Bad choices and self inflicted pain.

Why celebrate Father’s Day on Skid Row?

The men living there probably don’t have jobs, most likely are on parole, the majority are substance abusers, they are viewed as “deadbeat dads,” they’ve made bad choices, and have inflicted pain upon themselves and their families.

Therefore, the general feeling is to celebrate fathers anywhere BUT those on Skid Row. Do you know how many times I have heard that? Too many, and I don’t like it.

I had a great father, and it was easy to celebrate him. I believe my kids also enjoy honoring me on this day; that probably is the case for most.

Yet, I don’t like the stigma that lingers on the fathers of Skid Row. Will you help me change this?

This Father’s Day, I want to reach out in love and encouragement and remind them; Don’t let the failures of your past dictate your future.

I’m all about second chances. I’ve been given a few in my lifetime, and that’s what I share with not just fathers but everyone I encounter on Skid Row. Second chances are possible because we serve a God of second, third, tenth, and fifty chances. He is merciful and infinitely forgiving.

I’ve heard countless stories about lives on Skid Row that have been changed.

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A member of my staff recently met a man sitting under one of the mission speakers outside the building on the corner of 5th and Towne.

Every day he would come and listen to the worship music and gospel messages broadcast outside. He shared his tragic story with us, we prayed with him and encouraged him to trust in Jesus, and he did just that. Immediately, he pulled it together, and he returned home to his family, sober and focused on being the man God intended for him to be.

Stories like this keep me committed, passionate, and wanting to do more to reach fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters of all ages with the love of Jesus and His power to give infinite second chances.

Please consider a gift of any size to help us continue to declare and demonstrate the love of Jesus to everyone in need of a Redeemer, a Savior.

God Bless You,

Joe Jordan

President/Senior Pastor