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Recently, a Sugar Land Church pulled together and had a fundraiser and included The Life Center. The first donation was used to help us to get mattress covers for our existing beds, and eliminate a serious bed bug problem that we were having in our Multi-purpose Annex Facility, which was used for fellowship, offices and our computer literacy classes, especially on Sundays. January 2021, we transformed that facility into a spacious 2 level living area for our new homeless clients. Not long after that came the bed bug problem, which has since been eliminated. It costed us $3,450.00, which the Church paid for. The Church also donated an additional $8,000.00, so we could get some additional stronger metal bunk beds for the other areas that we’re opening up for additional homeless clients, but we will still must believe God for funds to get the mattresses needed for the new bunk beds, and bedding. Also, one of our main concerns is paying utilities for the rest of the year, and our annual insurance note. We just paid November’s bills, but funds are needed for December and January. So, I prayerfully ask of you to please consider making a donation. 
 
What we’re believing God to bless us with is enough donors to help us to match this $8,000.00 donation. Will you help me to get these funds matched? This is very important. We really need your help. We definitely want to have utilities and groceries, especially heat, for the winter. Actually, we’re going to need more than that, because we’re going to use more utilities than we normally would, and more food is needed in lieu of more homeless clients. Also, previously, I mentioned bedding, mattresses and our annual insurance premium. This $8,000.00 is all we have, but at least we have the momentum. We’re just praying that The Lord would intervene and touch the hearts of those who are able to give. We know that He will bless those who bless us, and we also know that we have His Favor on us. It’s just very stressful not knowing where your next dime is coming from, when there’s so many people depending on us, and we really can’t say no, especially when God has provided the space. Every month, our bills have been a little under $10,000.00, which is lower than it once was, and that’s because we haven’t been passing out bus tokens and bus fare, and other things like that that we would normally do, or serving 3 meals a day, but instead, a meal and some snacks, so we could stretch our food. This Thanksgiving, we fed less people from the community than normally, because there was less food, but we still had an excellent time in The Lord. We’re believing God for the generosity of His children to come forward, so I have prayerfully decided to contact you once again, in the event you are able to help us. I have knocked on so many Church doors, but to no avail, and I know that everyone was affected by the pandemic and are trying to recover, so I don’t feel right asking at a time such as this, but if there is anything that you could do, that would be a tremendous blessing. I am so thankful for your prayers, support and your standing by us. 
 
This work is much needed, and the people that come through our doors definitely get blessed when they come here with a fair chance at turning their lives around, and also, being introduced to Jesus, which is the heartbeat of our Kingdom Post. I owe God so much, because He has been, in addition to being my Lord and Savior, an awesome Provider for the entire duration of my life, and has led the way and helped my Team and I to keep The Life Center’s doors open, even in our darkest hour. I want to be able to be as good to our clients as He has been to us, so even though it’s embarrassing for me to ask for support, I dig in, and after prayer and consideration, I’ll send an email out hoping that He would touch your heart. I wish we were getting large grants and endowments like some of our other social service organizations here in the City, but we don’t. We do the best we can with what The Lord decides to send our way. Some of our main supporters are no longer with us, and also, there are those that we haven’t heard from since before the pandemic. Then, there are those who are no longer in our city. We pray that they’re alive and doing well. I waited to see if any other funds would come in, to where I wouldn’t have to ask, but none came. 
 
Recently, my wife and I were so stressed out, we both had to see a doctor. I was having frequent headaches. They doubled the dose of my high blood pressure medicine, and I rode around so much in the vehicle, that my belt buckle kept irritating an area where I have had surgery so much I had to go have a procedure done to get the area correct, but I’m doing better, and my wife is doing better also. We just prayerfully decided not to worry about all this stuff, and let God lead the way. 
 
All of our clients are healthy, and those who were in the hospital, God allowed them to come back to The Life Center healed. Every day, there are more and more clients trying to get into our shelter. What The Lord said is true: the poor will always be with us, and as long as there are poor people sent our way, we’re going to do everything in our power to help them, as long as we have a bed, a hot meal and utilities. We’re expecting a lot of homeless people to come this winter, and it brings us great Joy to be able to say yes, and help them. December is on it’s way in, and we do not have the funds needed for December and January. I wanted to get my letter out to you, because I know that this time of the year, people are traveling to be with their families, and I wanted to make sure that I get the information out when The Lord would have me to. I would like to put a tree up this year, and bless our clients with socks, underwear, t-shirts, hats, hoodies, coats and etc…, wrap it up and put them under our tree. Also, we would like to have enough food in the event the neediest of our community decide to come by for Christmas. That would be a wonderful Christmas. We’re just going to fellowship, sit around the tree and talk about the goodness of The Lord, and enjoy some good food. We look forward to the upcoming year, and we pray that if we get enough in, so that we could be prepared for the upcoming year. We haven’t had a successful Anniversary Celebration in the past 3 years, because of all of the occurences and stuff going on in our world. We normally would have it in April, and the funds raised in April used to give us some leverage, so it’s been extra hard with little to no money coming in. I prayed a special prayer for those that have been long time supporters that God would bless them indeed, because I know that if He would bless them, they would be a blessing indeed. Thank you for being there and for helping us to help people that so many have given up on, people who have messed up at many of the other shelters and some are not allowed to go back. For those and many others, we are their last hope, and that’s why God has us here. We may not have the curb appeal or mega facilities, but what we do have is a place, a Kingdom Post, where folks are going to do whatever they can to help you get back on your feet and go the extra mile. We are honored to be here for them. Thank you for helping me to make that possible. We pray that The Lord has blessed you and that He would continue blessing you and your family with more than enough. I also pray for your safety, and that He would bless you with traveling grace. If you have any business ventures, I pray that He would bless your business also. Please be safe. We wish you a very, Merry Christmas, and also, a blessed New Year. Please keep the prayers going. 
 
