an appearance! If you are interested in sponsoring a Birthday Party for one of the young residents in

It seems that on most days, so much of our focus here at the Children’s Shelter is on the younger children. We are constantly doing things like trying to find them tutors, keeping up with their homework, trying to break up their little fights, and building relationships to help build their trust. But recently there has been a focus here to our teenagers. The past couple of months our focus has been on helping our teens transition into adulthood. We had a 17-year old girl age

“I felt the most amazing – incomprehensible flood of emotion (I’m in tears writing this!)” - Nikki Brown wrote concerning her salvation experience. Not only does the Pregnancy & Family Care Center (PFCC) teach godly principles in their parenting classes but the gospel is shared as well! Client advocate Jan Morrow (right) comes on Wednesday evenings specifically to pray and share the gospel with those who attend the PFCC parenting classes.  Nikki (left) has a lot to smile abou

Some of you may remember that back in December, we held the Red Carpet Movie Premiere of Come Alive. We are still blown away with how the Lord blessed that event! We have shared the pictures before, but it’s been a little while…so feel free to CLICK HERE to take a brief walk down memory lane as you look at the pictures from that day. We have recently received word that Come Alive has been nominated by the International Christian Film Festival for Best Documentary and for Most

We wanted to share with  you a picture of a recent tour group!  Last Wednesday, we had approximately 33 people from the community come to our campus for a tour.  In fact, every two weeks, we give a tour of the Christian Care Center campus! The purpose of this tour is to give you an opportunity to visit our campus, walk through our facilities, meet part of our team, and most of all, hear stories of some of the incredible things that God is doing right here on our property ever

Imagine with me for a moment being a child. Imagine growing up and only seeing abuse, drug use, stealing, and lying. Imagine strangers come to your house one night and take you away from your parents, your family, your house, your friends, your school , and any bit of normal life you might have once had. Imagine being placed in home where you feel you don’t belong. This is what is happening to many of children in our community. What happens next is even worse. After being tak