Below our some of our client stories. Names have been removed to protect privacy. These interviews were conducted by our board member Lex McMillan, and published in the Gettysburg Times.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
By Lex McMillan “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, . . . It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” --Colossians 3:23-24 The Adams Rescue Mission has recently partnered with two regional workforce development programs to provide secure, long-term work opportunities for current Mission residents. Citing Colossians 3:23-24, Executive Director Will [...]
-
By Lex McMillan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) His name was Terry Wetzel. He was 31 years old and had a long history of mental illness. His only income was Social Security Disability. He came to the Adams Rescue Mission’s men’s shelter [...]
-
Special from the Adams Rescue Mission By Lex McMillan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) She is just 34 years old, but the past two years have taken a toll. Although never married, she was in a relationship with a man she had [...]
-
Special from the Adams Rescue Mission By Lex McMillan “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). If anyone has good reason to be angry and bitter, she would seem to be a perfect candidate. Now 60 years old, a mother and grandmother, she [...]
-
Special from the Adams Rescue Mission By Lex McMillan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Abused by her partner, the father of her seven-year-old, nonverbal autistic son, she and her little boy fled that relationship last fall and came to Gettysburg where her [...]
-
Special from the Adams Rescue Mission By Lex McMillan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) He arrived at the Adams Rescue Mission men’s shelter on York Road last June. He’s had more than his share of pain in his 43 years, but he [...]
-
By Lex McMillan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) She came to The Agape House last June after 30 days in a mental health facility in Lancaster. She was suffering from anxiety and depression. Now 56 years old, she is the youngest of [...]
-
By Lex McMillan Despite the pain he has known, gratitude is his recurring theme. A 62-year-old black man, he arrived at the Adams Rescue Mission’s men’s shelter earlier this year. He had been living out of his car for a couple of weeks after being removed from his place in an old farmhouse near Columbia, [...]
-
By Lex McMillan Bruce Dietrick, the Executive Director of the Adams Rescue Mission (ARM), started his work at the local shelter as a volunteer chaplain before being hired as Director of Men’s Ministry in 1983. In recognition of April being National Volunteers Month, he celebrates the indispensable role that volunteers play in the life of [...]
-
By Lex McMillan She came to Agape House last November after realizing that living with one of her daughters was not going to work for either of them. An independent, strong-willed woman, she had previously lived for six years in a modest apartment in the Borough. She was stunned last summer to receive a 30-day [...]