 


MIRACULOUS WEIGHT LOSS!!

 

Admissions process for The Life Center is as follows:

  • if you are not a sex offender, come by the Center for a face to face assessment between 9 A.M. – 4 P.M., 7 days a week, and a determination will be made by our staff if you qualify for our program. After a determination is made, and you qualify for the program, you will be expected to abide by the Center’s rules and regulations for continued stay.

To download our brochure, click here.

 

        INTRODUCING THE NEW LIFE CENTER’S HOPE VILLAGE.

We have grown and expanded. Life Center has been blessed with a new Expansion Campus and it provides shelter for men, women, children and homeless families. Heaven’s Kitchen is also at the same location. We are believing God that you would make a financial donation TODAY.

Your help is needed now. We also ask that you share The Life Center Vision with others. Life Center is a 501c3 non-profit Christian Organization. For a tour of our Campus, please call Jeremy Boucher at (832) 413-1746. For online giving, click here.

If you are homeless and in need of our assistance, call The Life Center homeless hotline @ (832) 413-1746.

Our Campus location is:

4516 Old Yale St.

Houston, TX 77018

 

THE LIFE CENTER MISSIONS SPOTLIGHT CLIP – CLICK HERE

“The streets was my life.” – The Rick Story – Click here

Mission Statement

Faith-based Christian Organization/24-Hour Shelter

The Life Center is dedicated to serve, educate and represent the Homeless of Houston. Through the operation of a short-stay residential facility, and the combination of an educational program, an in-house work program and group counseling sessions, The Life Center hopes to impart sufficient work and basic living skills, along with a positive and focused mental attitude to Homeless individuals so they can take their proper place as productive and stable members of today’s society.

 

There are approximately 20,000 homeless people in the City of Houston and there is no indication that the number is diminishing. With depressing forces at work in our nation’s urban areas, the records of violent deaths continue to be broken. Hence, our name “The Life Center.” To be homeless and without shelter is a frightening situation that often appears insurmountable. It’s an endless cycle driving them deeper into despair. The cycle can be broken.  We began The Life Center to break that cycle. With your help we can continue to help and assist one of our most vulnerable populations – the lost and homeless.

We provide homeless people with a place to come home to, food to sustain them, clothing to keep them warm, job counseling, a mailing address, spiritual guidance, a computer literacy program and even a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program to help them overcome destructive addictions as they learn to cope with life.

One of our primary goals is to provide temporary shelter and transitional living for up to 70 of Houston’s homeless and most destitute. We assist men, women and children. While at The Life Center, they will receive the services listed and also be referred to other agencies, ones that can assist them with getting proper identification, also agencies that help with employment, in an effort to give them opportunity to escape the cycle of life on the streets. But we can’t achieve this alone. We need your support. The Life Center has not received any government grants as of yet.

The Life Center vision began in 1989 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, faith based christian organization. Located on Old Yale St., close to the Independence Heights area of Houston and the historical Acres Homes, we are ideally positioned to make a difference. Our present facilities include 8 living areas, Heaven’s Kitchen and Cafeteria and a separate multi – purpose facility that can be used for educational classes, meetings and motivational sessions, and chapel with the ability to support our community and make a visible difference. We have a total of 10 facilities on two acres. The Life Center operates as a 24–hour refuge for those who are in need. There is also a 90-day rehabilitation program. There is an on-site director and an outreach team. We have a non-discrimination policy.

If you know of person in need of our Services, please call the Homeless Hotline – (832) 413-1746. and ask for Jeremy Boucher.

Would you like to adopt a homeless person for $5.00 a day? If so, click HERE.

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Admissions process for The Life Center is as follows:

  • if you are not a sex offender, come by the Center for a face to face assessment between 9 A.M. – 4 P.M., 7 days a week, and a determination will be made by our staff if you qualify for our program. After a determination is made, and you qualify for the program, you will be expected to abide by the Center’s rules and regulations for continued stay.

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Hope village

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