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1 Pray for the group of teens and leaders from Teen Haven (TH) who have been ministering in Puerto Rico this past week.

2 Praise God for the opportunity that WSM staff had to attend the 2015 Global Leadership Summit. Praise God for the encouragement and challenge to be Godly leaders.

3 Praise God for volunteers that helped with Wonder Club’s move to the new site.

4 Praise God for a new truck driver in Food Services and an overnight Residential Assistant who started in August.

5 Pray that the young people who attended TH’s day camps would connect with a church or TH for their continued spiritual growth.

6 Recently a guest was assigned to one of our newly renovated rooms. She said she felt like she was in a hotel. Thank you for the opportunity to help our guests feel special.

7 Pray for the hearts of guests who will be a part of new classes on “Romans” and “False Beliefs”. Pray that they would grow in God’s grace.

8 Pray for our guests who are working through the trauma of childhood abuse and neglect.

9 Pray for two women who have a new relationship with God, and are struggling with what that means in their lives.

10 Pray for Rick Rutter as he prepares to share his walk from a WSM resident to the Executive Director of a homeless shelter at our Annual Dinner on September 24.

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11 Pray for a former guest who has returned to WSM for end-of-life care. Pray for the staff as they care for and serve him.

12 Praise God that He can reach into the lives of children through our Wonder Club program and Teen Haven.

13 Pray for discernment as we begin to interview for the Director of Marketing position.

14 Praise God for the new WSHS Executive Director who begins today. Pray for him and the staff as they serve to meet the dental and medical needs in our community.

15 Pray for a smooth transition for 4- and 5-year-olds entering school for the first time.

16 “Pray for my walk and to always know, no matter what, that our Lord is here and always faithful”. – WSM Guest

17 Praise God for social agency partners who share ideas and time as we work together to alleviate poverty and homelessness.

18 Pray that WSM staff would be God’s light to our guests.

19 Praise God for businesses and individuals who sponsor events that raise funds for WSM and allow God’s ministry to continue.

20 Praise God for his goodness and provision that he supplies for our every need.

21 Pray for the WSM Board’s Audit Committee as they meet to analyze the yearly audit.

22 Pray for “Shatter Hunger”, a sporting clay shoot event, as we finalize plans for this event.

23 Pray for a staff member who will be undergoing surgery for cancer.

24 Praise God as we share in celebrating 110 years of ministry and changed lives tonight at our Annual Dinner.

25 As we enter the busiest time of the year, pray that “we will not become weary in well doing”, but trust God for his strength.

26 Praise God for the Godly men and women who serve on the Boards for Water Street.

27 Pray that affordable housing would be available for our guests.

28 Praise God for the ongoing oppor-tunities to share WSM’s ministry and vision to churches and organizations around Lancaster County.

29 Praise God for the leadership team and their wise, God-driven direction of WSM.

30 Pray for program staff who work directly with guests. Pray for wisdom and God’s leading as they speak into residents’ lives.

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Sharing God’s Kindness, Grace and Generosity

Do you want to know something amazing? We have 29 rooms for women and families, and they’ve ALL been adopted! All 29 rooms are being painted, cleaned, draped with soft curtains, and decorated. What a GIFT this has been to women and families who are and will be finding shelter at Water Street. Anytime we show kindness, it’s a gift. Anytime we affirm someone’s dignity, it’s a little act of grace. It’s a choice, you see, to think of someone other than yourself and be generous. We pass on a big THANK YOU to all the groups that have given so freely of their time, talent and treasures.

As a ministry, we depend on God as the Provider of all things. We believe He will sustain us, because we’ve seen His generosity thousands of times in our 110 years. Like in this story shared by one of our staff: “The women in the shelter asked at a community meeting if it would be possible to get wall clocks for their rooms. I said that I would look into it, and later that day was in Hobby Lobby and decided to see if they had any. Their clocks were all half price that week, so I decided to purchase them even though no money had been designated for the purchase. The next morning, I received a call from a woman who has helped with the Adopt-a-Room project saying that she wanted to donate $250 toward the project if I could use it. I told her about the clocks, and she mailed us the check!”

Thank you for your faithful support of the men, women and families here at Water Street. Please continue praying for opportunities for our staff and volunteers to share God’s kindness, grace and generosity in word and deed.•