Whosoever Gospel Mission
Sharing God's Love Since 1892
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March 2025
Dear Friends, It’s been an eventful winter at the Mission! Our beloved Executive Director Emeritus, Bob Emberger, underwent his third open-heart surgery in February and continues to recover. While we miss seeing him around, we are deeply grateful that the Lord spared his life. We’re also excited to share that we’ll soon break ground…
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February 2025
Dear Friends, As we step into the new year, our hearts are full of gratitude for the incredible generosity and kindness you poured out on the Mission family this Christmas. Thanks to you, our residents experienced a holiday season filled with God’s love, warmth, and joy. Your gifts – beautiful presents for our men,…
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Christmas 2024
This year, our residents and grads selected and wrapped about 1,600 gifts for 196 of their children and grandchildren. Gifts included toys, puzzles, games, books, stocking-stuffers, stuffed animals, hats, gloves, & scarves. Continue to pray that the Lord would bless our men and their children and families! We were also able to bless some…
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December 2024
Dear Friends, Greetings from the festive halls of the Mission, where we are daily bombarded with blessings! I am so incredibly grateful for everyone who has come by to drop off gifts for our men, toys for their children, homemade baked goods, festive decorations, and so many other special treats that come with the…
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Thanksgiving 2024
Check out our Thanksgiving photos on Facebook Dear Friends, Blessings to you! Here at the Mission, we’ve been enjoying a wonderful fall. Recently, a group of residents, staff, and a few of our staff’s children took an early-evening hike in Fairmount Park along Forbidden Drive. It was a perfect time to connect, laugh, and…
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Watch! Toy Giveaway Video
It’s toy time again! Watch here for a glimpse of what our toy giveaway looks like. Each year, dads living at the Mission (along with Mission grads) select gifts to give to their children and grandchildren. See the joy of the giveaway firsthand in this video! For many, it’s the opportunity to reach out…
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From the Director, September 2024
Dear friends, Another fiscal year has flown by! I cannot thank you enough for all of the ways you have reached out to bless, support, encourage and help us! Your partnership has made a very real impact in the lives of men, their families and the broader community. Here’s a sampling of some of…
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From the Director, Summer 2024
Dear friends, What a hot summer it’s been so far! Thank God for air conditioning! In 1911, as a young 19-year-old ministry, the Mission built a brand-new 4-story dormitory building with 2-foot thick stone walls made of local Wissahickon Schist. One hundred and thirteen years later, even after our adjoining building burned down, those…
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Graduation!
Every New Life Program graduation represents at least six months of very hard work! In order to graduate, a man must be enjoying a lifestyle of sobriety from drugs and alcohol, be gainfully employed, be financially stable, and have his own place to move into. Each graduate has his own story of trials, setbacks,…