Whosoever Gospel Mission

Sharing God's Love Since 1892

Real Stories

  • Meet Michael

    If you’ve dropped off food at the Mission’s kitchen door recently, you might have been greeted with a burst of joy from Michael, our new Hospitality Supervisor. He loves sharing God’s love through good food and warm smiles. But Michael wasn’t always joyful. At 13, he lost both of his grandparents in one week.…

  • Congrats Grads!

    “Run Hah-Dah!” That’s “run harder!” with the Brooklyn accent of Bob Emberger’s cross-country coach, Phil Golden, from Lincoln High School in the 1970s. It’s also the charge we share with men as they graduate from the New Life Program, based on Hebrews 12:1-2. Coach Golden would tell his runners to keep looking at him.…

  • A Christmas Thank You Note

    New Life Program resident Michael shares this thank you note with our Mission family and friends for all of the wonderful gifts we received this Christmas! Dear Friends, We here at the Whosoever Gospel Mission are still overwhelmed with gratitude for how blessed our Christmas was. With everything we have faced all year long,…

  • “Carry On”

    “Carry On”

    “Carry on!” That’s Mark’s trademark phrase. It means, “We’re on the same page. We’ve got a plan. Something good is in the works.” As our dorm supervisor, it often comes out as a word of hope after stopping to pray with and encourage someone who’s struggling after-hours in the dorms. Mark isn’t unfamiliar with…

  • Meet Moses

    If you’ve visited one of our thrift shops in the past couple years, chances are you’ve met Moses. Moses came to the Mission in October of 2017, just a few days after his father passed away in his arms. His wife had died of an illness several years before that. Unable to sustain the…

  • Jerry’s Story: An Update

    Jerry wants to thank everyone for their prayers! He has some good news to share. A little over a week ago, we shared that Jerry had been excitedly apartment hunting, enjoying his work as an upholsterer, and getting ready to graduate from the Mission and move into his own place when it all fell…

  • Breaking Bread

    Food is necessary for survival. But good food, when shared in community around a common table, is life giving. We have the joy of witnessing this reality often. Meal times are a highlight at the Mission. We serve three all-you-can-eat, high-quality meals every single day. Men laboring hard to rebuild their lives find friendship,…

  • Gifts that Keep Giving

    Gifts that Keep Giving

    The day after Christmas, one resident shared that he selected little journals and pens for his kids as stocking-stuffers at our toy giveaway to go along with the bigger toys he picked. After the kids unwrapped their presents Christmas morning in the company of their dad, they wrote in their journals. He happened to…

  • Starting out on the right foot

    Starting out on the right foot

    All of the men enrolled in the Mission’s New Life Program are working VERY hard. In the Foundations Phase of the New Life Program (the first three months), between classes, tutoring, counseling, homework, D&A recovery meetings, and hands-on workforce development opportunities, each man is involved in about 50-54 hours each week of programmed activity.…

  • Learning Program Highlights

     A word from our students Mike: I love the Learning Program. My typing speed has improved from 30 characters per minute to 71, and I’m getting all A’s and B’s in my classes. I got my GED in 1994 but it’s been years since I’ve been in school. This is encouraging me to go on…